When will we, as women, allow ourselves to feel whole? To feel normal and satisfied. To stand in the middle and still feel like we’re winning. To say no thanks to the things that don’t feel like us and yes to those that align beautifully with our values and our essence. When will we stop treating “normal” like something to run from, and start embracing the steadiness and stillness that allows us to make clear, aligned choices? When will we normalise normal?

Confidence is not an attachment that you use every now and again. Not a bonus extra you add on once you’ve ‘sorted out’ the rest of your life. It’s the foundation. The starting point. It is the thread that weaves through every decision, boundary, relationship, and reinvention. Without confidence we get stuck. We say yes when we want to say no. We second-guess ourselves into silence. We shape-shift into versions of ourselves we barely recognise, just to be liked, or safe, or ‘