.... Empowerment means feeling comfortable as all that I am, being the only person with the authority to judge me. I think empowerment begins with radical self-acceptance. Empowerment also feels like believing in myself and knowing my worth. In terms of reclaiming my story, I think I’ve let go of the idea...

...! © Emerald Publishing Limited 2019 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Validation Approval Self-acceptance The concept of acceptance, I have discovered, can be quite a tricky notion to pin down. Difficult to define tightly, it is a state dependent on that to which...