What is your definition of compassion for others?

Do you have:
.. the quiet courage to sit with your own discomfort / pain, not to fix or judge it, but to honour it like you would do for a dear friend?

.... do you choose kindness over criticism and acceptance over shame or guilt?

It's not fair that you continually extend your energy on others, without honouring compassion for yourself.

Notice.
Name.
Choose.
Lead yourself well.

What's the point of the expenditure of your energy and focus?

When you are 95 years old and look back to right now, will you smile?

Work and life is dynamic. And while you are doing 'all the things' to provide food and shelter for your chosen set of people, notice and name your sense of purpose and how it supports or distracts from what matters most. (aka, that means that you will also need to have clarity of your core values.)

Ah, it's a bit of a rabbit trail that will provide immense clarity of your current and future decisions and choices.

What you focus on, grows.  What you give energy to, grows.

If you matter to you - do the personal work for your own leadership while you are out there saving the world.

Lead yourself well.

Take note of how you want to show up in work and life.

Take note of the current cultural expectations (in the world you are part of) to conform or inform.

Take note of your lived experience and the story you embodied about authentic vulnerability.

Are you a safe space?

Lead yourself well.

Sometimes we are in control of the door openings and door closings. Often times, others have made that choice for us. That can make life feel unfair and painful.

Life is unfair and painful.

The door of 'how' to proceed has your hand on the doorknob. How you approach the door; if you open it or linger by it - is for you to decide.

Decide which doors to open each morning.
Decide which doors to close each evening.

Notice. Name. Choose.

Lead yourself well.