Jun 6 • General Discussion
The Crash is Real. But Hopefully, So is the Comeback. 🌟
Temperature check. How are we doing? How are YOU doing? And when was the last time you shut off the news for three weeks straight?
For those of you that have been checking in since the summit, I just want to say thank you.
I cannot overstate the importance of caring for yourself (or trying to, anyway) following the inevitable crash after huge exertions of energy, brainpower and honestly, mental stability like this.
Once the magic of being surrounded by likeminded individuals that share your vision of a liberated existence for all, not just some, begins to fade... Things can get dark. Really, really dark.
Full transparency, this is why I actually hated DEI consulting. It wasn't for me. The idea of putting every skill, strategy and instruction manual I could recount into a bucket with holes in the bottom was depressing. Unfulfilling. And obviously, ineffective.
One thing the summit did do for me, however, is show me how much I've grown my network, my audience and my community. The rooms were buzzing. Our guests were shining. The audience was equal parts captivated and catalyzed to go out there and do their part—even if it would take the rest of their lives.
I'm still processing it all. And you can forget about any elaborate post-summit upsell scheme because I have nary a spoon for anything remotely strategic. I'm trying to just find a few to get The Reparations Race 4th Edition on the map so I can now REALLY dig into my purpose, which has become even more clear to me since the summit—as in, I understood MY assignment.
And that's to help changemakers generate the money they need to make the impact they want to make without burnout, without fancy titles, without having to bend to the will of performative socio-politics.
To those waiting for me to excitedly follow up with next-steps and save-the-dates, I promise they are coming. All of what I'm writing here is really barely scratching the surface on the fatigue I'm recovering from.
But for once... It isn't fatigue from trolls or the walls burning down around me.
It's from this heavy, life-changing lift that has both renewed my sense of hope AND depleted my energy to negative zero.
Both/and. Because dualities. 💛
I am really working to get back on the grid. Promise.
But true to my word—coach's orders—I am taking just a few more days to rest as I climb.
And I invite you to do the same because, well...
This work is far from over.
The Future of DEI is now. I won't be the face of this movement forever. But I WILL see be seeing it through to its next form, its next leader, its next phase—and I can't to tell you all about it.
Have a great weekend.
Love,
Your Identity & Belonging Coach 🌱
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