Appropriate

I think that using words accurately makes a woman more attractive. The derivation of the word “appropriate” comes from the Latin “appropriare”, meaning “to make one’s own” and “to make something fit”. I am independently complete as a result of belonging firstly to myself and fitting within my own values and standards.

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Tessa Brooks
Permissions

The opposing reasons as to why you don’t do more of what you love – the “I’m not enough” swiftly followed by the “I couldn’t possibly” - is the classic dance of submission and denial that plays out between guilt and shame.

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Exhale

When we hold our breath for safety, we give power to everything that also stops us from living when we do it for too long or too frequently and leave the exhale behind as an afterthought. When we hold our breath we encourage fear, anticipation, and all the uncertainty that comes with it and gets stuck there, quietly waiting for change.

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Tessa Brooks