Michelle Elman

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This is the moment I finished writing my book. Wom

This is the moment I finished writing my book.
Women are taught to be quiet about their accomplishments.
I accepted that.
And I was the same.
My first book was quite a quiet affair but since three years ago, I’ve learnt that’s so wrong.
By being quiet about it, I never really had a moment to celebrate it.
Instead I worried about it I was boring, or if it would sound braggy.
As if men ever worry about that!
So this time I’m celebrating LOUDLY.
And unapologetically.
The other day a guy texted me asking if I was insecure while reading the audiobook, whether it brought up my inner critic and made me realise all the errors in my work.
I replied saying no, of course there are moments when I wished I had included something but I’m so proud of it and it’s the best thing I have ever written.
He was shocked!
What’s so shocking about me being proud of my work?
Why is it so alarming when a woman actually believes in herself?
How is it even a surprise that after over a year of working my ass off, I’m excited for it to be out?
Not only did I write this book but I worked tirelessly to become the woman who was worthy of writing this book.
You have to be pretty dead certain in our own boundaries to have the audacity to teach others boundaries.
Well friends, I have the AUDACITY.
So I’m celebrating unapologetically.
And if you get bored of me celebrating my accomplishments, then you should go celebrate your own! 🥳

Totally fangirled when I saw @glennondoyle posted

Totally fangirled when I saw @glennondoyle posted a tiny part of my cover. Honoured to be sharing a page with her AND her book which is my favourite nonfiction book ever.

Thank you so much @stylistmagazine - an absolute honour to be named one of the self helps that will ACTUALLY change your life this year!

If you can’t read it, it says:
“We have all heard about boundaries but putting them into practice is a whole other thing. This book is a practical guide on how to reclaim your time, energy and self-belief

This is one of the sentences that I use when setti

This is one of the sentences that I use when setting workplace boundaries. I used it at the end of last year as me and my team were giving our out of office dates.

In one email, someone gave me a contact number in case of emergencies and I replied with “there will be no emergencies”. How can I be certain of that? Because of the industries I am in. There is no ACTUAL emergency that happens within publishing or social media. By emergency, I mean no one will die. And even if it appeared urgent, it wasn’t.

Within my new book, I give actual examples of how to word boundaries because in so many ways, it’s like learning a new language. I would often have to go to my life coach @michellezelli and ask her to compose a text for me because I didn’t know what to say so the book is packed full of sentences like this so you have options! Lots of options on what to say!

If you are planning to buy the book, please preorder it instead. This really helps with bookshops knowing there is demand for the book and especially in a pandemic, will mean they order more books in! The preorder link is in my stories 🥰💖

Life is not a lottery, it’s a card game. We all

Life is not a lottery, it’s a card game.
We all got dealt different hands when it comes to life.
But we also got dealt different hands when it comes to bodies and the beauty ideal.
Imagine if all the features that consisted the beauty ideal were in a pack of cards.
As well as the other features that sit outside the beauty ideal.
What you draw is completely out of your control.
And if that’s all the game was, you’d be stumped out of luck.
But drawing cards is not like a lottery, it’s not about what you are given, it’s also about how you play those cards.
Some people have the worst hands but somehow still manage to come out on top.
Some people have the best hands and still fuck it up.
Think about this in terms of body confidence.
I drew a mixed bag, like most people.
I can sit there and moan about why I drew fat or what the hell I’m going to do with scars.
I could have pulled the flat bum card and gone “fuck it, why do I even bother playing”.
It’s like saying I refuse to participate in this card game unless you hand me king of spades right now OR I could look at what I DO have and play the game with the hand I got given.
Why?
Cause it’s the ONLY game I get a chance to play.
I don’t get the chance to draw another hand.
I don’t get the chance to swap cards with someone else.
I have to play.
But thankfully, life isn’t a lottery.
It doesn’t stop the moment those numbers get called or those cards get picked.

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