“You can’t be scientific and artistic.”
“You can’t be rational and emotional.”
“You can’t be serious and playful.”
This is what I heard for years… and even started believing it.
Until one day, I looked around and realized I wasn’t the problem.
Have you been there?
The pressure to shrink parts of yourself to fit into rooms that felt too small ?
I have….
I’d quiet my voice so I wouldn’t seem too opinionated.
I’d hide my artistic side so I wouldn’t seem too scattered.
I’d downplay my passions so I wouldn’t seem too intense.
But every time I made myself smaller to be liked or accepted, something inside me dimmed…
It turned out I wasn’t taking up too much space…
I was just in the wrong rooms
I’m a pharmacist
A singer
A songwriter
A speaker
A coach
A writer
A leader
A Multilingual
A dreamer
A Passionate about photography and travel…
And for years, I heard it :
“You’re too much.”
“Pick one lane.”
We’re not meant to be monochrome and we are only “too much” to those who were never meant to see us clearly.
If you’ve ever felt like you had to dim your light to be accepted, This is your Sunday permission!
Shine in full color!
Embrace all your facets!
And choose rooms that celebrate your uniqueness!
Because you can be colorful!
Because you can be layered!
Because you can be unapologetically you!
What parts of yourself have you been hiding?
What passions have you dimmed to feel accepted?