Girl Code: Unlocking the Secrets to Success, Sanity, and Happiness for the Female Entrepreneur

Be Gentle With Yourself
I also want to point something very important out – you don’t have to
be Polly Positive every single day. You don’t have to feel ultra glamorous
every single day. You just simply cannot. There are days I am frustrated,
exhausted, burnt-out, and just plain miserable. There are days I want to be
anything but my own best friend. I used to try to fight those days tooth and
nail, convincing myself I should be some kind of optimistic Wonder
Woman, and I only wound up even more miserable. Now I just order
Chinese food, open a bottle of wine, and flow with it. I embrace the down
days, and tell myself “This too shall pass,” a quote that my mom has
ingrained in me. Because truthfully – it always does.
Life is filled with ups and downs and all-arounds. And life as an
entrepreneur is even crazier. There will be days where you feel on top of the
world, where the clients are rolling in, and it feels like everyone loves you,
and then there will be days where you question everything. Days where it
feels like you’re talking to a brick wall. Days where you wonder if you’re
truly cut out for this. Those are the days that test our strength and our
passion, which is why it’s so important to be gentle with yourself. Listen to
your body, give yourself a break, and then come back even stronger. If you
never allow yourself that time to regroup, you are sure to crack. And that is
not a good place to be.
GIRL CODE: Unlocked
Katie Willcox, CEO of Healthy is the New Skinny

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As a woman who has struggled with her body image for most of her life, I
can’t even begin to tell you what a breath of fresh air and inspiration Katie
Willcox and her brand Healthy is the New Skinny has been for me. Katie is
a model who has spent years dealing with the harsh criticism and
brainwashing by the media convincing women that beauty is a one-size-fits-
all thing. She created HNS as a way to advocate for body confidence for
women of all shapes and sizes, and more importantly show women that we
are worth so much more than the way we look. I find myself constantly
visiting the HNS Instagram page for daily inspiration to remind myself that
healthy truly is the new skinny and what counts most is the way we treat
our bodies – not the way we look in a swimsuit.
I knew I wanted to include Katie in Girl Code because she is such a positive
role model for women everywhere. She is a trailblazer in her industry and
she’s redefining so many things which is no easy feat. On top of all of that,
Katie is funny, warm, and passionate and I know you’re going to fall in love
with her the way I did!