Sabrina Sanchez. Sabrina Sanchez. Sabrina Sanchez.

Throughout my lifetime I’ve found myself writing it repeatedly in print and cursive in the back of notebooks during classes, admiring the name, reciting it in my head.

Sounds pretentious, doesn’t it?

Well the truth is, I didn’t immediately realize what I was doing. Or rather, the energy I was putting forward.

Lately, I’ve found myself noticing that I write my full name on every piece of paper I receive, fill it out on every email sign up I choose to subscribe to, and even use it as my “pseudonym” for my songs. As a result, I’ve also noticed that I’m not very good at denying my identity and coming up with a “fake” name, even when creeps ask and I shouldn’t tell them, or when people ask me if I have a “stage name” for my music.

It is difficult for me to deny myself. I am Sabrina Sanchez. Who else would I be?

It is only in a sudden stream of consciousness of all the ways I admire my name that I could ask myself this question.

Someone said to me in some seemingly insignificant text message that when you speak to someone’s name, you speak to their energy. If you are not fully aware of whom people are speaking to when they speak to you, how can you be aware of the energy you put forward in the universe?

From the moment I became fully conscious of my name—all the syllables, its rhythmic sound, pronunciation, and how it reflected me, I loved it. I would often ask my parents to tell me the story of how they decided upon it and what inspired it (which by the way was a movie entitled Sabrina starring Julia Ormond, watch it). I still do.

I believe that embracing it in the way that I did is what has led me to write my name with confidence; to allow it to be used in everything that is mine without an alteration; to wear it proudly.

Confidence can come from a lot of things, but I believe first and foremost that it comes from accepting who you are even at the most fundamental level, your name. Wear it loud, wear it proud, and your energy will reflect that off of you. Soon, many people will recognize the value of your name as much as you.