I can’t wait to watch this burn down “again” pun wholly intended and it will be the highlight of my year

Put voices in your ears that will challenge your foregone conclusions; voices who will speak to the state of the world with a lens you need to hear. Different than yours - lenses of experience and growth. Of lived advocacy & determination to care for those close to them through chaos.

Speak about what (and who) you love. Share your hopes through this mess, when you’re ready. It’s possible you may need to excavate them to the surface.

But do the work.

Be with yourself so that you can be with others. Grief is not easily navigated in isolation.

There is plenty of evidence of what could go wrong.

But if you settle into the despair of what-ifs (no matter how certain they seem), your advocacy & self-protection will be motivated by a value of fear and not love.

Rest. Journal. Reflect on your own values & speak not just about what you fear.

OH, and I’m a grief and trauma expert and it’s kind of like a mini apocalypse in the world so I suppose I’m a good resource to keep in your pocket for days the overwhelm gets too loud. 🤷‍♀️

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Changes how we treat ourselves when we frame it as a reasonable response, ya know?