I’m cookin’ yall! Weekly Bite Wednesday, Nov 20 · 1–1:30 PM Google Meet joining info Video call link: https://meet.google.com/ayv-cdxy-xpx

When I think about what I want to bring to this community (all the time), I invariably end up thinking about breakthrough realizations that I got over the last couple years: through my toughest adult times. Right, so that’s the question I keep asking, the energy I keep sending out. Mel Robbins keeps popping up. And the short below reminds me of a lesson I got from my grandmother 40 years ago: leaders bring the weather. She spent a LOT of her time caring for family. I was the 13th child brought under her roof, but I was not the last by a mile. Outside of that she gave to her community by being a leader in her church: running mass helping with communion. I get now that this was how (one of many ways) she cared for herself: Bound & Breathe. With that, she had the capacity to raise me and be present for all of her family. She brought the calm, sunny weather that I needed to learn to feel safe again. Reminiscing with cousins who had married into our family, they mentioned loving that they never felt like second-class family, never by any Harrington, but they were especially embraced by Grammy Barbra. And I know it’s true for each of us who were lucky enough to call her ours. Thanks, Gram! https://www.linkedin.com/posts/melrobbins_melrobbins-melrobbinspodcast-goodleadership-activity-7264291263917572096-QgC2?utm_medium=ios_app&utm_source=social_share_video_v2&utm_campaign=copy_link

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Come make lunch with me! Weekly Bite Wednesday, Nov 13 · 1–1:30 PM Google Meet joining info Video call link: https://meet.google.com/ayv-cdxy-xpx

Knowing you're going to be okay doesn't mean that you're not going to have emotions along the way. This is a quote I got from Abiola Agoró (@ahbeeolah on TikTok). I had a great convo with my family tonight regarding what may or may not come of the next four years and our feelings about it. Ultimately we came to agree: what we can do we will do. But just sharing in an open way our thoughts and concerns in a forum where we knew we were safe despite disagreements allowed for validation of our feelings, mental elasticity, and some space to engage in meaningful processing: Points of Resilience. Please discuss what is difficult where it is safe. Say the brave words. Your voice is worthy of being heard.