Who am I and what is this all about?
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Hello, my name is Holly Ann Kasper. I am a thirty-something wife and mother to two boys. I can rattle off so many of the other roles I play in my life, but that is not who I am and that is not what this is about.
The collection of Essays and other resources here are about struggle, resistance, learning, acceptance, growth and so much more. I have enjoyed my journey sometimes and sometimes I have not. I have played so many roles in my life and for so long I allowed those roles to define who I was. I would find my world rocked when one of these “Identities” felt threatened, or my success within “said role” was questioned either internally or perceptually by others.
These writings are meant to be a dialogue; a conversation. It is about what I’ve experienced and learned on my path. This is about my journey and won’t apply to everyone; it’s about the most important things I’ve learned and what I’m still learning. I don’t claim to be an expert, quite the contrary; I am a scientist of my own life, experimenting, and growing from each new thing that I’m learning along the way.
I am one of those people who talks,.. a Lot. I love to learn and I love to talk about what I’m learning. I am passionate and easily distracted. I love to hear about what other people are learning and make connections between the various facets of life and all that I’m learning. I love being inspired and I love inspiring others. I have weaknesses, which I am both embracing and learning to gain new strength from, sometimes simply by my awareness and acceptance.
Anyway, my point in of all of this is that I am completely and utterly imperfect and I am fully embracing my own radical imperfection. I am inspired by the lives of those around me and my desire is to be a source of empowerment for other women and people that can relate to and find value in the pieces of me that I have to share. Each of us has beauty and value to add.
So what am I going to talk about here? What is the point of all of this and how do I hope to inspire others?
This website with the resources, writings and podcast will be a compilation of various elements. I will have Essays about things I am learning or have learned from various experiences and books I’ve read and key takeaways that have changed my life in some way. I will talk about struggles I’ve had and how I’ve worked to overcome them or how I’ve handled them. I will talk about paradigm shifts from what others or life have taught me, and a lot about some really good books and authors. My favorite pastime is reading and I love blogs and podcasts and self help books that help me to live the best life possible. I will have a link to my podcast with audio versions of most of what I’m talking about. But mainly this is going to be for personal development.
I am excited to get to start sharing my journey with you and I hope you’ll join me often.
One more thing; I am not the authority on these topics. Simply a very dedicated student of life. I am committed to learning and to growth, and passionate about speaking my truth to encourage and empower those around me. I am not going to be right. Life isn’t black and white and there will be polarities and things I have yet to learn and discover. These are my thoughts and experiences and lessons I’ve learned, which absolutely will evolve in the coming years into deeper or even different thoughts. Looking back over the past several years, I am amazed at how much I thought I knew. As the old adage goes, the more I learned, the less I knew. And I’m okay with that. My point is that I don’t claim to know it all, or honestly even want to.
I want to make explore with you. To make connections and dig deeper. To study and examine and test what we think and read and feel.
I am ready for this part of my journey and unbelievably excited. Inspired by so many people in my life, many of them being the authors of the books I love so much, I will honor that my message can be both similar and unique.
I will add interviews from other writers, authors, speakers, deep thinkers and other people that I find simply inspiring. I will have talks that are authentic and feel like banter, with the hope of more connections being wired within your brain processes for acceptance, inspiration, and growth. I will have guest bloggers talking about what they love and what they find inspiring and I hope to keep them short and easy to digest.
At the end I will have simple ideas of how you might, if you’re so inclined, apply what I’m talking about to your life, and sometimes I will just leave you with a bit of mental food that you need to chew on for your own unique paradigm shifts. I will have a booklist on this website and share photos and inspiration on my Instagram account. Basically, this is all for me and it’s all for you. I want you to fully and completely embrace who you are, body mind and spirit; to grow alongside me as we journey together; and to embark on this mission not only to inspire and empower others with your own personal message but to turn yourself into your own daily inspiration, so that you are forever empowered even when things are hard. I am ready to do this. Are you? If so, Lean in.
Thank you for visiting. I hope you’ll share your photos on Instagram @theradicalimperfectionist with hashtags like #theradicalimperfectionist and #radicalimperfection. I can’t wait to get to know you more and hear your stories. Have a week full of love and awareness, blessing and inspiration
Sincerely,
Holly Ann Kasper,
The Radical Imperfectionist
