Leading With Love 💕

Hi, Cadre family Cadresphere. That's what we say, right? I'm Anila, and I am here coming to you live streaming, live in the live stream to talk to you about leading with love on wellness Wednesday. But who am I and why does what I have to say matter? Bright, it's a great question to be asking. Well, like I said, my name is Anila. I am coming to you. Hello, Arz Stigma. Great to see you. I saw your article on LinkedIn, and it was a good one. Thank you for doing it. Thank you for raising awareness of Cadre and the work we're doing here to create a new space for people to come.

And instead of doom scroll, we say hope scroll in our community. So thanks for being here. I was just talking about, well, who are we to be the ones to help you hope scroll, right? Well, for me specifically, I am coming to you with lived experience with an Alphabet soup of mental health conditions and a one year dance with cancer. So my main mental health conditions are trichotillomania, and that is compulsive hair pulling. And I also have anxiety. I've had depression in the past, postpartum depression, premenstrual dysphoric disorder, OCD, intrusive thoughts.

And there's probably one or two more in there that I can't remember right now. Like I said, it's an Alphabet soup. But the one thing that I have finally found working for me in all of those challenges is that love leads the way. And honestly, today is. Today's a weird day. Nine one, 1911. So, really, I just kind of wanted to come on here today and just sit with you all, because this day, I don't know, it's like one of those things where it's like, in our collective memories, the pain, the hurt, the fear, the anger.

And I think ever since that day, we've been living with a lot of pain, fear, hurt, anger inside us. And it's caused a lot of problems around the world. And I just wish our leaders would find a way to meet a such violence with love. And it's ironic and it's crazy and it's scary to say that, but we have to stop the cycle of violence in this world, and the only way we can do that is with open arms. I didn't really come here prepared to say any of that. It's just coming out right now. I really just came here prepared to just sit with you in silence for what we've lost and what we've gained along the way.

So, yeah, let's do that. So my brain is talking to me. That's the anxiety or the intrusive thoughts or just the chatter, and it's saying, wow, it's kind of awkward to be on a screen like this. Just quiet for. I think I lasted maybe 60 seconds. And maybe if you're still there, I'd love to know. Was it awkward to just sit staring at each other? In a sense, but yeah. I think sometimes leading with love just means that just sitting next to the person that's hurting, holding their hand, not saying anything, just letting your loved ones know you truly are there for them.

You don't even need to do anything or to say anything. Just your presence allows them to know you are for them. You are with them. You are cheering them on. I come to these things every Wednesday with some idea of what I'm gonna say, but no script. And I always leave hoping that something helpful comes out of my mouth, and I think it did today. So I'm gonna pat myself on the back and set our stigma. Good on you for getting a few breaths in. I'm reaching out to you with open arms and a big hug. And to anyone else listening on the replay, I'm wishing you love, strength and awareness, and keep leading with love, peace.