You may have believed:

That you had to play a game you didn't create, with rules you didn't write.

That to create value, you had to be compromising yourself or your gifts, to fit;
to undercharge, overwork, self deplete, manage how you are seen, do the expected.

That to experience belonging, you had to perform good enough (/not too much), then retreat, and recover

(on repeat).



Your unique work is now asking you to believe:

That honouring everything you thought was a reason-why-not-you, is the reason why you will gain.

That creating your own terms, setting your own standard for how resourced you feel in your work and life, is what makes your best work possible.

That the work you most desire to contribute, in the way you most want to realise it,
is the highest valued work you will ever create.

So how do you believe that, when you have contradictory evidence?