✨ Show Yo Freak ✨ The Freedom Waiting in Your Shadow

Recently the idea of ✨ Show Yo Freak ✨ has hit me very deeply.  

Not because there is anything wrong with us..
Not because we need fixing.
But because so many of us spend our lives hiding pieces of ourselves that were never meant to stay hidden.

I shared a metaphor from Michael Singer that has stayed with me:

Imagine you have a thorn.

Most people spend years building elaborate systems to avoid bumping into it. We change our routines, our relationships, our behaviors, our identities- all to avoid the discomfort.

But what if instead of protecting the thorn- we simply removed it?

I realized I had been doing this in my own life.

For nearly 25 years, I hid my legs.

I avoided shorts. I avoided skirts. I covered up because somewhere along the way I created the belief that this part of me needed to be hidden.

Ironically, I can now see that becoming a dietitian was, in part, an unconscious attempt to solve my body image struggle.

But credentials did not heal the belief.

Recently, I decided to do something different.

I wore a skirt.

Not once.
Multiple times.

And what surprised me was not that fear disappeared.

It was that fear softened.

Because fear is often not our enemy.
Fear is usually trying to protect us.

Maybe instead of fighting fear, we thank it.

“Thank you for trying to keep me safe.”
And then…
we lovingly move anyway.

💛 I invite you to identify your own thorn

Not necessarily a physical thing.

Maybe it is:

• A personality trait
• A secret
• A fear
• A part of your story
• A dream
• A truth you are afraid to say out loud

Because often the thing we hide the most…holds the key to our freedom.

What if the shadow is not something to eliminate…

What if it is your teacher?

✨ Journaling Prompts:

1. What am I hiding?
2. Why am I hiding it?
3. What bad do I think will happen if it is exposed?
4. What good might happen if I let it be seen?
5. What would releasing this burden create for me?
6. Write a love letter or apology to your shadow.

One final reminder:

Authenticity is not becoming someone new.

It is allowing yourself to be seen.

And sometimes the very thing you think makes you “too much” is the thing that makes you magnetic.

I invite you to join me,  stand up proudly and✨ Show Yo Freak ✨

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Michelle Johnson-Farley

Award Winning Author of The Same 20  | Registered Dietitian- Wellness Strategist   

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