Hey gorgeous! It's gonna be a long one today so grab a drink, get comfy & come along for the ride... 🤪

I've been struggling since February when I made the announcement about choosing weight loss to get my quality of life back & it went against so many things I believed/stood for for so long so it was hard to keep sharing the messages I had previously been sharing and I let it stop me.

🤦‍♀️Then I started to tell myself Plus Size Confidence no longer fit because I felt like because I was known for body positivity and the body positive fairy godmother that I couldn't talk about anything else...

And that feeling sucked because I want to talk about aging, midlife adventures (because holy hell this midlife thing is a whole lot of what I like to call adventures lol), travel (which really my "travel" is beach trips and exploring pretty locally lol), day to day stuff, my GLP-1 journey, AND still talk about some of the same things I used to.

So over the weekend I started to think about using a different domain (one I've owned for a bit but haven't done anything with - my name). I told myself that would make more sense because that opened the door to talk about whatever the hell I wanted. 🤷‍♀️

Thankfully I asked for some input in my friend Michelle's FB Group and got some really great advice. One person in particular - Crystal (she's been a 'fan' - so weird to say that lol - of mine for a long time so I really found her insight so helpful! One of the things she said really hit home (and it's gonna sound kind of 'vague' because I'm not sharing the context of what I shared in my original post lol):

"You’ve never shied away from sharing your true self, why do it now?"

😱 OUCH (in a good way lol)! And it hit me - I wanted to switch domains because I wanted to 'hide' from what I used to be so loud & proud to share because I didn't want to deal with any "backlash" about my opinions/beliefs changing.

And it made me sad to realize that because Crystal is right - I've never shied away from sharing before even when I butted up against haters, trolls, etc. So why would I start now?! I've always prided myself on being authentic and I don't ever want to lose that!

So... Plus Size Confidence isn't going anywhere (phew! lol) and I reminded myself:

Plus size confidence isn't just about body acceptance. It's about living boldly, showing up fully, and knowing you belong in every room, every photo, and every dream.👏

And that means I can go back to what I had said for a long time - I want to be a lifestyle content creator. This gives me the freedom to talk about all the other things too because it does relate to plus size confidence.

😮 Now for the big news AND this is hard to say out loud but feels good to finally admit!

Back in February, while at the beach journaling, one of the things I wrote down was 'I'm not vibing with Fairy Godmother Tish any longer and if I'm honest, I haven't felt it for a long time. I don't want to be known as that "persona" - I just want to be known as Tish.'

Wowsers! If you made it all the way to the end - thank you for hangin' in there. 🤗

Remember, you are enough just as you are! 💗

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