Leadership Inside Out

Issue 58

Healing Connections (A winter solstice how to message)

January 29, 2025

“May you be happy” the guided meditation prompted me this morning. …?… Have they seen my newsfeed?!

I am not happy about the pain and suffering this administration has unleashed upon our country.

It makes me angry and sick to my stomach.

What does it do to a people to strip them of their happiness?

I know the research and the science, it does not end well. And so…

I will not give cruel people this level of control over me. I will not allow outside circumstances to determine the quality of my mind or emotions.

Through practice, I have developed the mental and emotional capacity to hold both the pain and the joy.

When I started my coaching practice a few years ago, I penned into my vision,

“I am creating a way of being that acknowledges injustice, pain, and uncontrollable disruptions in the world and refuses to be consumed in un-useful ways that contribute to stress and fear.”

It’s not about bypassing reality. It is about powerfully working with our mind, emotions and embodied responses to rise above the chaotic circumstances and become the confident and effective change agent we are called to be.

Today, I remind myself that the amount of my emotional suffering is not an indicator of my level of care or concern.

In fact, in order for me to take thoughtful, creative, intentional action from a place of love and possibility, I need to allow myself to step away from fear, to remember my power, and to trust that my fellow change agents are stepping up hand in hand, supported in community.

I know that in this moment there is a network of love and human dignity. I happily pour my energy into this ecosystem of care. In doing so I amplify the joy found in community and reduce the fear that flares in isolation.

We are allowed to laugh, celebrate, soak in gratitude, and feel the love around us.

Hope, possibility, and focus will not only be found, but leveraged in this moment.

And so Mi gente, my fellow change agents, Let me conclude the meditation with this:

May you be well.

May you be healthy.

May you be happy.

Be well, Sonya

When you FEEL BETTER, you can LEAD BETTER. Change is possible. Let’s work together to effectively handle whatever 2025 throws our way.