The holiday season is just around the corner.

 

Will you be spending time with family?

 

Will you be in situations or environments where you might be tempted to dim your light? Put yourself last? Neglect your needs?

 

Here are some powerful reminders of how a Self-Honoring Woman can choose herself again and again – even when circumstances are tense, stressful, and challenging:

 

How does a Self-Honoring Woman navigate family and holiday situations?

• She sets boundaries ahead of time, sets an intention for what she wants to enjoy and experience, and ensures she does – even if it means leaving the table, excusing herself from toxic conversations or environments, or upsetting the status quo – because she chooses happiness for herself and no longer goes into self-sacrifice.

 

How does a Self-Honoring Woman care for herself and hold herself in the highest regard?

• She aims to please herself first and foremost, not at the expense of anyone else, but in an act of including and honoring herself in the experience of it all. She enjoys herself, but doesn’t overindulge or take a pleasurable experience to the point of pain. She listens to her body, she does things that help her to feel good, and she chooses to shamelessly celebrate life.

 

How does a Self-Honoring Woman choose to show up for herself?

• She holds her own hand, she refuses to abandon herself, she listens to her internal navigation system and follows the directives she receives from it. She shows up authentically, vulnerably, and fullybecause she knows it’s not about being perfect or trying to be something she’s not. She loves herself for who she is now, knowing that she is enough today.

 

What does a Self-Honoring Woman teach those around her?

• She shows others how she deserves to be treated, what her standards are, and what she will and will not tolerate. She teaches generosity because she’s infinitely generous with herself, and others. She fills her cup first – not in the name of selfishness, but in honor of herself and everyone she loves. Because everyone benefits when she is full of radiance and life.

 

What does a Self-Honoring Woman stand for?

• She stands for “more”. More happiness, more vitality, more wholeness, and more LIFE. She stands for pleasure – especially her own – as an essential ingredient in her daily life. She stands for abundance, beauty, honesty, and the people and things that matter most to her. She stands for the freedom to change her mind, choose the best for herself, and continually discover who she is at the deepest levels.

 

How is a Self-Honoring Woman changing the world?

• She celebrates all women from a place of respect, sisterhood, and a clear call for collective liberation. She cherishes herself, heeds the call of her Sacred Desire, and makes life-giving, life-elevating, life-enhancing choices – for herself and others – every day. She holds herself as the ultimate authority in her own life, no longer handing her power or decisions or inner knowing over to others. She gives herself Radical Permission to love what she loves, crave what she craves, and be who she really is. She changes the world by being fully herself – because that is her greatest contribution and how she makes the biggest difference no matter what else she does.

 

You may not think of your holiday celebrations as world changing. But know this:

 

Every time you tap into and follow the truth that lives inside of you, you create a revolution. You set an example. You inspire other women to honor the truth that lives inside of them – to choose themselves and reclaim their vitality, beauty, and power.

 

As you liberate yourself, you liberate others, too.

 

Be a woman who honors and loves herself that much. And to shine bright because you can.