You Were Never Meant to Fit the Mold

It wasn’t too long ago that my leadership skills were called into question. I was told I was too emotional to be a successful leader. That if I wanted to be taken seriously, I had to learn how to rein it in — to keep my feelings hidden, to sharpen my edges, to become more palatable.

For a while, I tried. I thought if I could be less, quieter, more agreeable — maybe things would finally fall into place. Maybe I’d feel at home in myself. But in making myself smaller, I wasn’t just losing my voice — I was bending myself to fit into rooms and crowds that were never even right for me. Spaces that didn’t see me, didn’t get me, and weren’t meant to hold me.

Instead of feeling at home, I started to lose the parts of me that made me me. My world dimmed into muted colours. My light flickered.

And here’s the truth I wish I had learned sooner: when we silence the pieces of ourselves that don’t “fit the mold,” we don’t become stronger leaders or better people. We just become smaller.

The Overthinkers Club was born out of that realization — and this most recent launch is an ode to the girl I spent so much of my life trying to tone down. The one who was “too sensitive,” who cried too much, who dared to take up space in ways that made others uncomfortable.

That’s why this drop carries names like Sensitive, Cry Baby, and Take Up Space. They’re not flaws to be hidden — not liabilities, not limitations. They are your power.

So if you’ve ever been told you’re too much, or not enough, or that you need to squeeze yourself into something smaller than who you really are — these pieces are for you. They’re for the part of you that deserves to take up space, unapologetically, and still feel at home in your skin.

And with the final piece of this collection, Take Up Space, here’s your reminder: you weren’t put here to be small. You were put here to be you.