08/16/2026
Can we admit that part of the creative journey is the death of the ego?
Or maybe, before it dies, the ego gets louder.
Iām at a point in my journey where Iām crossing over from needing validation from the people closest to me to understanding something thatās been incredibly hard to accept:
My art, my business, and my passions do not need to be validated by my personal relationships.
And damn, thatās a hard pill to swallow.
Especially for someone who has spent so much of her life begging to be loved, understood, chosen, and seen.
When youāve lived that way, itās easy to confuse support with love.
Applause with acceptance.
Someone understanding your vision with someone understanding you.
Social media and entrepreneurship can be scary places because they will expose every place where your ego is still asking permission.
Am I good enough?
Do they see what I see?
Why arenāt they supporting me?
Why doesnāt this person understand what Iām building?
Does my work matter if the people I love donāt validate it?
Iām realizing the answer is simple:
My work does not require their permission to be meaningful.
So Iāve been recalibrating.
Iām separating love from validation.
Relationships from recognition.
My worth from engagement.
My creativity from other peopleās capacity to understand it.
And Iām owning my artistic abilities without apologizing for them.
Iāve got things to create. š¬
