From one Michelle to another...
Damn girl! You hit the nail on the head!!
So glad to hear words like this coming from someone who is so young (compared to me!).
About 10 years ago I was working on my doctorate and getting beaten about the head pretty hard. I felt unworthy, stressed, doubtful, stupid, and sad. But I wasn't down for long, and as I re-built my strength, the word that kept returning to my consciousness was "sovereign." So I wrote myself a little manifesto that began "I am a sovereign state..."
So of course I had to read your article!
Keep going girl, and stay sovereign!
M-