Badass Biz Women: First Published in Badass Biz Women: By Salaam Green @beautifulblackpoetry
Keep your Teeth in your Mouth!
Photo: Lisa Culver Photography
Reframe your Dreams
Have you ever had a dream so strange that you woke up the next morning scratching your head? Recently, I dreamed that my tooth fell out and I was holding it in my right hand.
Curious, I scurried to Google to find out the meaning of such a dream. Google concluded that a dream about teeth falling out has something to do with communication, particularly saying something that you should have left unvoiced.
This bothered me not because I tend to say things with great tact all the time but because lately I have been using my voice to heal my life and the lives of others.
With this synopsis, I decided to reframe my dream. Instead of looking at it from the perspective of something that I said to others, I began to reflect on what I had been listening to. What have I been saying to myself…were my words hurtful or healing?
As the founder of a business that promotes the healing power of words my own words became a detriment to my vision and voice.
I’ve been telling myself I am a horrible writer and poet, I won’t be able to do a business without a full-time job, and I won’t ever get an investor and reach my goals.
This voice is what propelled my front tooth to fall out into my hand forcing me to look at the bare nonsense I had been telling myself about myself. I am here to be a voice for women and girls around the globe whose voices go unheard.
The Literary Healing Arts Services, provides a safe space for sisterhood whom all have the write 2 gather the write 2 heal.
Business women, I submit we silent the inner critic whose voice has nothing good to say.
The Healing Power of Words: Voice your Story
WRITE NOW: Have you had a strange dream?- Write to Dream….
Write to Heal a story about the meaning of your dream?…..Write all about it. Comment and tell me about it….or journal first thing in the morning.
