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busting out moves on Zoom

Published 6 months ago • 1 min read

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?
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Unfathomable, right.
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This week we had a dance outro to close out our call for AuthenTech, my group coaching program for senior women in tech.
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Picture this.
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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.
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We shared about how the holidays can feel sort of bittersweet.
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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.
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And for that special moment in time, we were not alone.

We felt supported, seen, and inspired.​
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To celebrate that moment we danced.

Cameras on, cameras off.

We released whatever felt right.
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The song? Doobie Brothers, "What A Fool Believes."
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And someone posted this right after:
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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.
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    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.
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  • ​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

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