hey, cilantro salad.

first of all...

today is juneteenth and if, like mine, your ancestry doesn't include the experience of chattel enslavement — it's not too late to do as blair imani suggested in this IG post today:

take the day ON instead of the day OFF — to take action, learn more, and think about how your privilege may come from other peoples’ suffering, in the past or present

here's what else was on my mind today...

winsday wednesday or thursday thrillsday — in my community for passion-powered small + scaling business owners and other innovative leaders, we start our calls with wins on wednesdays + thrills on thursdays

but we’ve opened up the convos to include wednesday womp womps and thursday thwacks, thirsts or thuds — to account for the days where we’re just not feeling the wins + thrills

to be clear: i’ll always encourage you to consider:

where you’ve been winning but not allowing it to “count”
where you’ve been discrediting real wins because they don’t match your big vision win just yet, or
where it might be time to switch to an entirely different arena than the one you’ve been taught to compete in

i’ll also always encourage you to expand your definition of thrills + wins, to allow for nuance + variety as you consider what feels thrilling or winning to you

but i’ll never push you to look on the bright side, ignore real challenges, or downplay your pain. there’s no mandate for good vibes only or finger wagging for acknowledging burdens, obstacles or constraints

i’m not here to insist you celebrate when you don't it — but to remind you that you can, encourage you to give it a try, and invite you to allow yourself to be worthy of celebration…wherever you're at

to think about capital C CELEBRATIONS as well as lowercase ones, to open up doorways around the smaller unsung celebrations of our days

when we share our wins + womp womps or thrills + thuds, it’s about connecting with ourselves as much as each other

it’s about owning our own ability to discern the thrills from the thwacks, without getting swept away by either

and i’m here for the womp womps as well as the wins. because you’re worthy no matter where you fall on the continuum of win to womp today

you can be trusted with your own best interests without being bound to rules of what is or is not acceptable to speak

you deserve to be witnessed + held in the fullness of your experience. it’s where your magic resides

you don’t need to be held accountable. you just need to be held

this is how i approach all my spaces, my coaching + my friendships

this is what you get when you work with me

think you might be ready for support like that?

go ahead + book in a free possibilities call to explore more

no pressure, no commitment. just a chance to connect, chat, and consider the possibilities

let's chat!

xxoo, cc

ps: i hit a snag on my website work so the QFWD sessions are still available at $50 savings for now — scoop yours up here, bloom

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