Friday Cocoon Starting Now
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Happy Friday!
Midlife women with decades of careers and roles and hats worn between them are wildly, freakishly resourceful. Every week on our Uplifters co-working Zoom, someone shares what’s blocking their path, and before they finish the sentence, somebody else has a different angle on it, or a tool they’ve been using for years, or just the exact reframe that makes things clearer. We get out of our own way together and it’s really pretty magical.
So today, whether you can join us or not, here’s what we’re doing:
Start with what went well. One good thing from this week. That’s it. Especially right now, when the news is heavy, anchoring to something good is extra valuable. (Aside: I removed social media from my phone this week thinking it would free up lots of brain space. Instead, I ended up looking at the news more often, which turned out to be more harmful than helpful. Not the lesson I expected from this experiment, but a goodie nonetheless.)
Then: what’s getting in your way? What’s slowing you down or making it harder to move forward? It’s usually a thought, a feeling, or a belief, not a circumstance.
And then ask: what could make this easier? Is there a different way to look at it, from further back or up closer? Is there someone whose experience might put it in perspective?
If you want to work through it with the nicest, funnest (who will sign my petition for that to become a word), warmest little group of midlife women you can imagine, we’re here. Join us at the link below. And if this time doesn’t work for you today, mark your calendar for next week, but take a few minutes today to check in on your week, and let us know your good thing in the comments.
Every Friday from 10-12 ET, on Zoom. Here’s our flow:
10:00 - Connect and share
10:15 - Three deep breaths, then dive into solo work
11:00 - One-song dance party to shake things loose
11:03 - Second solo work session
11:59 - Close and pat ourselves on the back
