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Soft Power, Life Reclaimed
Soft Power, Life Reclaimed is a series of blogs from the middle of my becoming.
It's for the women who:
- Grew tired of shrinking to fit
- Let go of who they were told to be
- Want to move ahead without bouncing back
I write about:
- Body image in midlife
- Letting go of the "fix yourself" culture
- Reclaiming joy (even in tiny shorts and sweat patches)
- Parenting while healing
- The quiet strength of choosing yourself - again and again


Soft Power, Strong Fight Blog Series - Part 4 | Becoming the Woman I Needed
I used to think she would arrive one day. Calm. Sorted. A woman who knew what she wanted, with a skincare routine and a life plan to...
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Sep 222 min read


Soft Power, Strong Fight Blog Series - Part 3 | Learning to Love Myself the Way I Loved Him
I loved him well. Not perfectly. Not blindly. But well . I made space for his silence. His stress. His endless “we’ll see” replies —...
iammayasteele
Sep 153 min read


No More Performing Strength Series - Part 2 | When Life Undid Me - and What I Did Next
I stayed up last night. I couldn't sleep. My mind kept circling the breakup — not the relationship itself, but how it ended. Or rather,...
iammayasteele
Sep 84 min read


No More Performing Strength Series - Part 1 | I Let My Guard Down - And He Walked Away
I stayed up last night. I couldn't sleep. My mind kept circling the breakup — not the relationship itself, but how it ended. Or rather,...
iammayasteele
Sep 13 min read


The Book That Backed My Rebirth
📚✨ The Book That Met Me Where I Am I’ve been listening to Let Them by Mel Robbins on Audible, and it landed like truth in surround...
iammayasteele
Aug 182 min read


Why My Journey of Reinvention Proved There’s No Deadline for Change
Change is a natural part of life, and for many of us, the thought of reinventing ourselves can be daunting. The pressure to transform...
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Aug 44 min read


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