Belong

SHOWING UP is more than physical. You’re not showing up if you’re distracted, on your phone, inauthentic, or in the clouds. Showing up means helping out. Showing up means adding value. Showing up means wagging your tail. It’s also about being CONSISTENT and patient

When I’m advising on building a community, I always start the conversation with these five questions:

1. Why do you care?

2. Why are you the right person to lead this community?

3. Why should this community exist?

4. What other communities or affinity groups can you align with?

5. Why will this community be sustainable over time?

The thing is, you can’t manufacture positive energy. You have to radiate it in order to attract it. This is why Going IN and understanding your Axis of Energy is so important as you begin to evaluate energy for your community.

We are emotionally invested in spaces and communities when we wholeheartedly participate in creating and nurturing them

I can confidently say, “She’s a nice person. Super energetic and friendly! We’re just not on the same frequency!” It’s freeing.

Energy defines how we feel and how others perceive us more than any other quality. It powerfully shapes community and our sense of belonging.

Be gently aware of your self-labeling and your labeling of others and ask yourself if it's separating or connecting you to others.

let’s take some real time to Go IN and get cozy with ourselves before we Go OUT.

define [com•mu•ni•ty] as: a group of three or more people with whom you share similar values and interests and where you experience a sense of belonging.

I define [be•long•ing] as: a feeling of deep relatedness and acceptance; a feeling of “I would rather be here than anywhere else.”