I Know a Thing or Two About a Thing or Two

Dorinda Medley knows that life isn’t one straight line. It’s a series of adjustments. After sixty years, she has seen it all: love and heartbreak, success and setback, reinvention and resilience. She has worn many hats as a businesswoman, mother, wife, widow, television personality, author, radio host, DJ, and advice giver. But of all the things she’s accomplished, her greatest feat is becoming confident in learning how to do things completely on her own.

These days, fear is practically baked into our culture—especially for women. We’re told to be small and palatable, to stay in our place, to smile through disappointment, to accept a seat at the table but to not expect the whole menu, and this messaging keeps us in survival mode all while trying to look presentable.

But we can choose another way to live, using confidence to move forward and fear as a tool of encouragement to pivot when life’s challenges knock us down.