Keep Showing Up!
I have been thinking a lot about the people who keep showing up, even when things are tough. Below is my admiration for many of the ways we keep going.
Job seekers who keep sending out resumes, looking for jobs, researching companies, engaging in LinkedIn, reaching out to their network despite the tough job market.
Political friends and role models who keep writing to their local paper, making calls to elected officials, writing postcards to voters, going to rallies, posting content on social media and demonstrating other forms of leadership to meet the moment.
Parents who keep showing up for the kids who struggle or don’t engage even when it is frustrating and heartbreaking.
Showing up even when you have chronic pain or chronic symptoms. Calling insurance companies when they don’t pay. Showing up to work when you don’t feel 100% and going to your doctors and taking your medicine and doing what you need to feel better.
Caring for an elderly relative even when it is hard and sad. Showing up even when the person does not remember who you are.
Sticking with someone going through a mental health challenge. Whether it is addiction, depression, anxiety or an eating disorder, it is so tough to stick with people who are suffering with mental health issues and it is not always possible to show up in the way we want. But for those of you who are navigating your, way, I see you.
Navigating a new school, freshman year of college, a new job or seeking a new relationship. Keep showing up. You will find your people.
How can you keep showing up? Here are some blogs I have written in the past which you may find helpful in your journey:
Getting Support: Find your Kiki
Finding Momentum: You are Just Getting Started
Parenting: Oh That Didn’t Go Well… Conversations with Teenagers
Networking: Networking: The Magic of Connections
How to start your day so you keep showing up: Morning Cliffs Notes
How to survive a tough work environment: Job Crafting
If you need support showing up, I may be able to help. Schedule a free consultation with me here.
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If you want to show up politically, my sister Danielle Silverstein is using her platform to create a community for you. She has created an energetic, welcoming, safe and private space for like-minded women, fueled by wisdom, wit, joy, open-mindedness, activism, and creativity. Individually, we each have special gifts to offer, as well as personal needs and goals for which we can seek insight, support, and encouragement. If you want to learn more about this inspiring, energetic, supportive community of women sign up here.
How to Wish You Were 66 Instead of 35: Life after menopause has some big perks. (gift link)
“We don’t often talk about the benefits of aging. Karen Adams has a different perspective. From new beginnings to menopausal zest, the director of the Stanford Program in Menopause & Healthy Aging discusses what women can look forward to as they age up.”
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As we show up to learn more and gain new skills, here is a great resource for those of us ready to jump into the world of AI.
Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The daughter of an affluent Black family pieces together the connection between a childhood tragedy and a beloved heirloom in this moving novel from the bestselling author of Black Cake, a Read with Jenna Book Club Pick
“Engrossing . . . Wilkerson masterfully weaves these threads of love, loss and legacy [into] a thoroughly researched and beautifully imagined family saga.”—The New York Times
When ten-year-old Ebby Freeman heard the gunshot, time stopped. And when she saw her brother, Baz, lying on the floor surrounded by the shattered pieces of a centuries-old jar, life as Ebby knew it shattered as well.
The crime was never solved—and because the Freemans were one of the only Black families in a particularly well-to-do enclave of New England—the case has had an enduring, voyeuristic pull for the public. The last thing the Freemans want is another media frenzy splashing their family across the papers, but when Ebby's high profile romance falls apart without any explanation, that's exactly what they get.
So Ebby flees to France, only for her past to follow her there. And as she tries to process what's happened, she begins to think about the other loss her family suffered on that day eighteen years ago—the stoneware jar that had been in their family for generations, brought North by an enslaved ancestor. But little does she know that the handcrafted piece of pottery held more than just her family's history—it might also hold the key to unlocking her own future.
In this sweeping, evocative novel, Charmaine Wilkerson brings to life a multi-generational epic that examines how the past informs our present.