Welcome to week 2!
Congratulations on completing week one! I hope you found the tips and activities from last week helpful. I also hope you discovered some fun new things about what life is like behind the pasties! I've learned more about being a female leader from burlesque than from any workshop I've been to or any book I've ever read. I'm excited to share those learnings with you.
This week, we'll be focusing on how to reveal your greatest self. With a foundation of embodied self-awareness under our garter belt, we're ready to present our leadership to others. This week is all about you and your personal presence. I like to keep a Pinterest board to remind myself of my personal presence for the days when I'm not feeling like my greatest self.
As a thank you for joining me this past week, I want to share my personal girl power playlist with you. I hope it gets you pumped up for week two!
This week, we'll be focusing on how to reveal your greatest self. With a foundation of embodied self-awareness under our garter belt, we're ready to present our leadership to others. This week is all about you and your personal presence. I like to keep a Pinterest board to remind myself of my personal presence for the days when I'm not feeling like my greatest self.
As a thank you for joining me this past week, I want to share my personal girl power playlist with you. I hope it gets you pumped up for week two!
Let's Talk ABout Confidence
Embodied leadership, which is a pillar of feminine leadership, is essential to strengthening your confidence. Let me pause to tell you why I think confidence is so important.
When I feel confident I’m more open to learning, more willing to take risks, and more likely to stand up for myself. When I’m not feeling confident I stink at navigating conflict, don’t want to take initiative, and prefer to stay curled up on my couch under a blanket. According to Katty Kay of The Confidence Code, confidence matters more than competence. “Having confidence is taking action. We all want to do or try certain things but fear they are just beyond our reach and yet we worry about failing…The difference between a confident person and an unconfident person is simply that the confident person acts on their ambitions and desires and who doesn’t let that fear of failure stop them…confidence is life’s enabler—it is the quality that turns thoughts into action.”
I define confidence as my degree of certainty that a thought, feeling, desire, need, intuition, or prediction is true. It is also the degree to which I believe that my decisions and actions are effective and meaningful. I define self-confidence as the degree to which I trust myself. We each hold deeply ingrained stories that diminish our self-confidence and impede our ability to trust ourselves. When we can’t form high-trust relationships with ourselves, we can’t form high-trust and influential relationships with others. Last week we focused on getting to know our whole selves—this week we’ll focus on revealing ourselves to the world.
But you are the only person alive who has sole custody of your life. Your particular life. Your entire life. Not just your life at a desk, or your life on the bus, or in the car, or at the computer. Not just the life of your mind, but the life of your heart. Not just your bank account, but your soul.- Anna Quindlen
When I feel confident I’m more open to learning, more willing to take risks, and more likely to stand up for myself. When I’m not feeling confident I stink at navigating conflict, don’t want to take initiative, and prefer to stay curled up on my couch under a blanket. According to Katty Kay of The Confidence Code, confidence matters more than competence. “Having confidence is taking action. We all want to do or try certain things but fear they are just beyond our reach and yet we worry about failing…The difference between a confident person and an unconfident person is simply that the confident person acts on their ambitions and desires and who doesn’t let that fear of failure stop them…confidence is life’s enabler—it is the quality that turns thoughts into action.”
I define confidence as my degree of certainty that a thought, feeling, desire, need, intuition, or prediction is true. It is also the degree to which I believe that my decisions and actions are effective and meaningful. I define self-confidence as the degree to which I trust myself. We each hold deeply ingrained stories that diminish our self-confidence and impede our ability to trust ourselves. When we can’t form high-trust relationships with ourselves, we can’t form high-trust and influential relationships with others. Last week we focused on getting to know our whole selves—this week we’ll focus on revealing ourselves to the world.
But you are the only person alive who has sole custody of your life. Your particular life. Your entire life. Not just your life at a desk, or your life on the bus, or in the car, or at the computer. Not just the life of your mind, but the life of your heart. Not just your bank account, but your soul.- Anna Quindlen
Before we go any further, I want to introduce you to the game-changing women who have helped build my confidence. They have been essential to my existence, and to my understanding of what it means to be a woman. These are the women of Sinner Saint Burlesque. Sinner Saint’s mission is to celebrate the human experience through smart, sexy entertainment.
My troupe’s philosophy is that burlesque, and striptease, empowers women to tell their personal stories by using their bodies. We use burlesque to challenge internalized and institutionalized oppression, to contest the socio-political landscape, to evoke joy, and to embrace our feminine sexuality. Though we engage audiences through entertaining and humorous performances, our passion is in helping women heal the wounds of patriarchy and misogyny. We exemplify prototypes of female liberation to celebrate all that women are capable of.
My troupe’s philosophy is that burlesque, and striptease, empowers women to tell their personal stories by using their bodies. We use burlesque to challenge internalized and institutionalized oppression, to contest the socio-political landscape, to evoke joy, and to embrace our feminine sexuality. Though we engage audiences through entertaining and humorous performances, our passion is in helping women heal the wounds of patriarchy and misogyny. We exemplify prototypes of female liberation to celebrate all that women are capable of.
Here's a review of what we covered this past week:
GET OUT OF YOUR HEAD AND INTO YOUR VAGINA - How self-awareness is critical to leadership, confidence and influence.
GOOD EYEBROWS - How emotional intelligence and congruence can help you fully express yourself.
RULE OF 3 - A tip for emphasizing an important message, and noticing your thought patterns.
INSPIRING THE "O" - One way your physical body helps you be a better leader.
THE PUSSY CHECK - The importance of giving and receiving direct feedback.
GOOD EYEBROWS - How emotional intelligence and congruence can help you fully express yourself.
RULE OF 3 - A tip for emphasizing an important message, and noticing your thought patterns.
INSPIRING THE "O" - One way your physical body helps you be a better leader.
THE PUSSY CHECK - The importance of giving and receiving direct feedback.
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Looking forward to week 2
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Here's what's coming up this week:
Day 8 - THE REVEAL Day 9 - PERFECTION, SPREZZATURA, & VULNERABILITY Day 10 - BE YOUR OWN BIGGEST FAN Day 11 - INCREASE YOUR PLEASURE: HOW TO WORK A BOA Day 12 - MAGIC RED LIPSTICK AND SAYING 'NO' Day 13/14 - WRAP UP AND WHAT'S NEXT At bottom, the heart that seeks to awaken, to live genuinely, is more real than anything. It is the nameless drive that calls us to be who we most truly are. - Ezra Bayda |
As a reminder, here's how to make the most out of the course
Participate. Try the activities. Reflect on the big questions in a journal. Let your leadership shine.
Engage. Share your experiences. Ask questions. Request help. Celebrate breakthroughs. Offer resources to one another.
Offer feedback. Tell me what your favorite parts were or what ideas you have for improving the course.
Share it. If you like what you experienced, please share it, tag it, tweet it, blog about it, and talk about it. Invite a friend to join you this week. Send them this sign-up link.
Participate. Try the activities. Reflect on the big questions in a journal. Let your leadership shine.
Engage. Share your experiences. Ask questions. Request help. Celebrate breakthroughs. Offer resources to one another.
Offer feedback. Tell me what your favorite parts were or what ideas you have for improving the course.
Share it. If you like what you experienced, please share it, tag it, tweet it, blog about it, and talk about it. Invite a friend to join you this week. Send them this sign-up link.
