Fauna Solomon

Just a place for my thoughts

Identity

  • “Thank you for blessing me, with a mind to rhyme and two hyped feet.” MC Hammer At one point in life I assumed that everyone else was given a clear path to success, like a silver spoon in their mouth, except for me. I believed everyone had the benefits of a loving and stable environment—a…

  • I had a wonderful therapist to whom I poured my heart out for over a year. Finding a therapist is like finding an apartment. You need one, you want to love it, but sometimes you compromise because time and urgency prevail. It’s not that you choose the worst place to live, but at some point,…

  • Whatever you did before to become who you are now won’t get you to the next level. It’s time to take all that education and life learning and transform into a new identity. It’s probably happened more times than I recall, but I remember the first time I felt the gap—the space between a new…

  • The concept of stepping into a new identity doesn’t have to be hard or intimidating. There’s a process, of course, but it’s actually easier than you think. The first step is allowing yourself to put down the pain and burdens of your past self. Let go of whatever injury you’ve been holding onto. You were…