I had always thought of my defiance and stubbornness as traits I needed to stomp out. I had been made to feel like these traits were undesirable and wouldn’t really get me anywhere in life. I recently realized that the opposite is true. For how would I have broken out of the very cycles and traditions that I knew were going to keep me from accessing my power without these traits?

These very traits are a gift that have gotten me to where I am today. They have allowed me to become the best version of myself by breaking out of the cycles the world was trying to force me to be part of. Being a cycle breaker is not easy. Following my intuition has not always been easy. But it’s gotten me to where I am today - at my strongest and most resolute - and I wouldn’t change it for the world.