I’m also a data analyst and researcher. I’ve worked in data for the last eight years; I love opening a spreadsheet full of numbers and digging in to understand what stories might be behind them. The longer I do analysis work the more it becomes clear to me that there’s no one data point or number that’s the answer. There’s a lot of digging around, looking left, looking right, and maybe even taking a step back before moving forward again. And personal growth is similar, there’s no person out there with the silver bullet that can fix the issues everyone faces because the context of everyone’s experience is different. Instead, it’s within each of us: we learn some, we stop and look at how it applies to our life and we take a step closer to the person we want to be.

Among these seemingly disparate things, the commonality for me is the “why”. The “why” of how data points came to be and what they are telling us and the “why” of our emotions, actions, and experiences. Why are those things important and how do they shape the way we show up in our work, families, and friend groups?

Women need support to become the people they want to be because society holds us back in many ways. Not because we are fundamentally lacking in some way, but because the culture we live in is steeped in oppressive forces and subverting those is hard. Really hard. And that’s why I’m here – to share some reasons why you might be feeling this way, validate the experiences you’re having, and help you see a way through that leaves you feeling ready to take on the world.

I believe understanding your own personality more deeply as well as the validation that comes with that understanding is one of the keys to living a happier, more fulfilled life. I can’t wait to tell you more about what I’ve discovered.