#blackwomenaredope

Honest Moment:

Years ago, I had no idea what an International Women’s Day was or why people were hell bent on celebrating it. Don’t be afraid to raise your hands if I’m not alone.

Despite learning about women’s suffrage in my youth, I didn’t correlate the two. It didn’t hit home for me until I entered sports and it changed the trajectory of my life.

International Women’s Day is significant because we still live in a world where a significant amount of things aren’t equal. Our identities can unfairly determine our pay to being reduced down to looks versus impact or ability, especially in sports.

I don’t want to hit you with a cliche reason on why you should care; instead I’ll share why it’s important to me and how sports stimulated this development.

If it wasn’t for sports, I wouldn’t have an empowering female community to be vulnerable with, wouldn’t be in my career and I probably wouldn’t know the power of my voice and how I can use it to stimulate change. #IWD2020 is powerful to me because I am reminded that I can use my platform to bring awareness; I am also reminded to acknowledge my own achievements and being kinder to myself.

For IWD and days to follow, I’m implementing recovery and relaxation as priorities. It’s hard to feel motivated by your work if you never stop, stand back and admire the beauty you created.

Wishing us all growth on IWD. To check out my blurb, visit the link in the bio or type in the link provided below:

https://www.runningfatchef.com/blog/apromisetoself

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