Part 2 of the Hysteria Mag and FemmePower collaboration of empowering and inspiring stories from a few of the Women of Halloween Hysteria. Again, these short snippets are just a fraction of what each of these ladies believes can help inspire and empower not just women, but everyone in our community. .. See the whole article here and Part 1 here.
This is Carina from The Wrath.
While it’s great to feel encouraged and inspired by external factors, like idols and influential people, Carina is a firm believer that how you talk to yourself and understanding your feelings and thoughts is just as, if not more, important towards empowerment! That’s something that Carina has always tried to be conscious of, especially after issues with bullying in her early life. “I had a lot of unnecessary fear before joining my first rock band, being a male dominated scene I just assumed I wouldn’t be good enough to try out for a band or at least not good enough to get a spot over a male guitarist. What I was doing was grossly undervaluing the hard work I’d put in and having very little faith in my ability. Perhaps due to a lack of female role models or idols in my life and maybe from also carrying around a massive amount of negative self talk due to years of bullying in my past; regardless, this behaviour wasn’t serving me. I think women can be empowered by keeping close watch on their inner dialogue, by being kinder to themselves, having more faith in their abilities and learning to recognise when your self talk is actually causing you to pause in life instead of progress. When I finally fought through the fear, I realised most people you meet in rock ‘n’ roll are actually extremely open and accepting due to also feeling like an outcast at some point in life, regardless of gender.” The message that Carina wants everyone to know is; never press pause. While life isn’t always 100% fair, we are lucky to live in a much more accepting time with much more opportunity for women. If you have a passion for something, take each day as an opportunity to move towards that goal and validate your hard work with a feeling of pride and accomplishment. You can do whatever the hell you want to do!
“Most people you meet in rock ‘n’ roll are actually extremely open and accepting due to also feeling like an outcast at some point in life, regardless of gender.” [CARINA]