This week on Kindness Warriors we talk about Pride, Poise, Prime Ministers, and yelling out of car windows. This is a pretty darn hilarious and deeply personal episode. Have tissues ready - I absolutely cried throughout. As always, THANK YOU for listening. Thank you for sharing. And thank you for being staunch allies and Kindness Warriors yourselves. I appreciate you. Deeply.

Hey there, hi there, ho there!

Cass

February is #PrideMonth in the Southern Hemisphere and if anyone loves a rainbow-laden-world, it's me!

We are family and love wins.

Thank you for your love and allowing others to be their most authentic selves.

From the moment we’re brought squealing and naked into this world we’re told stories. Lessons and parables and fairy tales and ethics and religion are handed down to us from generations before and we’re spoon-fed the hopes and dreams of others an are told that they are our hopes and dreams

If we’re lucky we march to the beat of our own drum early. We wade through what we’re told and find nuggets of truth in made-up rules and then chase our own ideas of what happiness and fulfillment and success look like.

If we’re good little rule-followers it takes years or decades to realize what’s meant for others isn’t made for us. Which brings me to hugging your haters and other bullshit advice from the cultural aether.

Here are some of my favorite least-fave sayings that I reckon we could retire altogether. The more we interrogate the truth the more we realize there’s not much truth to anything. We just hear stuff and repeat it then our kids do the same and their kids after them… etc etc etc.

In this episode we talk a bit about FOMO, JOMO, & supporting a big 'ol HOMO agenda online. We also dive deep into empty tanks, leading with love, and how Jacinda Ardern is the embodiment of kindness in action as the now outgoing Prime Minister of New Zealand. Heartcounts over headcounts. And badass women who deserve a rest before starting the next chapter - it's all here in this ep.

Resolutions are made for breaking, intentions thrive in the making, and life is pure magic for the taking when you embrace these four simple (nuanced, gritty, courageous, creative, wild) ideas daily.

Here's to you. Right here, right now.

And, here are FOUR ways to move in the direction that truly moves your heart.

Cass

https://cassieroma.substack.com

Not every year-in-review article or podcast is equal. And, this one is pretty gritty. Yes, of course I cry. Yes, of course I make mistakes. And yes, of course I am stoked that you're here and engaged and listening. Here's to all of us, the ones who made it another trip around the sun. The ones who keep our chins up and our spirits light. THANK YOU for everything this year. I'll see you back in 2023.

Cass

Howdy Kindness Warriors!

As always, thank you for your time and attention and kind/engaged feedback. I truly appreciate you and the connections we're building in our Kindness Warriors community.

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What is hustle easy?

- checking in with yourself (& others): check engine lights

- intention: be intentional, set intentions, work & play with intent

- boundaries: feeling the motion getting too much, tell yourself to slow down

- allowing yourself to make time to play, read, write, create, learn, play

- know that there'll be moments of sprinting & allowing for moments to catch your breath

THREE THINGS FOR THE HOLIDAYS

1) it's okay to take time out for you (walk... meditation in motion, or sit still, HYDRATE, listen to music, wander, wonder, ponder... see what it feels like to do nothing, to not have to MAKE or PRODUCE or feel VALUE through what your work is)

2) you do not have to go anywhere that feels unsafe ... you don't have to participate in buying, being, or bringing anything other than your own self to the proverbial table

3) Triggers: FOOD/ MONEY/ TIME

In today's episode we're talking connection, filling up our tanks, when to say "YES!" (and when not to), and taking a NO ASSHOLE approach to life and interacting with others. We also talk about just how contagious connection is (science says so!) and filling our tanks at a time of year when tanks seem to always be either overflowing or empty.

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It's been a while since the last #KindnessWarriors episode, and YEEEEEEEESH I've missed y'all. I've missed the conversations, the deep-dives, the awkward pauses, the silliness... all of it! So, why not start tip-toeing back into the land of connection and sitting together in conversation today? Seems like a great time to tip-toe and wax lyrical at the same time.