A Whole Woman: Loving and Integrating All Parts of Who You Are

“What if there was nothing wrong with you? What if there was nothing to fix? What if everything that hurt and felt broken was simply asking for your love and acceptance?” As little girls, the world is constantly telling us who to be. None of those messages encouraged us to be fully who we are. It caused such a fragmentation inside of me, a burying of so many pieces of my true self so that I could show up in the way that society dictated that I should. After five decades of living like this, I felt it begin to fall away on the streets of Paris. I began to say ‘no’ to all that I had held in an attempt to be loved and accepted. I began to welcome back my feminine, heal past wounds, and embrace the discarded parts of my identity. In Paris I became the whole woman I was always meant to be. I want that for you, too. Today’s Journal Prompt: “What is one part of your identity that you are ready to set down in order to be a more whole version of yourself?” Go deeper with Marta: Instagram - @martahobbs Website - https://martahobbs.com/ Book - Unraveling