This guest post is at my request. Emmaclaire relayed the story to me and I *asked* her to come here and share. I ask, should you have a moment, you share your best conquering weight room *fears* in the comments below. Thank you! When I read Carla’s post about being brazen, it didn’t have negative connotations to me as it did some readers. Rather, I thought it a great descriptor of ... Continue Reading
Brazen like a MOTHA!
I am brazen. This isn’t something I’ve always realized, though. So much of my life, I’ve struggled with what seemed to me to be my reckless desire to live outside of society’s expectations for a woman. Since I was 20 years old, I’ve walked in and out of entrepreneurship, a brazen act in and of itself, but even as I did it, I always carried an apology with me. “I’m sorry,” I would tell ... Continue Reading
Real girls. Reel stories.
I was incredibly inspired by Carla's Brazen post and after nodding enthusiastically at the computer screen-- I decided to answer her call to action: What does BRAZEN mean to me? I am the founder of Camp Reel Stories, a media camp for teenage girls. And I am about to embark on year two of getting 13-18 year old girls to work with professional mentors to make their own media. I ... Continue Reading
It’s the “Be” in Brazen that Scares Me (guest post).
I’ve been thinking about what it means to be brazen since Carla’s original post and call to action to live brazenly alongside her. Why do so many of us – as was seen in the comments – think of brazen as bad? To live boldly and without shame? To work in a way that’s “unrestrained by convention?” To be unapologetically ourselves? I read those words and my heart says, “Yes! ... Continue Reading
What does BRAZEN mean?
Back in graduate school (shout-out to you Masters in Counseling Psych I'm not using!) in order to be certified to *lead* counseling groups we had to participate in group sessions. It was then I realized (the super obvious notion of) even helpers need help. Even mentors need to be mentees. Even coaches need *coaches.* Flash forward 20+ years and, when I hit a ok. so I know what I'm ... Continue Reading