New Beginnings

Te-Ana Souffrant
2 min readMay 25, 2021

Wow! Vulnerability is scary. I mean, really, really scary.

I have to admit, that while I am an “open book” and share freely, putting myself out there feels very different than anything I’ve done before. You see, I like to write (hence my blog here), read, share and talk, it’s the way I connect with people, but it can be scary to let all of my walls down.

For the past year, I have been transforming. Not just a shedding skin, but really working on me. A lot of mental, emotional and physical change has been happening. I can speak freely here, right? But also, was holding back a bit too. For fear of what people may say, for fear of what people might think, for not wanting to sound crazy or deviate from what we all know to be true. I am an individual, with my own thoughts and own ideas, and not that I wasn’t sharing those freely, but some of the things that I actually love and care about, I wouldn’t share because I didn’t want come off as “off base”. But, NO MORE!

I think it’s important to step into this space refreshed, renewed, with a new sense of self and perspective and the desire to continue to expand my reach, to further the impact that I hope I have, and have had on the community I am building. It is scary to put yourself out there, it is scary to share your inner most thoughts, it is scary to put trust in others, it is scary to know that something you create can…

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Te-Ana Souffrant

We connect parents to support (Doulas, Lactation), education and resources from preconception through the 4th trimester.