Short story!

Genuinely love this podcast. I’ve been following Boss Babe for years and am SO happy they started one!

(Short Story!) It was my birthday recently and someone close to me brought up to me that when I was a gymnast when I was younger, coaches and adults would sometimes call me stubborn because if I was at the gym and I couldn’t get a move, I’d stay longer after practice and keep doing it. Despite my “stubbornness” to work hard, weeks, sometimes months later I’d get the move. The person pointed out to me that coaches and adults calling me “stubborn” was just kind of a mean way of saying I was determined. It was a way to make me feel sort of ashamed and apologetic about wanting to be really great and for being so ambitious. This person said to me that they hope I’ll always be the way they saw me when I was younger because my “stubbornness” gave people hope, and that my “determination” gives him hope.

The whole platform of Boss Babe is a constant reminder to me that my “stubbornness” was an attribute that should have been encouraged. Every skill I struggled with I’d eventually get, and proving that to myself meant the world to me. I carry those memories of gymnastics with me still today and think back to them whenever I struggle in life now.

I love Boss Babe because it reminds me that ambition, determination, “stubbornness” whatever you want to call it, they’re not dirty words but attributes to be celebrated! I also love the community of women it’s brought together and the message it sends of the importance of female friendship and to champion each other! I see the podcast as a more in depth way to do that, very exciting - I’ve loved every episode so far!! Xx
👑🦁💜⚡️