How I Took Back My Power

This is How I Stopped Playing Small and Found Strength

Growing up, I was bombarded with the message that I was supposed to do what I was told…

Bow to authority.

From watching my mother stay in a relationship long past its expiration date.

From watching her complain endlessly about him without seemingly doing anything about it.

From living in a home with a tyrannical father. That oppressive energy left its mark.

I never received the required love and validation to become a healthy adult. Bad role models surrounded me. There are so many reasons I could explain how I became this way. I could spend all day just itemizing all of that.

Long story short, I was raised to become a doormat.

I Call This Version of Myself The Chauffeur

This was because I was reduced to becoming my ex-wife’s chauffeur for many years. I had to become very used to a certain kind of oppression to feel at home in it for so many years.

It’s so funny. After I broke up with her, my ex acted like she tried to salvage our relationship. That’s certainly not what I saw. I saw a pers…