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Overview

How do you respond to uncertainty? How do we microdose wellness in the face of a macro event?

In this episode, Lindsey offers a framework for navigating uncertainty with grounding, resilience, and a focus on collective care. You’ll hear the pitfalls of reacting versus responding, the power of trauma-informed practices, and the importance of prioritizing self-care before engaging with the world. It’s a roadmap for leaders and teams to weather any storm while staying true to their values and mission. Because in the end, the way to freedom is choosing each other, communicating and collaborating across differences, and staying resourced enough to access our innovation.

Episode Highlights

Navigating Uncertainty (1:05)
Reframing Perfectionism and Self-Compassion (06:55)
Profile of the public instead of me, we, the world (4:00)
Somatic: Compost perfectionism (08:55)
Understanding Trauma Responses (13:30)
Projection vs. Reflection in Leadership Communication (17:50)
Somatic: Ocular Reset (22:05)
Creating trauma-sensitive containers: consistency, predictability, and caring relationships (28:25)
Pro-social pauses (33:00)
Embracing curiosity (37:00)
Affirmations (38:25)
Homework (38:50)
Critical hope: Be a rabid fan of yourself, of your self-care, of your stability. Heal out loud, but do so in mindful ways. Lean on community and trust into the fact that you joined this work because you wanted to make a difference. (39:00)

Affirmations

I have time for me.
My pro-social pause is powerful.
I can hold multiple truths.
Together, we can weather uncertainty.

Reflection Questions

Reflect first, alone. Then with your squad.
Based on our mission, vision, and values, what is ours in this moment? What is our lane?
What is our contribution to make?

Powerful Quotes

“We are imperfect whole humans trying to make a difference.” -Lindsey

“How do you orient in times of uncertainty?” -Lindsey

“Everyone is turning to the world first, and then backtracking to their internal team, and what’s next is a disconnected, confused, dysregulated you.” -Lindsey

“As we’re trying to establish more connection, seeking stability, we’re actually cutting that connection.” -Lindsey

"Perfectionism is insidious. It creeps in and takes over the full somatic experience. Our mind ruminates, our body contracts and our spirit feels distant.” -Lindsey

“When we let perfectionism take hold, we lose the essence of our brilliance and our gifts." -Lindsey

“Your mind will continually swirl if you don’t get it out.” -Lindsey

“What I'm inviting is a reframe, a reprioritization, a recommitment to yourself, which is that we want to flow in the order of me, we, world.” -Lindsey

"You don't have to be an expert facilitator to create space in ways that are non-leading." -Lindsey

“Be a rabid fan of yourself, of your self, care, of your stability. Heal out loud, but do so in mindful ways. Lean on community and trust into the fact that you joined this work because you wanted to make a difference." -Lindsey

“That’s the way to freedom, is choosing each other. Communicating and collaborating across difference and staying resourced enough to access our innovation.” -Lindsey

“There isn't a timeline or a formula for collective liberation. Every step, every action, every part of this movement, has to be organically created in ways that are sustainable and realistic and infused with community.” -Lindsey