Hi friend,
May today bring with it....
Silliness.
Maybe you make a funny face to a stranger's baby while waiting in line for coffee. Maybe you make a funny face to YOURSELF while you're waiting for someone to hop on Zoom. Maybe you make a silly sound right this instant.
When was the last time you danced on a work call?
Let me rephrase. Have you EVER danced on Zoom?
Unfathomable, right.
This week we had a dance outro to close out our call for AuthenTech, my group coaching program for senior women in tech.
Picture this.
We talked about the heavy pressure of finding our next engineering role while simultaneously feeling paralyzed about what to do next. And how damn terrifying this can feel.
We shared about how the holidays can feel sort of bittersweet.
And brainstormed ideas around roles which have a more direct impact on people. Specifically for a woman in LA who is now thinking - I really want to do more.
And for that special moment in time, we were not alone.
We felt supported, seen, and inspired.
To celebrate that moment we danced.
Cameras on, cameras off.
We released whatever felt right.
The song? Doobie Brothers, "What A Fool Believes."
And someone posted this right after:
my feels after dancing out of that session: 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 💃 💃 💃 💃 😭 🥹 🤪🤪🤪🤪 😍 😍 😍 😍
What song, my friend, would you dance to? Reply back.
Going-ons I'm excited for:
- I'm running a free coaching open house for anyone who is interested in AuthenTech's next cohort.
Come get coached or listen in! I uh, accidentally scheduled it on my wedding day (just the civil ceremony).
- Our next cohort of AuthenTech is kicking off! Which means more dance parties, transformations, and friendships.
One woman who just joined is a software engineer who wants to open up a space to teach kids about farm animals. Come join us.
Shiny things that caught my eye
- The song we danced to as our outro during our group call for AuthenTech. What a yacht rock banger.
- Martha Beck's book Beyond Anxiety keeps catching my eye. I haven't read it yet - have you?
Several people have quoted "creativity can soothe anxiety" to me this week, which is something Martha talks about a lot.
To silliness! To funky chicken dancing!
Sarah
