When I started Wild Awake Woman, I didn’t fully understand the depth of what it would mean to come alive. I thought it might look like growth, transformation, or even reinvention. And while those elements have their place, what I’ve discovered is that the essence of what I’ve been building and living is far simpler—and far more profound: self-realization.
Self-realization is not about becoming someone new. It’s not about following a rigid blueprint of success or adhering to a list of achievements. It’s about remembering. It’s about peeling back the layers of expectation, obligation, and societal noise to uncover the woman you’ve always been, but perhaps forgotten in the chaos of life.
For me, this journey has meant stepping away from the pressure to constantly “improve” myself. It’s been about choosing to know myself instead. I’ve stopped chasing transformation and started embracing self-knowing—listening to the whispers of my soul that tell me what feels true, alive, and real.
And that hasn’t always been easy. It means sitting with discomfort. It means untangling the narratives I’ve carried that weren’t mine to begin with. It means walking away from the life I thought I “should” want and leaning into the one I was meant to live.
This is the heart of the Wild Awake Woman philosophy: holding space for women to stop the endless doing and simply be. To reconnect with the wild, unfiltered essence of who they are.
So today, I invite you to ask yourself:
- Who are you when you strip away all the “shoulds”?
- What feels like truth to you right now?
- How can you honor the version of yourself that already exists—without needing to change a thing?
This is not a journey to some far-off destination. Self-realization happens here, now, in the quiet moments where you choose yourself over the noise.
If this resonates, I’d love to hear what self-realization means to you. Hit reply and share your thoughts. Let’s continue this conversation as we walk this path together.
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