Writing from Inside the Pause

Some days I can see how far I’ve come. On others, old fears move closer. A reflection on changing capacity and the pressure to remain steady.

So we move through our days reacting to what shows up: the pressure of the moment, the needs of someone else, the mood of a room, the story we tell ourselves after something goes well, or doesn’t.

Many people do not struggle with leadership because they do not care. They struggle because leadership asks them to communicate from a place they may not have practiced yet. We often think leadership is about asking us to become more decisive, more confident, or better at getting things done by motivating others. There is some truth in that. Leadership does ask us to create movement. It asks us to help people face reality, work together, and move something forward that matter

For anyone who lives through dark winters and long stretches of grey skies, you know the feeling. When sunlight fades and rain or snow becomes the daily rhythm, something inside us shifts, too.

I woke up this morning a few weeks out from my 55th birthday— a mixture of gratitude and disbelief. 55 years. How did that happen? It seems like just yesterday I was celebrating my 30th birthday, full of ambition and certainty about the path ahead. Now I find myself at this curious juncture, not quite old but definitely no longer young, wondering how the pages of my life’s calendar turned so quickly when I wasn’t looking. Was I really that distracted? Or did I live every mome

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