This is the courageous life
I don't want us to be fearless or shameless. Nor do I even think that is possible. I want us to feel our feelings.
Our emotions don’t have to own us
When we speak our feelings, really feel them, cope with them in a healthy way, and move our bodies, our emotions don't get stuck. They move through us and don't own us.
Thank you for seeing us
Our first In Waiting & Healing: When Your Journey to Parenthood Isn't As Expected was last night, and to say it was incredibly holy is an understatement.
sit beside, seek to understand, and do
Maybe today, rather than shouting our either/or solution at someone, we could sit beside, seek to understand, and do, and I mean really freaking do, something different.
I stand in, live from, and know my enoughness
I long gave up finding my enoughness in accolades, awards, likes, follows, and shares. Or being fancy enough to be in the room, let alone at the front of the room teaching.
You deserve to be seen
Maybe your vulnerability has been used against you, especially in leadership. It's not okay.
sometimes people don’t have what we need.
This means that we love people within their limitations, set boundaries while having care and respect for them, feel all the feelings that come up for us when people don't have what we need, and then go find what we
Calling out vs calling in
A room full of CEOs rumbling with how to be empathic while holding people accountable and the difference between calling out vs calling in