07/16/2026
Save this for the next time you think about shrinking yourself.
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Your āMEā Superpower May Involve Encanto & The 90s
I used to shy away from telling stories about myself that didnāt put me in a āring lightā level glow. Talk about my struggles with acne? My childhood grief?
How in the heck is that helpful for my people?
Oh, but it is. Because people donāt want to constantly look at aspirational content. They want to feel a sense of connection.
Kind of like in Encantoā¦
You know how The Madrigals each get a miracle that enables them to have an epic superpower?
āļøCamilo = Shapeshifter
āļøDolores = Hears Everything
āļøMirabel = Empowers the Fam
What about your superpower?
You couldāve discovered it in the 60s, 70s, 80s. If youāre a 90s kid like me, whip out your pogs and blast āEvenflowā by Pearl Jamā¦
Allllllll the things I tried to curb about myself back in the 90s are the things Iām now known for.
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Talk to anyone about anything (for as long as required) when, as a kid, I was CONSTANTLY told I talked too much.
(That voice is making me alottaaaa money now, sweetie.)
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MASSIVE amounts of hair on my body means that, at 38, I still have insanely full eyebrows and a full head of hair.
(Even though, as a teenager, listening to Sister Hazel at The Wiz, all I wanted was pencil thin brows and easy-to-straighten brown hair.)
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Growing up with a single mom, I went to a lot of dinner parties with her where I was the only kid. I learned how to engage and ask great questions from watching the adults interact. Because of that I can make strong connections fast.
Now youā¦
ALL the things you tried to change about yourself when you were a teenager. These are likely the things making you successful today.
And things your audience would soooo relate to if you shared it with them.
Tell me one of your Encanto superpowers ā¬ļø