Permission to Fail, or the Best Gift I Ever Gave Myself
Permission to fail is a deep breath, a confession. Permission to fail is the covenant I build with myself. By making failure something to be accepted, I learn to trust myself to overcome that failure. I trust myself to survive failure because I’ve done it before. I trust myself to learn from my experiments, from my mistakes. I trust myself to do better the next time. I trust myself to get up.
Power Up, or Stepping Into Who You Want to Be
I loved the idea of her “power poses,” and I began doing them. The Starfish. Superman. Bodybuilder. Wonder Woman. Pride. And while I am generally considered to have little to no shame, it was a bit awkward when I got busted in the elevator or the ladies’ restroom and had to explain just what it was that I was doing. Once they heard the explanation, people got the idea and even got a laugh, but it was then that I started to wish for a way to power pose without having to explain myself. I needed a power pose for the inside.