Showing Up As You Are
Today’s podcast was honestly just one big ADHD ramble.
I started talking about what Sacred Sister actually means to me… and somehow ended up moving through politics, women’s spaces, our trans policy, the gathering, the stress of modern life, boundaries, burnout, and the fact that this week has felt absolutely bloody mad.
At one point I nearly didn’t upload it.
Because part of me thought:
“It’s too messy.”
“It’s all over the place.”
“You should sound more together than this.”
But then I realised…
maybe this is exactly the conversation.
Because real life is messy.
Women’s lives are messy.
Leadership is messy.
Healing is messy.
And honestly, I think we’ve become so used to perfectly packaged content and polished voices online that we forget what it feels like to simply hear a real human being trying to navigate life in real time.
Some days I feel deeply grounded and wise.
Some days I feel overwhelmed and exhausted.
Most days I’m probably both at once.
And I think Sacred Sister was never created from a place of perfection anyway.
It was created from a longing.
A longing for spaces where women could stop performing for five minutes.
Stop pretending they’re fine.
Stop needing to have the perfect words.
Stop feeling like they have to package their humanity into something more digestible.
Just spaces where we could arrive as we are.
That’s what the gathering is.
That’s what the circles are.
That’s what the conversations around the kitchen table are.
Not perfect women.
Just real ones.
Women trying.
Women feeling.
Women questioning.
Women remembering who they are underneath all the noise.
And maybe that’s enough.
Maybe healing isn’t becoming more polished.
Maybe it’s finally feeling safe enough to be seen whilst we’re still human.
And if you want to go listen to my ramble, you can check it out here.
If you do go listen, give it a comment and some love, and let me know I am not the only one…..please !
