Bavani Periasamy is a gratitude advocate (among many other things) and she told me recently she’s been struggling, as others don’t believe she has the right to talk about negative feelings, because, well… she’s a gratitude advocate.
We HAD to have a talk about that, because we all know the right to feel how you’re feeling (especially negative emotions) is the pathway out the other side. So yes, it’s always important to honor our feelings, we just don’t want to get stuck there. We also know - after the last couple of years - TIMES have been tough for EVERYONE, so suppressing negative emotions will not help any of us at all.
Of course, we didn’t just talk about that – impossible with Bavani. We discussed where her gratitude journey started, the transformative experience of having a boss from hell to a great boss and how that changed everything! Equally, the importance of gratitude, of giving to others, and why we all need external help sometimes.
One of the bigger challenges identified, which isn’t just a cultural reality, is finding the right people to speak with and to be heard when you need to be heard, versus people constantly interrupting with solutions, which is not what we need sometimes.
We also discussed culture and the right to speak up, as well as showing up as your most authentic self. Definitely a far-reaching conversation and for all the people who don’t think they can speak up, please take courage from Bavani’s words. She’s ready to put it all out there into the world and for that, I salute her.
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