You deserve to look at yourself with kinder eyes. You deserve to look at yourself with kinder eyes. Someday, when you’re older, you’ll look back at this version of you — and love her so easily. You’ll see exactly how hard she was trying. How much she was carrying. The good news is you don’t have to wait for someday. You can start now. You can practice loving yourself the way your future self will.
Where do you go when you need to remind yourself o Where do you go when you need to remind yourself of how far you’ve come? My answer: my validation file. It’s a collection of the messages, milestones, and moments I’ve saved over the years. On the days when doubt creeps in, I go back to the evidence. Where do you go? If you’re not sure, it may be time to start your own file.
What if the most powerful thing you could do for y What if the most powerful thing you could do for your daughter is extend some grace to yourself? At a recent @nationalcharityleagueinc Chapter Tea, I asked every mother in the room to raise her hand if she has an inner critic. Every hand went up. Their daughters were watching. That moment is exactly why I wrote The Mirror Effect — and why being there with my own daughter made it feel so personal. The women in your life don’t need you to be fearless. They need to see you be human — and keep going anyway.
Someone questioned your expertise, talked over you Someone questioned your expertise, talked over you, dismissed your idea. Does it still sting? That’s a button being pressed. The goal isn’t to never feel it — it’s to shrink it until no one has that kind of power over you anymore. • • #womeninbiotech #womeninbio #leadership #womeninstem #womeninleadership