Feeling seen and understood is the most wonderful thing because it gives you the gift of confidence. - Alexi Pappas

"That's what being a Bravey is - you are making a conscious choice to tell yourself what you'd like to be until it becomes a part of you. You choose to replace "can't" with "maybe" by acknowledging your feelings, but focusing on your actions. Your actions encompass everything from what you do with your time, to who you surround yourself with, to the words you feed your mind. To know you can do this for yourself is the most powerful thing in the world."

I told my dad that I was sure I would feel depressed forever and that it would be embarrassing to continue living this way, so maybe it was better to just die. But then my dad said that being dead would be more embarrassing than being depressed.

Chasing a dream isn't a right, it's a privilege - and it's more likely than not that, at first, it won't be financially sustainable on its own.