Tali
“Being a woman to me means nourishing everything around me. Finding your peace and sanity is difficult but there’s something about being a woman that makes me feel like peace and love are a part of me…whatever space and place I’m in, in my life.”
Tali is a driven storyteller, up and coming wine professional, and champion of women. Through her online platform, Connecting Her Dots, she shares personal letters of mental, physical, and spiritual growth, instilling confidence in others to embrace and practice openness. These moments of self-reflection highlight the importance of finding and nurturing one’s inner peace while casting off society’s expectations. She shows us the power of leaning wholeheartedly into vulnerability, transforming points of fragility into badges of strength. Meet Tali. This is her story.
K: Please introduce yourself!
T: My name is Tali, which is shortened for my full name (if we have time we will get to that story).
K: Describe yourself in your own words
T: I am a lot of things, I am bold, unapologetic, powerful, and free.
K: What is your favorite thing about yourself?
T: I love that I know that no matter what I go through OR grow through I am whole, because it’s taken an entire lifetime of pain to accept and see myself, my real self.
K: Tell us a story. Have you had an experience that has defined you or made you stronger?
T: My story starts with being a gallon-sized person born in a pint-sized world when you’re the only person that looks like you and acts like you… you fear that something is wrong with you.
I spent life feeling broken and became the people around me, burying the real me.
I don’t like my story to be looked at as resilience, because having those attributes made me feel alone and exhausted.
Those chapters in my story stay where they are, I don’t dwell on them or live in that space anymore.
K: What is one piece of advice you’d give to your younger self?
T: I often visit the little girl within me and let her know that we’re good and I’ve got this. I know her mind is blown by seeing who I am today.
K: What does being a woman mean to you?
T: Being a woman to me means nourishing everything around me. Finding your peace and sanity is difficult but there’s something about being a woman that makes me feel like peace and love are a part of me…whatever space and place I’m in, in my life.
K: Who is one woman that inspires you? What would you say to her if she were here now?
T: A lot of women inspire me, my journey started with being born to a 17-year-old, who has loved me more than life itself. Love is powerful. Choosing to give me life, knowing that it would change her life forever, inspires me to always choose to do what’s right… for me.