Sisterhood.

Most of the hard times in my life, I got through with my girls. The lowest times in my life were when I found myself alone. I didn't have my network of ladies to lean on. Some of the best times in my life are the times I've spent with the women who consistently lift me up.

When I was in graduate school, I lived alone in a small town. I knew no one. I had acquaintances from school and friends from undergrad, but they weren’t close, geographically speaking. Once I graduated and was looking for work (which wasn’t coming), I found myself so lonely. I would literally sob on the bathroom floor and I felt like I had no one to turn to. I felt so isolated. Once I eventually found a job and moved to a different small town, I started to find my people and life looked a lot brighter.

Fast forward a number of years to when I first brought my son home from the NICU. I was struggling with, what I know now to be post-partum anxiety. I was a mess. I made one call to my village, and they all came with food, wine, support, and comfort.

This is what we need, especially as moms ~ a network, a community of ladies that we can rely on when we need them. It can be so hard to ask for help! It can be so isolating to feel that you are the only one going through whatever it is you’re dealing with. When we reach out to those who understand, we can more quickly climb out of the despair and loneliness.

I talk a lot about self-worth and feeling worthy within ourselves. But the truth is, we feel so much more worthy when we have a solid group of allies with which we can truly be our authentic selves. Women we can laugh with, cry with. Women who have our backs no matter what, who see us in our darkest times and love us because they see our worth even when we aren’t able to.

Who are your people? Who are the women in your life that you can lean on, who you can call on when you are happy, sad, lonely, at your rock bottom?

Through my work on self-worth, I have seen how important our village is. If you have ever found yourself in a place where you can’t clearly see your people, I see you. When we are at our darkest, sometimes it’s hard to identify those around us that we can turn to ~ even if they are right in front of us. Sometimes those people change, they come in and out of our lives. But there are always people there who want to see us do great things, who want to cheer us on.

My mission is to create a community, a sisterhood if you will, of women who support and nurture one another. If you have a difficult time identifying your sisterhood - I am here for you. We can all use more people who root for us and see the value we bring to this world.

If you know someone who is having a difficult time seeing their worth, share this with them. Let them know that you have their back, that you see their beauty even if they can’t see it for themselves right now.

If you have a strong sisterhood, share this with them and remind them that you see them, and you’ll continue to be there for them through all the crap that we, as women, have to deal with.

If you’d like to learn more about building your self-worth and your own sisterhood, check out my website noellerizzio.com and follow me on whatever social platform you prefer @noellerizzio. I’ve got some great things coming up to help you. We can all do this crazy thing called life together!

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