It’s hard to believe that a year ago, I wasn’t part of this community - I mean I was, but I had one foot in, and one foot out. I hadn’t fully allowed myself to immerse and connect with all these amazing women.
Because I was scared. I was scared what people would think - I was scared to put myself out there and open up on a public platform where so many people hide behind their keyboards, and try to tear one another down. I was scared to be vulnerable.
I think the hardest thing about hair loss is feeling like you’re all alone. I have struggled with hair loss since I was 5 years old, and up until my early twenties, when others started sharing their stories, I still felt that way.
The platform that people hide behind, is also the same platform that I’ve found offers the most encouragement and support. You just have to connect with the right people: those who are uplifting, kind, positive, but also know how to keep it real!
A year ago, I didn’t know the power of connecting with women who knew my struggle - perhaps not the exact same struggle, as Hair Loss comes in many stages, but women who could actually could understand, support and encourage me.
Over the last few weeks, I’ve had the opportunity to meet and connect with some of these women in person. They are some of the most funny, kind, caring, empathetic, understanding, encouraging and genuinely good people that I’ve ever met.
I know that over the next few months, I’ll have the opportunity to meet and connect even more powerful, bad-a** women within this community. And I couldn’t be more grateful.
If anything, I wish I had of jumped head first into this community sooner!
So to those of you who are reading this. Know that I appreciate you, I value you. I see you and understand you. I am also always going to be in your corner, cheering you on! Because empowered women, empower women, so thank you for empowering me!