I feel that I am in the midst of a significant transformation, a messy yet beautiful process. The roles I\u2019ve long embodied\u2014caretaker, over-functioner, people-pleaser, wife, mother, creative support, the quiet strategizer behind the curtain\u2014no longer fits. I can feel it in my bones. Something inside me is shifting. My internal compass is pointing in a new direction, but the map hasn\u2019t fully taken shape. And while that feels unnerving, it also feels powerful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For so many years, I positioned myself around others. Their dreams. Their needs. Their comfort. Now, I\u2019m ready\u2014finally\u2014to position myself for<\/em> myself. Not out of guilt. Not out of duty. Not because I should. But because I desire<\/em> to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here\u2019s what I\u2019m learning:<\/p>\n\n\n\n I don\u2019t need to see the whole path to take the next step. I can start by creating space, setting boundaries, and saying no to what no longer feeds me, even if it disappoints someone else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Writing isn\u2019t just something I do\u2014it\u2019s how I navigate. The stories I\u2019ve written, mine and others\u2019 are guiding lights. They speak of liberation, reclamation, and a return to authenticity. I\u2019m going back to those words, reading them not just as a writer, but as someone hungry for direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019m not stuck. I\u2019m paused. There\u2019s a difference. Stuck is helpless. Paused is potent. This is a gestation, not a dead end. Something new is forming. I\u2019ve carried so much for so long. I\u2019ve built scaffolding around other people\u2019s lives. But now, I want to create something of my own\u2014something that fills me rather than depletes me. I don\u2019t owe my next chapter to anyone else\u2019s vision. My voice\u2014the one I\u2019ve used to uplift, tell, write, and mother\u2014is asking to be heard by me<\/em> now. I don\u2019t need all the answers. I need to listen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is the season of my Sovereign Self. And she is just getting started.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I feel that I am in the midst of a significant transformation, a messy yet beautiful process. The roles I\u2019ve long embodied\u2014caretaker, over-functioner, people-pleaser, wife, mother, creative support, the quiet strategizer behind the curtain\u2014no longer fits. I can feel it in my bones. Something inside me is shifting. My internal compass is pointing in a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1002,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/prolificpreambles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/prolificpreambles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/prolificpreambles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/prolificpreambles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/prolificpreambles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1001"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/prolificpreambles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1003,"href":"http:\/\/prolificpreambles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1001\/revisions\/1003"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/prolificpreambles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/prolificpreambles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/prolificpreambles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/prolificpreambles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}