Stories From Women Who Walk · 2026-03-30 · 3 min
Hello to you listening in Forres, Scotland ! Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is Stories From Women Who Walk with 60 Seconds for Motivate Your Monday and your host, Diane Wyzga. The Scots word “ smooring ” is an old practice of subduing a fire with ash or peat to keep the embers warm overnight until they’re rekindled in the morning. Maybe like me something or someone smoored your self-expression. Perhaps you were told that you were a handful, a free spirit, loudly curious, or just plain too much. After a time you conformed to what they wanted. You smoored your self-expression. You stopped freely sharing your feelings, ideas, curiosity, and thoughts. As your self-expression was subdued, you became less visible. And yet, like a smoored fire the embers of your self-expression are still there waiting to be rekindled into flame so that you regain your visibility. 4 Practical Tips : I have four tried and true tips for you: 1. Nurture self-awareness so that you become visible to yourself. 2. Awaken natural talents to reignite the fire of your self-expression. 3. Seek out the people and places where you belong, where you and your self-expression are welcome 4.
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