Cadre Today and Family Ties

Good morning, Cadre. I am light. I am light. I am light. I am light. I am light. I am light. I am light. I am light. Hey, Jen. Hey. Speak wonder. I am not the things my family. Exactly. Cue the music. Jules, nice to see you. I am not the pieces of the bro in this inside. I am light. I there, Steph. I am light. I am light. Colleen, nice to see you, my friend. I am light. I am lightning. There are some songs that are hard to hit the pause button on. And India Ari's I am light is one of them. Good morning, y'all.

My name's JC, and if I've never shared time and space together with you before, thanks for the opportunity to allow that to happen. You know, I think that's one of the challenges that all of us who make up the Cadre sphere, and that's any of you who hear my voice, that's one of the challenges that we take on. Cadre works best whenever there are people who are connecting with people that they haven't connected with before. So my invitation for you is always, gosh, as you think about the people that you know in this world, who needs a little space like this?

Go ahead and think about that. com, and you say, hey, I think you need to join this community that I'm a part of. You know, on Thursdays, we talk about caregiving, and I think one of the cool things that Cadre does is that it caregives. Caregivers and grievers and leaders and followers and the lonely and the connected and the full and the empty. Like Speakwinder says, Cadre is my blanket fort and my launching padded. Yeah, it's your space to go ahead and nuzzle in, and it's your space to take off.

Thursdays we talk about caregiving. And coming up today, starting in about 27 minutes, I think Steph and Shannon and Colleen and speak wonder and Miss Shannon, I'll come into this space to say, hey, I am a person who didn't sign up to be a caregiver, but I'm grateful for the opportunity, too. And I have gotten lucky to know each of these humans, and they are really good at saying things like, it's okay, it's okay. And there's an effervescence that I think has come out of the need to be effervescent.

Right. They need to bounce, they need to bubble, they need to move, they need to groove. They need to keep going and to hear each of them speak. If you are a caregiver, I think it maybe helps you feel a little bit seen. And if you aren't a caregiver, I think it helps stir up that empathy, that awareness, to go, oh, yeah. What is it like to have to, at moments or all of the time, be thinking about someone else, maybe ahead of yourself. This morning, I listened to Steph's livestream from last week and Steph talked about her toolbox and it was really interesting because she's like, here's what's in my toolbox.

And all of a sudden, someone commented, it's like, oh, and I use this when I'm stressed. I use this when I need to regulate my nervous system. And all of a sudden, someone else would be like, hey, I do this and someone's like, oh, my gosh. Yeah, that's great, that's great, that's great. And it's almost as if Steph was doing improv. What's the first rule of improv? Say yes. Say yes to anything and everything. See the opportunity that presents. See what someone else may see is the benefit. I met Steph in person in Charlotte when we were doing a live Cadre event.

We ended up chatting about 20ft away from a skeeball machine. And it took me about 6 seconds to be like, oh, yeah, Steph needs to, if Steph wants to contribute in the Cadre sphere, why? Because of Steph's professionalness and pureness, because of Steph's reality, because of Steph's willingness to go, hey, what I'm going through is what I'm going through. But there's a synergy, there's a vibration, a harmony between what each of us are going through. You know, the way that Steph deals with stuff is the way that Steph deals with stuff.

But the cool thing is, and this is what I took away from Steph's livestream, is that Steph sees that there's many pathways to being, well, that's what we do here. A, we make connections with people that we don't know yet. That's what happened with me and Steph about 20ft away from a skeeball machine. And number two, we risk to say, here is me, here is now, and all of a sudden, what happens? Cadre happens. What does Cadre mean? A special group of people with a special intention. We are that special group of people.

What is the special intention? To bring together people, professionals and peers in community, to offer resources to others. To say that there are many ways to wellness. I'll tell you, it helps me feel a little bit lighter. So as we play out today, I want to invite, maybe empower you to go. You don't need to know why. You don't need to have the pitch. When you share Cadre with other people. All you need to say is, you know I care about you, and I've been thinking about you. And every single time I jump into the Cadre sphere, you come to mind.

So I think you should check it out. And if they go, why repeat what you just said? Because I care about you. And every time I'm in Cadre, I think about you. So there may be something there for you. I am not the things my family did. I'm not the things of my past. I'm not the voices in my head. I'm not the parts of the brokenness inside. I am all of those things. And when I see and acknowledge all of those things in a space that is safe, that is brave, I feel lightness. Y'all have a great rest of your day.

I cannot wait to see you in 23 hours and 52 minutes. Have a good one. I am light. I am.