Here’s the truth: you are being influenced every single day.
By the people you spend time with, the accounts you scroll, the conversations you join, and the voices you let echo in your mind.
It’s not neutral. It’s not harmless. It’s shaping you.
When I look back, I can see exactly why I stayed small in certain seasons because I surrounded myself with people and messages that kept me safe, tame, predictable. Influences that made mediocrity feel normal.
And when I remember the times I felt electric, bold, fully alive? Those were the seasons I got intentional. I swapped noise for nourishment. I read words that expanded me. I sat at tables where truth was spoken out loud. I walked with women who dared to be unapologetic.
Influence is contagious. Which means you’d better be ruthless about what you let in.
This week, ask yourself:
- Who is shaping me right now?
- Do they call me into my brilliance or keep me in my cage?
- Where do I need to cut the cord and choose differently?
Because here’s the thing: you can’t rise wild awake if you’re constantly under the spell of influences that dull your edge.
As a Wild Awake Woman, I choose influences that sharpen me, expand me, and dare me to live out loud.
What about you?
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