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Reader I wonder how often you find yourself needing some courage. Needing courage because the situation you face is too
This past week I spent much time reflecting on courage. It began with my presentation to over 100 people at the TN SHRM annual conference, continued in a private facilitated session with a group of leaders, and ended on the pickleball court yesterday. The heart of each—our continuous need as human beings to make meaning of our circumstances through storytelling. I'm walking up to packed courts at the park and I only see one person I know. Immediately I am fearful, watching the play and wondering if I am good enough to join in. There is a court of men in the most aggressive play I've ever witnessed. I know that isn't for me and so I focus on the court where my friend is playing. No beginners here. Everyone has game. In that moment, my internal story I continually battle reared up—you are not good enough and you are going to let your partner down. I want to say that I had to find a little courage to walk onto the court. But the truth is that I had to change my internal narrative about my worthiness. How fitting is that after speaking all week on the topic. Reader, fear is generated by the other person or the circumstance. Fear comes from the story you tell yourself about that person or circumstance. Granted, there are legit times when that fear is warranted. Equally true, there are many times when it is only your unreliable narrator trying to protect you. So how do you break free of the tyranny of the unreliable narrator? There are four steps:
Your unreliable narrator makes you a victim in a story where you are limited by others or circumstances. Reader, challenge that narrative and permit yourself to prioitize what matters to you over safety & security. You will find that your agency is enough once you get out of your own way. Cheers to a bold and beautiful week. PS - Welcome Nebraska State Council friends The BEST Review of Show Up Positive Ever
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Rita Ernst, Positivity Influencer
My weekly emails are for you if you want a transformational SHOT OF POSITIVITY that makes you think, gets you laughing, and sparks a positive change. Start each week inspired.
Reader I'm celebrating Thanksgiving this week and in that spirit I want you to know how grateful I am for your support and engagement. Thank you for allowing me to be a part of your journey and for being a part of mine. My word for 2025 is change. Selecting it was a breeze because my life was full of changes I knew where coming and I was preparing myself to embrace each one: the first year without my father launching my podcast—The Story I'm Telling Myself celebrating my youngest daughter...
Reader I met my husband at my second job out of graduate school. I wasn't looking for a husband but there he was. Our first "date" was an after work meet up of the young professionals at the manufacturing plant where we worked. I wanted to resist the attraction because dating someone where you work is such a cliche. Truthfully, I don't think we would have been an office romance that lasted except for one agreement we made from the outset—we didn't talk about work. My time with Dave was carved...
Reader I should have acted sooner. For the past few years our health insurance plan has offered the Hinge Health programs as a free benefit. I blythly ignored it despite my struggles with plantar fascitis and occaisional hip pain. I'd learned that hip pain was a signal that my footwear needed and upgrade, and that had worked for years until this spring when a stabbing pain in my right hip started disrupting my sleep and my activities. I started seeing a sports massage therapist when they pain...