Hello Instagram, my old friend?
I want is to be a positive contributor to having meaningful conversations about drugs.
Making my way back slowly,
I've been back at IG for less than a week, and my palms are already sweating. It's shaping up to be more uncomfortable trying to make it comfortable.
At this point, that's basically my full-time job, working through the gross feeling of hiding my uncertainty. My 7 weeks off IG have taught me some important lessons.
Instagram was making me feel excited and what I discovered were tremendous opportunities and benefits. It also vanished in a flash.
So in mourning the sudden death of @coachkathleenoh, I also felt kind of free. I began noticing that I felt most myself and most at ease on the days I wasn't thinking about it. But sometimes, the pressure of showing up for my business created a cycle I felt like I could never escape.
As a recovering people-pleaser with codependent tendencies, this is not healthy. I wanted my life to be inspiring to people but also non-threatening.
Then there was when I was a lot more fearless in my stories. Now I am tentative.
What I want is to be a positive contributor to having meaningful conversations about drugs. I want new connections with this community and my content to feel much more intentional and safe. As grown-ups, it's our responsibility to have those conversations. And people like me, with an audience, need to be uniquely equipped for challenging conversations.
Listening, responding, and engaging with you through email has brought in new inspiration over the last month.
We are entering conversations in the right places and the right ways - off social media!! Now, I am working on a new form of delivery. (TBA more about that 👇). You, my fellow audience, are ready for something new, and it's coming.
I am back on Instagram, starting fresh from zero.
Will you please follow me? @therealcoachoh
I want you to know you matter to me from the moment you connect.
Thank you,
Ps. The stimulus of posting content has only begun gestating. I will be using my new IG as a touchstone for more significant conversations. Like a bridge, but not the kind that can be burned down by Zucker trolls.