You're standing in front of the mirror, dressed and ready. The event starts in 40 minutes.
And instead of grabbing your keys, you're second-guessing the neckline. Wondering if you're "too much." Rehearsing how to dial yourself back just enough to be interesting but not intimidating.
Sound familiar?
Here's the game being played: Somewhere along the way, you learned that your full presence makes people uncomfortable. That magnetic women are threatening. That there's a "right amount" of captivating — and you're supposed to know exactly where that line is.
That line doesn't exist. It moves every time you get close to it.
So let's try something different tonight.
What if you stopped trying to calibrate your energy for a room full of people who haven't earned the right to an opinion? What if "too much" was exactly the point?
She wasn't looking to be noticed yet was impossible to ignore.
That's not a contradiction. That's a woman who stopped performing magnetism and started owning it.
You don't need to rehearse your entrance. You don't need to dim the wattage. You don't need anyone's permission to be the most captivating person in the room.
You already are.
Intoxicating — your accomplice in owning what was always yours.