Meet Lacie Edwards

We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Lacie Edwards a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Lacie, thank you so much for joining us today. Let’s jump right into something we’re really interested in hearing about from you – being the only one in the room. So many of us find ourselves as the only woman in the room, the only immigrant or the only artist in the room, etc. Can you talk to us about how you have learned to be effective and successful in situations where you are the only one in the room like you?

This is such a good question because I ask myself this question everyday. How can I show up for myself daily?To be honest it hasn’t always been easy for me to show up for myself. Sometimes I really struggle with fear of being the only one that stands out. When I was in my younger years I felt like I learned how to shrink myself because of being ostracized. The one that stood out from the rest. I grew up thinking something was wrong with me and I needed to change not even knowing that the very thing I was ridiculed for was my strength. It’s the little things about yourself that add value like your laugh,smile, personality and so much more. So I learned to walk in my confidence in knowing that showing up means your showing others to show up as themselves as well.Your true self can set someone free to be just them. This is why I started my clothing boutique as a way to encourage women to show up as them and do it confidently!

Thanks, so before we move on maybe you can share a bit more about yourself?

Currently I am working on my podcast platform.I started this podcast really desiring to empower women to show up in this world as themselves but, also reach women that have felt, broken, rejected and even lost at times. How do you show up for yourself still when you’re trying to heal at the same time? These are questions I’ve asked myself for a longtime. I’ve learned to how to do the hard and even dirty work with dealing with the underline emotions that come with trauma or life experiences. If I can share words of wisdom for women that need even men! Then I would say I’m doing my part. We all want to be seen, heard and understood and I’m here to give just that. We are the world changers and I’m ready to be apart of changing this world.

There is so much advice out there about all the different skills and qualities folks need to develop in order to succeed in today’s highly competitive environment and often it can feel overwhelming. So, if we had to break it down to just the three that matter most, which three skills or qualities would you focus on?

Wow this is a great question! I would say 3 qualities I believe I have is tenacity, strength, and courage. These are definitely my greatest strengths! I’ve had to hold on to all three of these qualities when nothing in my life really made since. So much doubt and imposter syndrome I really had to unlearn something something’s in my life. I am turning 30 soon and I would like to speak for my women that are in their 20’s. Never let anyone tell you that it doesn’t matter what you do in your 20’s that even going with the flow is okay. Set a standard for yourself and put boundaries up for everyone that wants access to you to respect these standards. I would have saved myself a lot of heartache from friendships and relationships if I would have had boundaries in the area’s of my life that I needed growth and never compromise. There is grace for all of us in this world. We don’t have to learn things more than once to understand the courage and strength we need to move on from people or environments that no longer serve us anymore. If you want to get to a certain place in your life, you have to be around the right people as well as show up fully and confident in who you are. I had to hold on to what I believe God was showing me about myself even when I didn’t see in myself. I had to move with courage not from a place of lack but, from a place of knowing everything I need is already inside of me. You lack nothing in this world and don’t let anyone tell you that not even yourself.

How would you spend the next decade if you somehow knew that it was your last?

I would say a currently challenging I’m facing is just believing for more. When you have a vision or dream it’s easy to get intimidated specially if it’s a God dream for your life. I’m learning to not doubt that I’m capable of showing up for myself in the areas where I feel insecure. One area is entrepreneurship sometimes I feel like I don’t know what I’m doing but, owning my own business is so new to me as well as becoming a content creator. I’m learning show up for myself and to ask for help when I need it. They say it takes a village to raise a child well I believe it takes a community to run a business. And how amazing is it to know there are women or even men out there that have the solution to your problem. So I would just trusting God that I will get to where I need to be in my life and having faith to believe.

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