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My 2020 Wellbeing Campaign: Key Takeaways
Never in a million years when I launched my wellbeing campaign on January 1, 2020, could I have imagined what was to come. With COVID-19 ravaging the world, the overdue racial reckoning, record devastation from climate change and perpetual political turmoil, wellbeing became one of the most desired and elusive things in our lives.
How to Balance Autonomy and Authenticity to Support Positive Team Dynamics
I realized that the role I had been playing became how many people saw me as a person. Instead of a critical thinker, I was simply viewed as critical.
How Self-Acceptance and a Commitment to Personal Growth Can Increase Psychological Wellbeing
I spent some time beating myself up over missed opportunities and blindspots that suddenly became so clear, then I started to learn how to let go.
Social Wellbeing: Finding New Ways to Embrace My Mental Health
I have started hugging my computer at the end of video calls with friends and family so I can recreate the feeling of an embrace. Strange? Possibly.
Emotional Wellbeing: Learning How to Listen to My Body
My body has a voice. Learning to listen to it was and is an important part of my emotional wellbeing and my overall mental health.
My Story: Journey from Burnout to Wellbeing
Earlier this year my friend, Cait Donovan, interviewed me for FRIED: The Burnout Podcast. In it, I share my burnout story. Then, I explain how I began to prioritize my wellbeing and decided to launch Pitts Leadership Consulting LLC.
Special Series: Connecting, learning and sharing in the time of COVID-19
Support in our time of uncertainty: Initial Thoughts & Feelings
Societal and Mental Wellbeing: Remaining Nimble and Flexible in a Changing Environment
The past three weeks have been playing out like scenes from a movie. I moved from calm to anxiousness, then decided to recenter and take action. As the current landscape evolves, I wonder, “How can I support myself and others right now?”
Jamie’s Journey with Anxiety: From Awareness to Action
Jamie shares her challenges with anxiety, how she has developed practices to support herself and how she leads with empathy with others when they may be experiencing overwhelm.
Natoshia’s Journey Towards Mental Wellbeing & Connecting with Grace
I interviewed my friend Natoshia. She talks about her challenge with mental wellbeing - how she wants to “show up” each day - and how her commitment to herself impacts how she models leadership for students. Natoshia works at an institution of higher education in leadership development.
Overcoming the “Angry Black Woman” Trope
While in corporate America, I spent more time than I can count thinking about how I can authentically express myself and be heard without coming across as “too angry”. What is the “right” amount of passion and commitment I can convey when I am advocating for myself and others while remaining likable? How do I come across as powerful and intelligent without being labeled as intimidating? Bottom line: exhausting.
Clay’s Journey Towards Physical & Emotional Wellbeing
Clay talks about his challenge with physical wellbeing and how his commitment to his health impacts him as a leader. He works at a Silicon Valley-based Fortune 500 software company.
Spiritual Wellbeing: Why and How I Committed to a Mindfulness Practice
I grew up in a diverse family within a diverse community in Maryland, outside of Washington, DC. From a religious perspective, I was raised Muslim, my family on my mother’s side is Christian and many of the people in my childhood neighborhood were Jewish. I believe that is part of the beauty of living within a few miles of our nation’s capital. Different people. Different worldviews. Different experiences. Yet, we all managed to come together in so many lovely ways.
Mental Wellbeing: It was a long time coming
My mother died suddenly after an operation when I was 17. We buried her, rented an RV and drove from Maryland to Orlando, FL, went to Disney World and drove home. Then, I packed up my life and moved away to start my freshman year in college. Within one month, I went from thriving high school senior, feeling on top of the world, to a motherless daughter navigating the academic and social demands of university life.
Physical Wellbeing: How I Got Re-Started
In 2019, I was “all in” on my mental wellbeing. Physical wellbeing? Not so much. My year was filled with minor health challenges that were directly related to my lack of physical exercise. Since I had set the intention of being bold in 2020, I realized that to create boldness in the future meant I must be bold in the present.
I launched a 2020 wellbeing campaign. Here’s why.
I consider this my year-long Public Service Announcement. If you want to hear the voice of a black woman business leader who lived a life of janky wellbeing and has learned from it, then read on. And if you have, or still are, living that life, now you know that you are not alone.
What I Learned About Myself: 2009-2019
My sister-in-law asked me if I was ready for 2020. I was thinking, “There are still several months left in 2019, people!” Then, I started to get curious about why everyone was so concerned with 2020’s arrival.
My 2020 Wellbeing Campaign: Key Takeaways
Never in a million years when I launched my wellbeing campaign on January 1, 2020, could I have imagined what was to come. With COVID-19 ravaging the world, the overdue racial reckoning, record devastation from climate change and perpetual political turmoil, wellbeing became one of the most desired and elusive things in our lives.
How to Balance Autonomy and Authenticity to Support Positive Team Dynamics
I realized that the role I had been playing became how many people saw me as a person. Instead of a critical thinker, I was simply viewed as critical.
How Self-Acceptance and a Commitment to Personal Growth Can Increase Psychological Wellbeing
I spent some time beating myself up over missed opportunities and blindspots that suddenly became so clear, then I started to learn how to let go.
Social Wellbeing: Finding New Ways to Embrace My Mental Health
I have started hugging my computer at the end of video calls with friends and family so I can recreate the feeling of an embrace. Strange? Possibly.
Emotional Wellbeing: Learning How to Listen to My Body
My body has a voice. Learning to listen to it was and is an important part of my emotional wellbeing and my overall mental health.