Stand In Your Power
There is one question that I have been making sure to ask myself everyday throughout 2019. That question is, “Am I acting from a place of confidence in each moment?”. By asking myself this question, it’s allowing me to make sure that I am coming from a place that benefits myself through my decisions and promotes self-respect. I can understand how that might sound selfish, but what you need to remember is that it all depends on the context in which we are making decisions for ourselves.
Growing up I lacked self-confidence which led to me making decisions that lacked self-respect as well. This caused me many years of pain and torment because I was coming from a place of being a people pleaser. I was not standing in my own power and was placing my trust in the opinions of others. My mentality was that it was easier to do what I could to fit in because the thought of being different scared the living shit out of me.
It took my many years to rebuild and cultivate my self-confidence and self-esteem. It’s still to this very day a work in progress. Each moment brings me a new lesson to help me better understand who I am at the core and how to love and nurture that person without the fear of what others might think or say.
“I call back my power and stand in my truth.”
There is one affirmation that has allowed me to truly bring myself back to a place of confidence when I begin to wander. “I call back my power and I stand in my truth”. When I am able to say these words to myself, it’s a perfect reminder that the anxiety and insecurities I might feel in that moment are just a waste of useful energy. This affirmation has helped me retrain my thought processes when I begin to allow my insecurities to creep in.
It is absolutely frightening at first when we find our power and begin to exhibit self-confidence because the mental conditioning that previously pushed us down had such a strong force over our lives. I look back at all of the times when I thought settling was okay. But those moments of settling were able to break me down and rebuild me so I could see what I truly desired and deserved out of life.
Standing in your power is about being honest with what you want and moving swiftly towards those goals while maintaining an uplifting and compassionate mindset. When you stand in your power, you are being true to yourself.