I've done a lot of vulnerable things in my life.
I talk about vulnerability all the time.
I encourage others to be vulnerable.
I go on and on about how individual and collective vulnerability will change the world.
I write about vulnerability.
I speak about vulnerability.
I coach people how to tell vulnerable stories.
I facilitate trainings and workshops and discussions about the value of vulnerability to build trust and connection and sustainable, beautiful relationships and meaningful, equitable cultures of belonging.
And!
Sometimes it's still really hard for me to be vulnerable.
I've had this podcast idea in my head for six months. I kept putting it off. Making excuses. Procrastinating.
Ignoring the reminders on my phone that said: "Record the first episode of your Belonging Stories podcast."
Until today. I did it. I recorded the first episode of my Belonging Stories podcast.
It's vulnerable. I cried recording it. I cried listening to it. I'm crying writing about how I was crying recording and listening to it.
And, damn it feels good to have it out there for the world to listen to.
It's raw (technically and emotionally). And, if I do say so myself, it's beautiful.
Thanks for listening to my story and making me feel like I belong. I appreciate all of you.