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It’s a long road ahead but you don’t have to walk it alone!

Yesterday, I shared that I don't think you need another e-course or coaching but I didn't share why here on IG. I don't believe so because if you are investing even in the right places with the wrong reasons, you are not going to get the results you are expecting. If you are looking for validation or permission outside of you to feel ready, to take risks, to be brave and to make mistakes - you are unlikely to see the results you are hoping to get.

Here's why:
You don’t need a course or any coaching to make you feel whole again.

You are enough as you are.

You are entirely capable.

You can most certainly benefit from them in learning and keep growing but you don’t need them. What you need is to trust that you are enough as you as, capable of figuring it out as you go and the most important voice you need to listen is yours very own. You are worthy of living a creative life on our own terms, in our own time and in our own unique, messy and human way.

That being said, this is not to deny the power of being seen, heard and deeply understood or the impact of having support and accountability in your life. But you are the best judge of what is it that you need to move forward, what kind of support and accountability is that you long for.

You are the best judge of what works for you the best. Don’t fall prey to the cookie-cutter methodologies if you are looking forward to building a creative life that would work for you. The most important piece of that puzzle is you. If a more horizontal community is how you work best, I have just the thing for you.

A little intro to an awesome new idea that I've worked hard to bring to life but it is incomplete without you:
✨A community for Creative Humans who cannot not create!
✨A no-judgment zone to hold space for you to explore your own brilliance, connect and find support

LYT Membership Community is now open for its first-ever intake until 30th September as we begin on 1st October. Only 10 spaces are available. Catch the stories to learn more or send me a DM to chat, share your interest and reserve your spot.

#mycreativecommunity
#creatingwholeheartedly

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Do you recognize yourself with being creative and ambitious? Do you not like fitting in a box? Do you have big dreams and hopes but don't quite see what living your truth out loud could look like for you, taking up space and claiming your energies to build a wholehearted creative life that would work for you (yet)? Do you find yourself constantly on the lookout for new e-courses, coaching and support from the people you think have already done it and are where you want to be yourself? I most certainly can relate to that. If you are anything like me, you keep taking courses, find mentors and coaches but don’t see it happening for yourself just yet.

Here's what I've learned so far: You don’t need another e-course or any coaching to make things happen on your own terms and I've written a blog post on why you don't need any of the above. I know it sounds counterintuitive but you have to read the post to see why I believe so. To read, find the link in bio @hirasahmed

P.S. Living Your Truth Membership Community for creative humans who cannot not create is opening for its first-ever enrollment tomorrow. Only 10 spaces are available. Catch the stories to learn more about that or send me a DM to share your interest and reserve your spot.

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I've been listening to Brene Brown's Braving the wilderness Audiobook. She mentions this quote from Maya Angelou that I'm only beginning to understand but deeply resonate with, 'You are only free when you realize you belong no place - you belong every place - no place at all. The price is high. The reward is great.'
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I turned 30 today. Just like most of the people I have had a list of things that I wanted to do before I turned 30. Only now I am learning that I am exactly where I am meant to be. I am trying to embrace my journey and honour the progress and the time it takes. I'm also feeling at peace with myself as I'm letting go of that very list realizing how it was just another list of shoulds I was holding on to and maybe most of it wasn't exactly what would make me the happiest. As it might not be the life I really want. Also, I'm finding myself deeply in connection with the desire to be here and now, wherever I am and enjoy that moment as it was meant to be instead of thinking about the past or the future.

I'm reminding myself this: I'm exactly where I need to be as I don't want to miss out on feeling good right now. 'I shall not be moved'

Here's a reminder for you too if you are struggling to constantly push through to get to check those items off your list feeling like you are behind in your life.

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‘You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.

Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
’Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.

Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.

Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops,
Weakened by my soulful cries?

Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard
’Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines
Diggin’ in my own backyard.

You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I’ll rise.

Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?

Out of the huts of history’s shame
I rise
Up from a past that’s rooted in pain
I rise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.

Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.’ Still I Rise by Maya Angelou

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Noticing little things around me. Taking a pause and early morning/ midday walks to enjoy the last bits of sunshine that we have left before we move on to the grey, gloomy and full of hygge days. (Sharing some bits on stories for you too!) I enjoy seeing the shift in colors and the landscape around me. It feels like a fresh start, a chance for new stories and new beginnings. I'm so looking forward to witnessing it. But I'm also preparing to be in flow with my energies shifting as the season shifts. Spring and Summer are the times when I can practically see my creative juices flowing. Autumn and winters are my favourite times of the year as I get to fill in my cup before getting ready for the creative outbursts in the next spring & summer times. Do you feel your energy shifting with the seasons too? Which one is your creative outpour season, spring/summer or autumn/winter?

I want to take a moment to appreciate all your love, lovely DM's after my stories on being unable to find stories that I can relate myself to and comments on my last post. My heart is filled with joy. The most amazing part of it all was to find out how many among you feel and struggle with the same. I can feel the things inside me changing. I can see the things out of me changing and that too in a good way. This is what amazes me the most about this online creative community. So Thank you! Thank you for all the love, kindness and wonderful recommendations.

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There is so much baggage that I feel like I'm carrying on my shoulders almost all the time. Sometimes I'm able to let go of the need to carry it around all the time and other times I feel absolutely burdened by its presence. You might have no idea what I'm talking about if you haven't seen my stories yet. I'm talking about the cultural expectations of me as a woman and the role that systems of oppression (i.e, patriarchy) have played in my life. So much of it is subconscious. So much of it stands in the way of how I choose to show up in my work and life, online or otherwise.

The most expected and accepted version of who I 'should' be is the quiet one. Not too loud. Not too opinionated. Not too different. Not too anything really. It definitely plays its role in holding myself back in ways I honestly don't want to ANYMORE but feel like I have to. I'm striving to change that and building that confidence in myself little by little.

Just today, I wrote in my journal, 'You don't have to censor yourself'. It felt like a permission slip that I am so in need of at the moment. I want to be myself, truly and unapologetically. I want to show up as who I am and not as what is expected of me. Not only because I don't agree with what's expected of me but also because I believe it's opposite to be true and I want to stand by what I wholeheartedly believe to be true. Even though I know that but only knowing that doesn't change the fact that it is oh so hard.

I'm finding it hard to find stories that I myself can relate to. Can you help me find some examples of women of color from a similar to mine cultural background and similar personality traits (Introvert and creative) who are taking up space online as their true unapologetic self? If anyone comes to your mind, please tag a few in the comments below.

#representationsmatters
#influenceinclusivity
#diversityisbeautiful

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