Welcome back to Rooted&Real.
This is Lynda...
and today, we're going to do the last episode on The Mother Who Feels Forgotten.
And today's last episode will be, 'She's Still in There'.
So to the woman who forgot herself.
I have good news for you.
She's still in there.
That girl who laughed too loud, who dreamed too big, who danced
in her room, that girl never left.
She just went quiet while you were busy surviving.
The thing is, she went quiet when you learned to put yourself last.
She went quiet when you were told you were too much or not enough at the same time.
She went too quiet when you started asking everyone else who you should be.
But I promise you, she still in there.
That song that makes you cry in the car for no reason,
that means she's still in there.
In that moment, you see another woman living boldly and you feel that ache,
that means she's in there.
In that journal, you haven't opened.
In that idea you haven't killed, even though you tried,
that means she's still in there.
You think you need to find yourself?
You don't.
You need to return to yourself.
She's still in there waiting for you to come home.
She didn't need you to be perfect.
She just needs you to listen, to choose yourself once
today, and then again tomorrow.
So, start small.
Speak to yourself like someone you love.
Wear what you like, not what's practical.
Say what you really think.
Spend time alone without feeling lonely.
And Every time you choose you, you are turning the volume up on her voice again.
So, to that woman who forgot herself, look in the mirror tonight and say, "I see you.
I remember you.
And, I'm coming back." Because the world doesn't just need the
mother, the wife, the worker, the friend, the sister, the daughter.
The world needs you, the whole you.
And she still in there, waiting, and ready...