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Tag: Life Lessons

My focus word for 2016

by Lola AkinmadeLatest NewsPosted on January 7, 20162 Comments

Every year, I pick out a focus word. A word that governs various aspects of my life that year in lieu of resolutions…

Are you a travel snob? Digging up the past

by Lola AkinmadeLatest NewsPosted on October 2, 2015October 2, 20152 Comments

I recently stumbled across a piece I contributed to back in 2010 in response to the question: Travel snobbery. Does it exist? If so, how would you define it?…

Gratteri, Sicily - Travel photography by Lola Akinmade Åkerström

7 tips for following your passion

by Lola AkinmadeLatest NewsPosted on August 26, 2014October 2, 20155 Comments

We all have passions. Or, at least one passion. Something we’re so drawn to and feel like we were placed on earth to pursue…

Fish head - Split, Croatia - Travel photography by Lola Akinmade AKerstrom

The danger of believing your own press

by Lola AkinmadeLatest NewsPosted on June 26, 2014October 18, 201718 Comments

This is where the danger of believing your own press starts to creep in because you see, confidence…true confidence in yourself…doesn’t always feel the need to seek out affirmation from others.

Nigerian schoolgirls - Photography by Lola Akinmade Åkerström

Thoughts on being snatched from boarding school #BringBackOurGirls

by Lola AkinmadeInspiration + Giving BackPosted on May 7, 2014October 18, 201718 Comments

I was afraid of Madam Koi Koi. Afraid that she’d peek under my mosquito net as well and look at my face in the dead of night…

My Focus Word for 2014

by Lola AkinmadeLatest NewsPosted on January 13, 2014October 3, 201515 Comments

Every year, I pick a focus word…

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  • Very few exhibitions move me to tears…and the impeccably curated HAIR IS ART: HAIR IS IDENTITY experience by @fulanibraidbar did just that. 

A singular one of its kind in Sweden, I visited the exhibit in Malmö which chronicles the cultural importance of African hairstyles and the deep rooted identity they embody 🖤

According to the exhibit, it “centres Afro hair as artistic expression, cultural knowledge, and lived identity. Through sculptural wigs, braided forms, photography, and live performance, it invites visitors to experience hair beyond aesthetics - as heritage, resistance, and self-definition. Drawing from Afrofuturist thinking, the exhibition weaves together past, present, and future.”

Can’t wait to see this fabulous exhibit travel across the Nordics 🙌🏾 🌟 

Fantastic vision @arietawho @mimir0se and all your wonderful collaborators! 🔥

#africanart #exhibition #identity #afrofuturism #afrohairstyle
  • Happy Easter 🙏🏽💛
He lives forever in our hearts.

#Easter

Photo shot in Ravenna, Italy
  • On Ash Wednesday, there were less than twenty people in the service I popped into.

I cried because I knew why the pews were empty. I myself rarely go in person these days and listen to sermons virtually.

The evil people have done in God’s name and keep doing in God’s name continues to drive people away.

People who need that love the most. Who need to see God’s reflection in their neighbors.

Hate, exclusion, delusion, xenophobia, wars, genocides, supremacy… the list, long.

All done in God’s name. The very definition of heresy.

On this Good Friday as I remember a savior who paid the ultimate price, my prayer is that my life continues to be a vessel through my work, purpose, talent.

That even when I stumble, God always reaches out Their hand of love to guide me back. 

A savior who hypocrites today will mistreat the very same way because he was brown. A foreigner in their midst.

That is really all I can do. 

Live a life of testimony so people can rediscover God’s grace and goodness 🙏🏽

#GoodFriday

Photo shot in Ludza, Latgale, Latvia
  • Chasing architecture.

Centre Municipal de Vela de Barcelona, Port Olímpic.

#barcelona #waterfront #architecture #structure #streetphotography
  • Chasing architecture.

Centre Municipal de Vela de Barcelona, Port Olímpic.

#barcelona #waterfront #architecture #structure #streetphotography
  • Chasing architecture.

Centre Municipal de Vela de Barcelona, Port Olímpic.

#barcelona #waterfront #architecture #structure #streetphotography
  • ”We create something new to preserve something old.” 

Preserving Japan’s gold-leaf craft, the Yoshidas - husband and wife team - behind Kinzangama’s fourth-generation workshop and their mastery are designated national treasures. 

A few images from their intricate world - @kinzangama_kiln @kinzangama_kutani 

#japan #craftmanship #hokuriku #artisan #presstrip
  • What happens when your rates go up but your past working relationships haven’t caught up?

One situation we often talk about with regards to personal relationships is the loss that occurs when expansion and evolution occurs. When these dynamics shift, there’s an uncomfortable space where we have to both mourn the loss of the relationship while celebrating our next stage, transition, and alignment with our life’s purpose.

But what about in the work place? 
Within your specific industries? 
In the freelancing world? 

When people who once cherished your voice now balk at your rates? As if you aren’t worthy of it?

It’s akin to forever treating your kids like babies without acknowledging their teenage years or transition into adulthood.

It’s difficult to mourn work relationships that once made sense in your metaphoric youth and not so much in your new season. 

This is the deep channel of professional pain we must swim through as we make our way from tight ponds to expansive seas of possibilities.

Let’s acknowledge this, but even better, in a world of limitations we impose on ourselves and each other, let’s celebrate growth and the courage it takes to evolve. 

#growth
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Very few exhibitions move me to tears…and the impeccably curated HAIR IS ART: HAIR IS IDENTITY experience by @fulanibraidbar did just that. 

A singular one of its kind in Sweden, I visited the exhibit in Malmö which chronicles the cultural importance of African hairstyles and the deep rooted identity they embody 🖤

According to the exhibit, it “centres Afro hair as artistic expression, cultural knowledge, and lived identity. Through sculptural wigs, braided forms, photography, and live performance, it invites visitors to experience hair beyond aesthetics - as heritage, resistance, and self-definition. Drawing from Afrofuturist thinking, the exhibition weaves together past, present, and future.”

Can’t wait to see this fabulous exhibit travel across the Nordics 🙌🏾 🌟 

Fantastic vision @arietawho @mimir0se and all your wonderful collaborators! 🔥

#africanart #exhibition #identity #afrofuturism #afrohairstyle
Very few exhibitions move me to tears…and the impeccably curated HAIR IS ART: HAIR IS IDENTITY experience by @fulanibraidbar did just that. 

A singular one of its kind in Sweden, I visited the exhibit in Malmö which chronicles the cultural importance of African hairstyles and the deep rooted identity they embody 🖤

According to the exhibit, it “centres Afro hair as artistic expression, cultural knowledge, and lived identity. Through sculptural wigs, braided forms, photography, and live performance, it invites visitors to experience hair beyond aesthetics - as heritage, resistance, and self-definition. Drawing from Afrofuturist thinking, the exhibition weaves together past, present, and future.”

Can’t wait to see this fabulous exhibit travel across the Nordics 🙌🏾 🌟 

Fantastic vision @arietawho @mimir0se and all your wonderful collaborators! 🔥

#africanart #exhibition #identity #afrofuturism #afrohairstyle
Very few exhibitions move me to tears…and the impeccably curated HAIR IS ART: HAIR IS IDENTITY experience by @fulanibraidbar did just that. 

A singular one of its kind in Sweden, I visited the exhibit in Malmö which chronicles the cultural importance of African hairstyles and the deep rooted identity they embody 🖤

According to the exhibit, it “centres Afro hair as artistic expression, cultural knowledge, and lived identity. Through sculptural wigs, braided forms, photography, and live performance, it invites visitors to experience hair beyond aesthetics - as heritage, resistance, and self-definition. Drawing from Afrofuturist thinking, the exhibition weaves together past, present, and future.”

Can’t wait to see this fabulous exhibit travel across the Nordics 🙌🏾 🌟 

Fantastic vision @arietawho @mimir0se and all your wonderful collaborators! 🔥

#africanart #exhibition #identity #afrofuturism #afrohairstyle
Very few exhibitions move me to tears…and the impeccably curated HAIR IS ART: HAIR IS IDENTITY experience by @fulanibraidbar did just that. 

A singular one of its kind in Sweden, I visited the exhibit in Malmö which chronicles the cultural importance of African hairstyles and the deep rooted identity they embody 🖤

According to the exhibit, it “centres Afro hair as artistic expression, cultural knowledge, and lived identity. Through sculptural wigs, braided forms, photography, and live performance, it invites visitors to experience hair beyond aesthetics - as heritage, resistance, and self-definition. Drawing from Afrofuturist thinking, the exhibition weaves together past, present, and future.”

Can’t wait to see this fabulous exhibit travel across the Nordics 🙌🏾 🌟 

Fantastic vision @arietawho @mimir0se and all your wonderful collaborators! 🔥

#africanart #exhibition #identity #afrofuturism #afrohairstyle
Very few exhibitions move me to tears…and the impeccably curated HAIR IS ART: HAIR IS IDENTITY experience by @fulanibraidbar did just that. 

A singular one of its kind in Sweden, I visited the exhibit in Malmö which chronicles the cultural importance of African hairstyles and the deep rooted identity they embody 🖤

According to the exhibit, it “centres Afro hair as artistic expression, cultural knowledge, and lived identity. Through sculptural wigs, braided forms, photography, and live performance, it invites visitors to experience hair beyond aesthetics - as heritage, resistance, and self-definition. Drawing from Afrofuturist thinking, the exhibition weaves together past, present, and future.”

Can’t wait to see this fabulous exhibit travel across the Nordics 🙌🏾 🌟 

Fantastic vision @arietawho @mimir0se and all your wonderful collaborators! 🔥

#africanart #exhibition #identity #afrofuturism #afrohairstyle
Very few exhibitions move me to tears…and the impeccably curated HAIR IS ART: HAIR IS IDENTITY experience by @fulanibraidbar did just that. 

A singular one of its kind in Sweden, I visited the exhibit in Malmö which chronicles the cultural importance of African hairstyles and the deep rooted identity they embody 🖤

According to the exhibit, it “centres Afro hair as artistic expression, cultural knowledge, and lived identity. Through sculptural wigs, braided forms, photography, and live performance, it invites visitors to experience hair beyond aesthetics - as heritage, resistance, and self-definition. Drawing from Afrofuturist thinking, the exhibition weaves together past, present, and future.”

Can’t wait to see this fabulous exhibit travel across the Nordics 🙌🏾 🌟 

Fantastic vision @arietawho @mimir0se and all your wonderful collaborators! 🔥

#africanart #exhibition #identity #afrofuturism #afrohairstyle
Very few exhibitions move me to tears…and the impeccably curated HAIR IS ART: HAIR IS IDENTITY experience by @fulanibraidbar did just that. 

A singular one of its kind in Sweden, I visited the exhibit in Malmö which chronicles the cultural importance of African hairstyles and the deep rooted identity they embody 🖤

According to the exhibit, it “centres Afro hair as artistic expression, cultural knowledge, and lived identity. Through sculptural wigs, braided forms, photography, and live performance, it invites visitors to experience hair beyond aesthetics - as heritage, resistance, and self-definition. Drawing from Afrofuturist thinking, the exhibition weaves together past, present, and future.”

Can’t wait to see this fabulous exhibit travel across the Nordics 🙌🏾 🌟 

Fantastic vision @arietawho @mimir0se and all your wonderful collaborators! 🔥

#africanart #exhibition #identity #afrofuturism #afrohairstyle
Very few exhibitions move me to tears…and the impeccably curated HAIR IS ART: HAIR IS IDENTITY experience by @fulanibraidbar did just that. 

A singular one of its kind in Sweden, I visited the exhibit in Malmö which chronicles the cultural importance of African hairstyles and the deep rooted identity they embody 🖤

According to the exhibit, it “centres Afro hair as artistic expression, cultural knowledge, and lived identity. Through sculptural wigs, braided forms, photography, and live performance, it invites visitors to experience hair beyond aesthetics - as heritage, resistance, and self-definition. Drawing from Afrofuturist thinking, the exhibition weaves together past, present, and future.”

Can’t wait to see this fabulous exhibit travel across the Nordics 🙌🏾 🌟 

Fantastic vision @arietawho @mimir0se and all your wonderful collaborators! 🔥

#africanart #exhibition #identity #afrofuturism #afrohairstyle
Very few exhibitions move me to tears…and the impeccably curated HAIR IS ART: HAIR IS IDENTITY experience by @fulanibraidbar did just that. 

A singular one of its kind in Sweden, I visited the exhibit in Malmö which chronicles the cultural importance of African hairstyles and the deep rooted identity they embody 🖤

According to the exhibit, it “centres Afro hair as artistic expression, cultural knowledge, and lived identity. Through sculptural wigs, braided forms, photography, and live performance, it invites visitors to experience hair beyond aesthetics - as heritage, resistance, and self-definition. Drawing from Afrofuturist thinking, the exhibition weaves together past, present, and future.”

Can’t wait to see this fabulous exhibit travel across the Nordics 🙌🏾 🌟 

Fantastic vision @arietawho @mimir0se and all your wonderful collaborators! 🔥

#africanart #exhibition #identity #afrofuturism #afrohairstyle
Very few exhibitions move me to tears…and the impeccably curated HAIR IS ART: HAIR IS IDENTITY experience by @fulanibraidbar did just that. 

A singular one of its kind in Sweden, I visited the exhibit in Malmö which chronicles the cultural importance of African hairstyles and the deep rooted identity they embody 🖤

According to the exhibit, it “centres Afro hair as artistic expression, cultural knowledge, and lived identity. Through sculptural wigs, braided forms, photography, and live performance, it invites visitors to experience hair beyond aesthetics - as heritage, resistance, and self-definition. Drawing from Afrofuturist thinking, the exhibition weaves together past, present, and future.”

Can’t wait to see this fabulous exhibit travel across the Nordics 🙌🏾 🌟 

Fantastic vision @arietawho @mimir0se and all your wonderful collaborators! 🔥

#africanart #exhibition #identity #afrofuturism #afrohairstyle
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Very few exhibitions move me to tears…and the impeccably curated HAIR IS ART: HAIR IS IDENTITY experience by @fulanibraidbar did just that. A singular one of its kind in Sweden, I visited the exhibit in Malmö which chronicles the cultural importance of African hairstyles and the deep rooted identity they embody 🖤 According to the exhibit, it “centres Afro hair as artistic expression, cultural knowledge, and lived identity. Through sculptural wigs, braided forms, photography, and live performance, it invites visitors to experience hair beyond aesthetics - as heritage, resistance, and self-definition. Drawing from Afrofuturist thinking, the exhibition weaves together past, present, and future.” Can’t wait to see this fabulous exhibit travel across the Nordics 🙌🏾 🌟 Fantastic vision @arietawho @mimir0se and all your wonderful collaborators! 🔥 #africanart #exhibition #identity #afrofuturism #afrohairstyle
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He lives forever in our hearts.

#Easter

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Happy Easter 🙏🏽💛
He lives forever in our hearts.

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On Ash Wednesday, there were less than twenty people in the service I popped into.

I cried because I knew why the pews were empty. I myself rarely go in person these days and listen to sermons virtually.

The evil people have done in God’s name and keep doing in God’s name continues to drive people away.

People who need that love the most. Who need to see God’s reflection in their neighbors.

Hate, exclusion, delusion, xenophobia, wars, genocides, supremacy… the list, long.

All done in God’s name. The very definition of heresy.

On this Good Friday as I remember a savior who paid the ultimate price, my prayer is that my life continues to be a vessel through my work, purpose, talent.

That even when I stumble, God always reaches out Their hand of love to guide me back. 

A savior who hypocrites today will mistreat the very same way because he was brown. A foreigner in their midst.

That is really all I can do. 

Live a life of testimony so people can rediscover God’s grace and goodness 🙏🏽

#GoodFriday

Photo shot in Ludza, Latgale, Latvia
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On Ash Wednesday, there were less than twenty people in the service I popped into. I cried because I knew why the pews were empty. I myself rarely go in person these days and listen to sermons virtually. The evil people have done in God’s name and keep doing in God’s name continues to drive people away. People who need that love the most. Who need to see God’s reflection in their neighbors. Hate, exclusion, delusion, xenophobia, wars, genocides, supremacy… the list, long. All done in God’s name. The very definition of heresy. On this Good Friday as I remember a savior who paid the ultimate price, my prayer is that my life continues to be a vessel through my work, purpose, talent. That even when I stumble, God always reaches out Their hand of love to guide me back. A savior who hypocrites today will mistreat the very same way because he was brown. A foreigner in their midst. That is really all I can do. Live a life of testimony so people can rediscover God’s grace and goodness 🙏🏽 #GoodFriday Photo shot in Ludza, Latgale, Latvia
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Centre Municipal de Vela de Barcelona, Port Olímpic.

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Chasing architecture.

Centre Municipal de Vela de Barcelona, Port Olímpic.

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Chasing architecture.

Centre Municipal de Vela de Barcelona, Port Olímpic.

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”We create something new to preserve something old.” 

Preserving Japan’s gold-leaf craft, the Yoshidas - husband and wife team - behind Kinzangama’s fourth-generation workshop and their mastery are designated national treasures. 

A few images from their intricate world - @kinzangama_kiln @kinzangama_kutani 

#japan #craftmanship #hokuriku #artisan #presstrip
”We create something new to preserve something old.” 

Preserving Japan’s gold-leaf craft, the Yoshidas - husband and wife team - behind Kinzangama’s fourth-generation workshop and their mastery are designated national treasures. 

A few images from their intricate world - @kinzangama_kiln @kinzangama_kutani 

#japan #craftmanship #hokuriku #artisan #presstrip
”We create something new to preserve something old.” 

Preserving Japan’s gold-leaf craft, the Yoshidas - husband and wife team - behind Kinzangama’s fourth-generation workshop and their mastery are designated national treasures. 

A few images from their intricate world - @kinzangama_kiln @kinzangama_kutani 

#japan #craftmanship #hokuriku #artisan #presstrip
”We create something new to preserve something old.” 

Preserving Japan’s gold-leaf craft, the Yoshidas - husband and wife team - behind Kinzangama’s fourth-generation workshop and their mastery are designated national treasures. 

A few images from their intricate world - @kinzangama_kiln @kinzangama_kutani 

#japan #craftmanship #hokuriku #artisan #presstrip
”We create something new to preserve something old.” 

Preserving Japan’s gold-leaf craft, the Yoshidas - husband and wife team - behind Kinzangama’s fourth-generation workshop and their mastery are designated national treasures. 

A few images from their intricate world - @kinzangama_kiln @kinzangama_kutani 

#japan #craftmanship #hokuriku #artisan #presstrip
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”We create something new to preserve something old.” Preserving Japan’s gold-leaf craft, the Yoshidas - husband and wife team - behind Kinzangama’s fourth-generation workshop and their mastery are designated national treasures. A few images from their intricate world - @kinzangama_kiln @kinzangama_kutani #japan #craftmanship #hokuriku #artisan #presstrip
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What happens when your rates go up but your past working relationships haven’t caught up?

One situation we often talk about with regards to personal relationships is the loss that occurs when expansion and evolution occurs. When these dynamics shift, there’s an uncomfortable space where we have to both mourn the loss of the relationship while celebrating our next stage, transition, and alignment with our life’s purpose.

But what about in the work place? 
Within your specific industries? 
In the freelancing world? 

When people who once cherished your voice now balk at your rates? As if you aren’t worthy of it?

It’s akin to forever treating your kids like babies without acknowledging their teenage years or transition into adulthood.

It’s difficult to mourn work relationships that once made sense in your metaphoric youth and not so much in your new season. 

This is the deep channel of professional pain we must swim through as we make our way from tight ponds to expansive seas of possibilities.

Let’s acknowledge this, but even better, in a world of limitations we impose on ourselves and each other, let’s celebrate growth and the courage it takes to evolve. 

#growth
What happens when your rates go up but your past working relationships haven’t caught up?

One situation we often talk about with regards to personal relationships is the loss that occurs when expansion and evolution occurs. When these dynamics shift, there’s an uncomfortable space where we have to both mourn the loss of the relationship while celebrating our next stage, transition, and alignment with our life’s purpose.

But what about in the work place? 
Within your specific industries? 
In the freelancing world? 

When people who once cherished your voice now balk at your rates? As if you aren’t worthy of it?

It’s akin to forever treating your kids like babies without acknowledging their teenage years or transition into adulthood.

It’s difficult to mourn work relationships that once made sense in your metaphoric youth and not so much in your new season. 

This is the deep channel of professional pain we must swim through as we make our way from tight ponds to expansive seas of possibilities.

Let’s acknowledge this, but even better, in a world of limitations we impose on ourselves and each other, let’s celebrate growth and the courage it takes to evolve. 

#growth
What happens when your rates go up but your past working relationships haven’t caught up?

One situation we often talk about with regards to personal relationships is the loss that occurs when expansion and evolution occurs. When these dynamics shift, there’s an uncomfortable space where we have to both mourn the loss of the relationship while celebrating our next stage, transition, and alignment with our life’s purpose.

But what about in the work place? 
Within your specific industries? 
In the freelancing world? 

When people who once cherished your voice now balk at your rates? As if you aren’t worthy of it?

It’s akin to forever treating your kids like babies without acknowledging their teenage years or transition into adulthood.

It’s difficult to mourn work relationships that once made sense in your metaphoric youth and not so much in your new season. 

This is the deep channel of professional pain we must swim through as we make our way from tight ponds to expansive seas of possibilities.

Let’s acknowledge this, but even better, in a world of limitations we impose on ourselves and each other, let’s celebrate growth and the courage it takes to evolve. 

#growth
What happens when your rates go up but your past working relationships haven’t caught up?

One situation we often talk about with regards to personal relationships is the loss that occurs when expansion and evolution occurs. When these dynamics shift, there’s an uncomfortable space where we have to both mourn the loss of the relationship while celebrating our next stage, transition, and alignment with our life’s purpose.

But what about in the work place? 
Within your specific industries? 
In the freelancing world? 

When people who once cherished your voice now balk at your rates? As if you aren’t worthy of it?

It’s akin to forever treating your kids like babies without acknowledging their teenage years or transition into adulthood.

It’s difficult to mourn work relationships that once made sense in your metaphoric youth and not so much in your new season. 

This is the deep channel of professional pain we must swim through as we make our way from tight ponds to expansive seas of possibilities.

Let’s acknowledge this, but even better, in a world of limitations we impose on ourselves and each other, let’s celebrate growth and the courage it takes to evolve. 

#growth
What happens when your rates go up but your past working relationships haven’t caught up?

One situation we often talk about with regards to personal relationships is the loss that occurs when expansion and evolution occurs. When these dynamics shift, there’s an uncomfortable space where we have to both mourn the loss of the relationship while celebrating our next stage, transition, and alignment with our life’s purpose.

But what about in the work place? 
Within your specific industries? 
In the freelancing world? 

When people who once cherished your voice now balk at your rates? As if you aren’t worthy of it?

It’s akin to forever treating your kids like babies without acknowledging their teenage years or transition into adulthood.

It’s difficult to mourn work relationships that once made sense in your metaphoric youth and not so much in your new season. 

This is the deep channel of professional pain we must swim through as we make our way from tight ponds to expansive seas of possibilities.

Let’s acknowledge this, but even better, in a world of limitations we impose on ourselves and each other, let’s celebrate growth and the courage it takes to evolve. 

#growth
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What happens when your rates go up but your past working relationships haven’t caught up? One situation we often talk about with regards to personal relationships is the loss that occurs when expansion and evolution occurs. When these dynamics shift, there’s an uncomfortable space where we have to both mourn the loss of the relationship while celebrating our next stage, transition, and alignment with our life’s purpose. But what about in the work place? Within your specific industries? In the freelancing world? When people who once cherished your voice now balk at your rates? As if you aren’t worthy of it? It’s akin to forever treating your kids like babies without acknowledging their teenage years or transition into adulthood. It’s difficult to mourn work relationships that once made sense in your metaphoric youth and not so much in your new season. This is the deep channel of professional pain we must swim through as we make our way from tight ponds to expansive seas of possibilities. Let’s acknowledge this, but even better, in a world of limitations we impose on ourselves and each other, let’s celebrate growth and the courage it takes to evolve. #growth
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