Unapologetically Me: EMBRACING THE PLAN AND PURPOSE OF YOUR AUTHENTIC LIFE

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Some of the things that you should stop apologizing for, include; your emotions, appearance, opinions, asking questions, or your uniqueness.

I wish I’d had the courage to live a life that was true to myself, rather than the life others wanted or expected of me.”Aliza Werner (she/her, @alizateach) is an elementary educator and consultant in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Aliza holds a B.S. in Deaf Education from Boston University and M.S. in Curriculum & Instruction with a focus in Language and Literacy from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She serves on the Wisconsin State Reading Association’s Children’s Literature Committee. At Milwaukee Film, she is a Curriculum Writer, Fellowship Facilitator, on the Education and “Rated K For Kids” Film Screening Committees, and is developing media literacy programs for educators and families. Aliza is passionate about literacy education: multimedia/multimodal literacies, anti-bias/antiracist pedagogy and practice, and inclusive, diverse, & representative children’s literature. She and her husband have two kids with paws, Liffey and Poet. World traveler. Reader. Writer. Jewish. Acquired disability. Knitter. Photographer. Auntie. The third step is to take off your mask and to fully embrace who you are and to embrace your imperfections and perceived flaws - because these are what make you unique. Rather than trying to please other people and trying to fit in, it’s time to give yourself permission to show all of you. It’s time to shine your light. This meant letting go of all the preconceived ideas I had about myself and detaching from my own definitions of myself. To accept ourselves as we are means to value our imperfections as much as our perfections.”– Sandra Bierig

You will be taking risks and facing challenges without fear of what others will think even if you fail. You also learn to take a stand and say no to things that you are not supportive of and mean it. When you don’t have the fear of what other people may think of your choices, you start to take more risks. At the end of the day, you realize that people actually don’t care about your life as much as you think. Breath work is a form of detox to the body, mind, and soul. Breath work helps cleanse your body from stagnant energy, repressed emotions and trauma that have been weighting you down. Breath work helps you release all the layers of yourself that you’re not. Breath work allows you to tune inwards and through breath work you’ll become aware of your thoughts, feelings, and patterns that are not aligned with your true essence.

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But alas! That is not the world we live in today. There are always external factors trying to dictate to you how to live your life, and if you are not careful, you can easily lose sight of who you are.

This often happens when folks are used to people-pleasing as a result of trauma. They’re often afraid of standing their ground so as not to cause waves or make a scene in case they upset someone else.Women, like men, should try to do the impossible, and when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others.”– Amelia Earhart