Keila Shaheen

It's a good example.

I think we're taught what we should be before we're able to discover who we really are.

And going to your question, I've always been a very introspective person, and that's been part of my personal journey is to get out of my shell, but also to honor this introspection and to do something beautiful with it, which is what I hope to do through my writing.

But what was your question?

Let me think about it.

So it was very important for me, especially in college and then graduating college, those big years where you're taking actions that are defining the rest of your life.

So it was a big goal for me to understand if what I was doing at the time was feeding my soul, feeding this like inner fire in me, because I knew what that felt like, or it was draining me and

making me feel like a mummy.

So I think just really understanding how things felt in my body from a young age and that process of trying to figure things out, that's really where my self-discovery journey began.

And then I started asking the questions, why does this feel so unaligned with who I am?

Why do I show up so unauthentically in this setting versus so naturally and organically in this other setting?

And then from there, I'd understand like what parts of myself and what parts of life I value most that are allowing me to be cultivated in certain settings or work positions or being around certain people.

So that kind of led my navigation.

And I think it'd be helpful for anyone that's out there who may be feeling drained or uninspired or unsure of

how they want to show up into the world.

It's always a good sign to pay attention to your body.

You can feel the aliveness, the sparks, the inner fire when you're following the right path of growth and becoming.

So yeah, I think that's an important aspect.

Yeah, absolutely.

And I don't think it's possible to be aware of everything all at once, but internally having that awareness first before diving into reactivity is a very important aspect of building your,