What Happened in That Room on Saturday
Last Saturday I hosted an online workshop called Grounding in Self-Trust When Life Feels Uncertain. I had been preparing for it for weeks. I knew the content. I believed in it. And I was ready to teach it.
But the thing I keep coming back to this week isn't something I planned.
At some point during the workshop, a few of us started sharing. In our own words, in our own ways, we described having been in a place where everything felt like too much. Different circumstances. Different lives. Different ages. And yet the same feeling.
Something shifted in that room when that happened. Not because anyone had the right words or the perfect advice. Not because anything got fixed. Just because nobody was alone in it anymore.
That is what I have been sitting with all week.
I have been doing this work long enough to know that the content matters. The tools matter. Understanding your nervous system, knowing why your body responds the way it does, having practices to come back to - all of it matters. I believe in it deeply or I wouldn't be teaching it.
But there is something that happens when women gather and tell the truth about what they are actually carrying. Something that no amount of information can replicate. A kind of recognition that says: the thing you thought was only yours is something so many of us are living with.
Women in community is a powerful thing. I knew that going in. I felt it differently coming out.
It has me thinking about what I want to create next. Another workshop, yes. But I am also feeling more and more called to create something in person. A gathering. Something where we can actually be in the same room together, not just a grid of faces on a screen.
I don't have a plan yet. And honestly sitting with not knowing is uncomfortable for someone who likes to have a plan. But I am trying to stay in the question long enough to get it right.
Before I decide anything, I want to ask the women I am building this for. What would actually feel meaningful to you? What do you wish existed?
I put together a short survey — just five questions, takes about two minutes. If you have ever read anything I have written, attended a workshop, or just quietly followed along, I would love to hear from you.
SURVEY LINK: https://forms.gle/Te667mfGo3Ja96g58
This is how I want to build things. Not by guessing what people need, but by asking.
