Who’s part of your community?

*This was originally written for my newsletter on March 28 2025 and is still relevant today.*

Can I be honest for a sec? All I've wanted to do this week is isolate. The violence and injustice in the world feels extra heavy and I've struggled to process it all. I’ve sobbed. I’ve raged. I’ve gone to therapy. 

As a coach, I feel like it’s my job to hold space for others. To offer tools and support that help leaders navigate difficult situations and emotions. 

As an activist, I feel like it’s my responsibility to keep speaking up. To stay focused on liberation and not despair. 

As a recovering perfectionist, I feel frozen by the fear of not doing enough.

Maybe you’re reading this like…uhhhh lady this isn’t the leadership content I signed up for. The thing is leadership isn’t a title. It’s who you are and how you show up. 

And so many leaders are hurting in isolation right now. They’re hurting quietly while trying to show up for their team. They’re grieving silently cuz they’re expected to have their shit together. They’re facing backlash behind-the-scenes for leading with integrity. 

I know isolation can feel the least burdensome. But the thing is, nobody’s meant to do this solo. Nobody has all the answers. Nobody's supposed to survive this world alone. 

I’m finding comfort from this quote in Let this Radicalize You by Kelly Hayes and Mariame Kaba. I hope it offers you the same. 

“In a world where we are steadily being splintered apart, where so much of our social lives have been reduced to commercial interactions, and where fellowship and belonging are desperately lacking, we must relearn how to hold space and belief together in ways that anchor us to each other and to our collective moral commitments. This is not simply a task of educating ourselves but the ongoing work of charting and experiencing reality together and sharing our joy and grief over the wonders and tragedies of our times. Our atomized and alienated society leaves little organic space for political communion or even shared compassion. And in the spaces between us, fear grows.” 

If you’re struggling in isolation, I hope you know that you deserve to be seen.

If you’re looking for somebody to create that space for you, reach out for a free discovery call. I’d love to explore ways to support you.