It’s Validating to Empower People to Embrace Their Authentic Sparkle

<p>I&rsquo;ve lived many lives in my almost five decades on this Earth. In one of my lives, I was so quiet that I could barely speak in public. Looking people in the eye was out of the question. Many of the things I wanted felt like they were beyond my reach.</p> <p>At the time, that was a life of embarrassment and despair. However, I&rsquo;ve come to think of those years with a certain fondness. I&rsquo;m hesitant to say that shyness is something I&rsquo;ve &ldquo;overcome,&rdquo; because that implies there&rsquo;s something wrong with how I felt. I didn&rsquo;t &ldquo;overcome&rdquo; those feelings because those feelings haven&rsquo;t gone away.</p> <p><a href="https://humanparts.medium.com/its-validating-to-empower-people-to-embrace-their-authentic-sparkle-0b4ca9af51fc"><strong>Learn More</strong></a></p>