Happy Monday babes! What a whirlwind of a month March was, still having a hard time wrapping my mind around the fact that we’re already a week into April. As most of you already know, I have my first Columbus, Ohio speaking event taking place in May! I am so excited for everything this night has to offer and I can not wait to share more of the heart behind it all with y’all. I’ve received a lot of questions about where the name for the event came from, and what it means to be a Gold Girl.
For the last six months I’ve been playing with the idea of sharing the heart and vision behind my brand. Unfortunately for the life of me, I could not think of how to put it into a few sentences. Until one day I was sitting at my desk, answering a few DMs and it hit me. I responded to this girl’s DM, and at the very end I wrote, “Please remember, You’re Gold Girl.” In that moment it all started to make sense to me.
What started out as a small fashion blog and Instagram account, had transformed into something I was not fully ready to accept head on.
If you are new around my account, or even if you have been following since the beginning the heart behind the brand has never truly been shared. This has largely been due to my fear, and wanting to stay safely protected by the pretty images and carefully crafted captions. I’ve always wanted anyone who reads my blog, interacts on Instagram or comes to an event to feel like I’m their friend. Someone who is walking through life’s struggles with them, but how can that be achieved if parts of the journey are left out?
The truth is, I’ve been keeping a big secret from you all for years. The reason my blog started was not because I loved fashion, it was because I wanted to love on women wherever they were in life. I would scroll through Facebook groups and see women posting about their relationships. How they felt they were in an abusive relationship, but they were not sure. How they wanted to do something meaningful with their lives, but they were lost on where to start. After reading what felt like millions of these threads, I decided to start my blog. With the small hope that this little positive corner of the internet could reach the right woman at the right time.
Taking that step of courage to leave the dark spot you’ve found yourself in, does not happen overnight. After living through an abusive relationship for two years, I know this first hand. I hit rock bottom and it took realizing that even if I wasn’t meant to live an unbelievable life, I was not meant to live a life filled with fear, self loathing and abuse. And neither are you.
What started as sharing fashion tips, then moved deeper into relationship and career advice.
Over the last 2.5 years of having this platform I’ve shared so much life with some amazing women. We’ve shared good times and some not so good times. I’ve gained the confidence to share parts of my life that are messy, and unattractive. I’ve also learned a lot about how to truly live out what you are destined to be, and how surrounding yourself with the right people will fast track your happiness and success.
This is my very long way of telling you all where the You’re Gold Girl event comes from and the heart behind everything I share. My dream and hope is that you find the confidence to positively influence those around you daily. Because girl, I do not care what your past or present looks like, you have an unique story to share with the world.
XOXO
Emily