No More Hiding!!! Kicking Off The Ultimate Blog Challenge
- Jennifer Shlomovich
- 7 days ago
- 3 min read

It's July 1st! Where has this year gone? June disappeared in a blink. After a whirlwind of a month celebrating my oldest step-son's college graduation and wedding to his high school sweetheart, I'm getting back to normal (whatever that is).
This month I have the opportunity to join in a 31 day blog challenge. I'm excited and a little intimidated about this! I struggle with consistency when it comes to posting content and only manage to to do it in incremental bursts. Part of this has to do with being busy (aren't we all) and the other part of it is subconsciously wanting to hide.
I have a tendency to create content in brief motivated spurts. Then life happens and I lose momentum. I have been wanting to have a consistent blog on my website for over a year now and it still hasn't happened!
As a recovering-people pleaser, I definitely hide a lot less than I used to. I have developed the confidence to speak up and advocate for my needs. Setting boundaries has gotten easier for me. I no longer shrink myself down to fit in the way others would like me to be. I have embraced being a vegan in a non-vegan family and feel more and more at home with myself just being me. All of this has lead me to where I am now creating content for The Confident Vegan and co-hosting That Vegan Morning Show with my friend Kimberly Winters of the Did You Bring The Hummus Podcast. If you told me I would be where I am now 15 years ago I would have never believed it!
On January 2010 I stepped into a therapist's office to address the things in my life I was avoiding. I was in a toxic marriage and hit rock bottom emotionally. The years of avoiding my feelings, ignoring my needs, and not speaking up had all caught up to me. I felt guilt, shame, and anxiety if I disappointed other people. I truly believed I needed to be who others wanted me to be in order to be loved and accepted. This was the beginning of my healing journey and the start of me eliminating my people-pleasing ways. A few months later I filed for divorce. The journey after that was certainly messy and terrifying at times. Looking back, I can't believe how I got through some of the things I did, but I did get through them! No longer hiding and ignoring my needs, allowed me to grow and create a new life for me and my son. I remarried and recently celebrated my 10 year wedding anniversary with my husband. We navigated the joys and frustrations of having a blended family. I have made advancements in my career, got a coaching certification, formed an LLC, went vegan and launched two YouTube channels. All of this because I chose to no longer hide.
I realized I need to level-up my not hiding, which is why I am doing The Ultimate Blog Challenge. I want to get better at consistency and showing up more as a content creator. I am on a mission to empower women, promote healthy eating through a plant-based diet, and support vegans and aspiring vegans. How can I make the impact I want to make if I choose to continue to hide? So here I am am, joining this blog challenge to help me cultivate better habits of showing up and being more consistent.
I hope you join me on my journey this month. I am excited to see where it takes me!
Welcome to the UBC Jennifer! You'll find a great group of bloggers here, we're like family! I started in January 2016 and haven't looked back yet!
Awesome job on so many levels, in so many areas, and in so many ways! That is a lot of manys for you.
Welcome to the challenge and I am excited for you to be here! If there is something you do not like, please do not hesitate to let me know - after all, I will blame it on Kimberly!!! (Just Kidding!) I am looking forward to reading more, and learning more about you.
Thanks for sharing!
Oh boy! Maybe we need to start a people pleaser club! I'm a recovering people pleaser. It's a journey, life-long I'm sure.
Welcome to the UBC!
Congratulations! As a former people pleaser myself, I will tell you it gets a bit easier the more you set boundaries and say "no" to anything that makes you feel uncomfortable. It also gets easier with age.
Can't wait to follow along with you....here is my blog for the month!....https://doggonehealthychoices.com/july-1-begin-again-a-faith-filled-fresh-start-with-your-dog/