“Be Strong and Courageous.” I read these words over and over, waiting for them to manifest in my everyday. Sometimes they do and then other times I wake up afraid and…
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It was a typical autumn morning in New England, framed by fiery yellow maples that blew about in the breeze. My Gram took me past the row of cedars in her…
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The Key To Video Confidence… is you! Usually I can tell just by the way my curly hair sets after letting it air dry if I’m going to have a confident,…
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It is important to remember to breathe. I am thirty nine thousand feet in the air and I keep forgetting to breathe. I am not scared of flying or of heights,…
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I realized something last night: If my life is spent in tireless pursuit of “figuring it all out,” I will spend my whole life feeling dissatisfied. I may figure more things…
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“There is a season for wildness and a season for settledness, and this is neither. This season is about becoming.” – Shauna Niequist Writing had always been one of my favourite…
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They might laugh in sympathy. And they’d tell you to grow thick skin if they really knew all the emotions you feel. I don’t take criticism or controversy lightly. When it…
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Life does not always go as planned. That’s one of the most annoying statements of truth, ever. But it’s a huge dosage of truth. Even the best plans, fail. When you…
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This blog post is specifically aimed for the sister’s up in here, the gal pals, the chicks, the ladies. Since when was it cool to declare war over a girl you’ve…
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She must be something special. She is. Celebrate her. She loved life and it loved her back. Celebrate her passion. She listened to her heart above all other voices. Celebrate her…
![🌿 "While at work the other day, a middle-aged male guest asked me, “What sport do you do, Tayllor?” as his greeting, to which I responded “I ran track, the 400m.”⠀
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“Ah, my niece plays for [insert university name here], and I could tell you were an athlete, you have that look.”⠀
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I thanked him, and he looked surprised and said, “Most girls don’t like hearing that.” I said back, “I am proud of the body I’ve worked so hard for and what I have.”⠀
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It's comments like this that grieve me, the social constructs around athleticism and body types for both men and women, that a man would assume I’d be ashamed or embarrassed by my athletic body, because I'm a woman.⠀
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I believe that each of us is strong in our own way, and in those strengths, we should celebrate ourselves and each other." 💚⠀
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Words + image by our friend, @taylloralissa⠀
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Comment with a 💪🏽 if this message resonates with you. It sure does with us. 👏🏼 #thefreewoman](http://scontent-sit4-1.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/s640x640/sh0.08/e35/c0.134.1080.1080/21433475_647588708770874_2380882191023341568_n.jpg "🌿 \"While at work the other day, a middle-aged male guest asked me, “What sport do you do, Tayllor?” as his greeting, to which I responded “I ran track, the 400m.”⠀
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“Ah, my niece plays for [insert university name here], and I could tell you were an athlete, you have that look.”⠀
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I thanked him, and he looked surprised and said, “Most girls don’t like hearing that.” I said back, “I am proud of the body I’ve worked so hard for and what I have.”⠀
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It's comments like this that grieve me, the social constructs around athleticism and body types for both men and women, that a man would assume I’d be ashamed or embarrassed by my athletic body, because I'm a woman.⠀
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I believe that each of us is strong in our own way, and in those strengths, we should celebrate ourselves and each other.\" 💚⠀
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Words + image by our friend, @taylloralissa⠀
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Comment with a 💪🏽 if this message resonates with you. It sure does with us. 👏🏼 #thefreewoman")
