It takes many people many years to discover the things they’re passionate about. I found and fell in love with dance when I was two years old. I discovered the joy of helping others in 9th grade as a mentor in a special needs program. I came to appreciate yoga at 19. I have experienced incredible healing from knee surgery and improvement of generalized anxiety disorder. I feel lucky that it is my nature to find things I’m excited about and dedicate my whole being to them. 

 

When MOVEpwr was first born in my brain, I knew it satisfied my interests but it took me a few weeks to realize just how special this project would be. To understand that it was an amalgamation of four true passions: helping, healing, moving, and psychology. These were passions that I had cultivated over many years, and this year specifically, curated my life to revolve around them. I finished a social work minor and invested in a career to help kids with autism. I dedicated myself to two dance teams and underwent a 200 hour yoga teacher training. I earned a bachelor of arts degree in psychology, worked as a psychology advisor, and was accepted into graduate programs for behavior analysis. All this is me, in this moment. And therefore, MOVEpwr is me. 

 

This website has two main parts: informative articles and a blog. Both of these facets are a step outside of my comfort zone and something I was excited to create. The informative articles are meant to be read first; they are the collection of research that I have done regarding the intersection of my topics. My preferred style of writing is personal and reflective, so branching out into factual nonfiction was intimidating. Because MOVEpwr is for a variety of readers, though, I was able to make it mine by making the tone fairly informal, and the pieces highly accessible. I’m really proud of these pieces not just because they explain the facts behind everything I love, but also because they challenged me to grow.

 

The blog is a secondary step that moves out of the scientific and more into my own voice. This genre is more my style, but once again, I was nervous to write. As a perfectionist, I like to create a piece, revise it over and over, let it sit for weeks, and return to revise it some more. The continuous publishing process of my blog posts has challenged me to appreciate my first drafts, revise with less scrutiny, and allow things to be a little less perfect. 

 

So yes, this website, this fusion of passion is all me. But the growth that I felt in writing my articles, the release I experienced with my blog posts, those are me, too. Writing is sort of like healing, in a way. It’s a process. Improving anxiety takes time, and repairing knee tissues is a hefty undertaking. Writing is no different. MOVEpwr has reminded me of all that writing can do: growth, release, excitement. I feel those in yoga. And in dance. And since it’s yet another one of my passions, who’s to say writing itself isn’t a critical part of MOVEpwr?