I recently watched a seminar on Steps to becoming a Strong Woman and I took notes and I just loved it.

It came from a blog post I happened to come across with my favorite quote,

“Be you, Bravely”.

Upon reading this blog post they talked about their MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) group and how they had put on a Momcon {Mom Conference} in Louisville, KY.

Although I didn’t attend the conference, I was able to find the videos from the conference and watch them.

They were SO inspiring and beneficial to my life.

So, I will be going through them, posting them here, and writing about what I’ve learned…

my thoughts, what my take away is, and how it influences me.

Here’s a short video of MOPS and discussing the BE YOU, BRAVELY theme.

Steps of a Strong Woman

1. Relentlessly Eliminate Poison

Like when coal miners brought canaries down with them and whenever the canary would stop singing, that’s when the workers would know that they have to get out.

Think of it this way, we’re the coal miners (having relationships), but we have to remember that we bring this sensitive side with us (our soul).

Some women recognize this right away, and understand that they MUST keep their canary singing.

Strong women say GOODBYE to the toxic relationships, because they know that the great thing about being a grown up is that you don’t have to have friends you don’t like.

And that’s hard because we’re taught to “be nice”.

BUT nice & kind are 2 totally different things.

“Nice” is passive and it’s people pleasing.,

but “Kind” is active, it’s peacemaking.

Part 2

Our 2 jobs:

Follow our Dreams & Serve our Brothers and Sisters,

BUT we make up another reason.

That things have to be perfect before we’ll do the next thing.

But that’s just an excuse, a cop out.

We’re all imperfect and that’s HOW we’re supposed to be.

We all just need to show up as we are, and stop acting.

Part 3

Make it a point to spend time in the quiet every. single. day.

Strong women make this a practice.

Wisdom is always speaking to us,

but it doesn’t yell.

We need to be quiet to hear it.

*I do this all the time, and it really helps me to focus, regroup, and gain inspiration*

Real growth happens in the stillness.

Part 4

Insecure women mask their insecurity by tearing other women down.

Wise women mask their insecurity by rising women up.

Part 5

Don’t place too much emphasis on your roles;

wife, mother, career woman.

What happens if he leaves?

When your kids go to college?

When the company folds?

We are all a train and these roles are just stops along the way.

We need to keep going on.