Dora Kamau discusses the journey of becoming your own role model, emphasizing self-compassion, courage, and pursuing dreams without a role model.
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Self-creation requires courage and self-compassion, allowing us the freedom to create something new and unseen.
Pursuing our dreams requires being our own role models and staying connected to our passions, potentially changing the trajectory of others' lives.
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The Power of Creating New Stories
In a meditation class, the speaker discussed the stories we tell ourselves that either liberate or burden us. A woman in the class shared how she tells herself that she'll never become who she hopes to be, but she realizes this is both a burden and a freedom. The collective realization was that when pursuing self-creation, it is common to have a calling without a tangible vision. This absence of a reference point may discourage us, but it also allows us the freedom to create something new and unseen.
Becoming Our Own Role Models
The speaker reflects on their own experience during nursing school, where they doubted if they had made the right choice and felt fear about what the future held. However, they also felt a strong pull to teach meditation full-time. This journey of pursuing our dreams often requires us to be our own role models, especially if we are breaking free from preconceived molds. It is important to have compassion for ourselves, let go of judgments and expectations, and stay connected to the passions in our hearts. By continuing on in pursuit of our dreams, we have the potential to be role models for others and change the trajectory of their lives.
Dora Kamau discusses the journey of becoming your own role model, emphasizing the need for self-compassion and courage as explored in Headspace's mindfulness courses.