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How I Stopped Shrinking to Please People and Started Reclaiming My Space

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“A woman in harmony with her spirit is like a river flowing. She goes where she will without pretense and arrives at her destination prepared to be herself and herself only.” ~Maya Angelou For as long as I can remember, I have struggled with feelings of inadequacy and unworthiness.

I’ve grappled with the unshakable feeling that I am not enough no matter what I do. As a child, I was labeled by my family as being “too much.” Too bossy, too selfish, too energetic, too emotional.

So I did what many little girls do when faced by those messages: I tried to take up as little space as possible. It started with me taking up less space mentally.

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