05/06/2026
๐โ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ต๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐, ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ.โฃ
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I sat in a room full of women & felt something I havenโt in a long time.โฃ Completely at ease.โฃ
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Natalia shared a quote Iโd heard years ago & used to say often myself:โฃ
โThe way you do ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ is the way you do ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.โโฃ
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Back then I used to say:โฃ
โฃโThe way you do ๐ง๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ is the way you do ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ.โโฃ
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As I sat there, I couldnโt help noticing how these women were doing life.โฃ
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There was singing.โฃ Creativity.โฃ Storytelling.โฃ Laughter.โฃ Vulnerability.โฃ
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But what struck me most wasnโt what we were doing.โฃ It was how we were being.โฃ
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Nobody was trying to impress anyone.โฃ
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Nobody seemed concerned with being the smartest, prettiest, funniest or most accomplished woman in the room.โฃ
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Everyone arrived in their own way.โฃ
โฃTheir own style - ugg boots were celebrated!โฃ
โฃTheir own voice.โฃ
โฃTheir own beautiful awkwardness.โฃ
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And somehow that created something I donโt experience nearly enough as an adult woman:โฃ
โฃI didnโt feel judged.โฃ Not once.โฃ
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I looked around the room & saw women being brave enough to sing when they werenโt singers.โฃ
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To share when they didnโt have the perfect words.โฃ
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To create without needing to be good at it.โฃ
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To simply show up as themselves.โฃ
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And I found myself wonderingโฆโฃ Why does that feel so rare?โฃ
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Why are so many spaces for women quietly filled with comparison, performance & self-consciousness?โฃ
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Why do so many of us arrive already braced for judgement?โฃ
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Because for a few hours on Sunday, none of that existed.โฃ
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And maybe thatโs why I left feeling so nourished.โฃ
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Not because I learned something new or had a breakthrough.โฃ
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But because I got to experience what happens when women stop performing & start being.โฃ
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I think we need more of that.โฃ
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Especially now when โIโm goodโ often means โIโm coping.โโฃ
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Maybe what weโre hungry for isnโt more self-improvement.โฃ
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Maybe itโs spaces where we can put the armour down & remember who we are underneath it.โฃ
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Just a thoughtโฃ
KG xโฃ
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Ps photo is a snippet of our group painting ๐