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<\/p>\nThe sun in Los Angeles set slowly in brilliant displays of pinks and purples fading together almost imperceptibly behind a line of palm trees. We met in the afternoon to transform a small living room in unincorporated Los Angeles County into a gathering place for brave women. As the sun was setting, our host, Dawn Asher, packed her 6-month-old baby into the backseat of the babysitter\u2019s car. She\u2019d never let her little one ride in a car with anyone beside herself or her husband, and she\u2019d never let anyone else put baby Sicily to sleep. Bravery started even before dinner.<\/p>\n
Around the table sat a photographer, florist, actor, a mom trying to bring foster children into her family and more. We wanted this Brave Collective to bring together a little piece of all the others we\u2019d hosted around the country and decided to celebrate with desserts from each place. We had chocolates from the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory to represent Denver. There was New York cheesecake as a shout-out to the group in NYC. And a homemade pecan pie for the chapter in Nashville. Dawn suggested guava tarts from Portos to represent the City of Angels. It was a celebration of women choosing brave things.<\/p>\n
In a big city where it\u2019s easy to get lost, it was inspiring to start the conversation talking about the bravest thing each person had done. The conversation was deep and raw and honest. As each of the ladies around the table shared their intended brave, the commitment to encouraging and supporting each other was palpable. We ended the night with the Brave Collective Toast being said by women all over as they journey into brave things. With the glittered feathers around us, we felt a sense of celebration already stirring for things to come.<\/p>\n
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Grace:\u00a0<\/i>Believe I\u2019m worthy by taking care of myself. I want to explore my identity outside being an actress by cooking, following through, receiving love and cultivating my ideas.<\/p>\n
Sarah:\u00a0<\/i>I am going to give myself patience. I am in the process of getting our house ready to take in three foster children which is a little stressful. (That\u2019s an understatement.) I want to be kinder to myself in this process.<\/p>\n
Laura:\u00a0<\/i>I want to be more honest. I mentor younger women and often find myself in a tension of speaking the truth or telling them what they want to hear. I want to be better about saying what is best for them, even if it\u2019s not the easier choice.<\/p>\n
Dawn:\u00a0<\/i>I\u2019m going to get back in the kitchen. Recovery from delivering my daughter was a little traumatic, and I haven\u2019t been able to cook. I love cooking and I\u2019ve attempted it since recovering, but nothing has turned out. I\u2019m going to face my fear of failure to do what I love.<\/p>\n
Liz<\/i>: Go outside. I have found myself living a smaller life than I want to be living, and I want to expand. I want to invite people over and cook for them. I want to be involved in my city. I want to play with my family.<\/p>\n
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Design inspiration and receipes for our meal in Los Angeles can be found on the\u00a0Brave Collective: LA Pinterest board<\/a>.<\/p>\n New York Cheesecake<\/a>\u00a0topped with\u00a0Chocolate Ganache<\/a>, raspberries and blackberries Coffee and tea Photography by\u00a0Valerie Noell<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0The Eternal Child<\/a> When you join a\u00a0Brave Collective<\/a>\u00a0you’re joining women everywhere in living into our fullest. There are many ways to get involved – you could host your own Collective, join a local group or follow along as we help launch other Collectives in\u00a0Denver<\/a>,\u00a0NYC<\/a>,\u00a0Nashville<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Los Angeles<\/a>.<\/p>\n We’ll be all over the\u00a0Hello, Darling\u00a0<\/em>blog<\/a>,\u00a0YouTube<\/a>\u00a0channel and\u00a0Pinterest<\/a>\u00a0as we highlight women around the country joining the movement into bravery.<\/p>\n We hope you’ll join us.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The sun in Los Angeles set slowly in brilliant displays of pinks and purples fading together almost imperceptibly behind a line of palm trees. We met in the afternoon to transform a small living room in unincorporated Los Angeles County into a gathering place for brave women. As the sun was setting, our host, Dawn […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":1959,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"0","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_seopress_news_disabled":"","_seopress_video_disabled":"","_seopress_video":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas_manual":[],"_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable_all":"","_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas":[],"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,42,102,117],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fun","category-lifestyle","category-relationships","category-wellness"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1958\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Eat<\/h3>\n
\nPecan Pie<\/a>
\nRocky Mountain Chocolates<\/a>
\nGuava Pastries from Portos<\/a>
\nPopcorn<\/p>\nDrink<\/h3>\n
\nSparkling water with mint and raspberries<\/p>\nThe Credits<\/h2>\n
\nHosted by\u00a0Dawn Asher<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0A Tribe of Asher\u00a0<\/a>
\nFlowers by Laura Williams of\u00a0Poppyhill Flowers<\/a><\/p>\nThe Photo Album<\/h2>\n\n
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