Thursday Murmurations
Tina Turner, walking away and grudges
Happy Thursday, ya beauties!
Kicking it off this week remembering the icon that is Tina Turner, who sadly passed away last week. What a powerhouse of a woman. Her personal story is mind-blowing (if you haven’t watched the documentary about her that came out a couple of years ago, it is well worth your time). There are few people who will ever come close to her sheer magnetism on stage; her energy, her moves, her body, that voice - she was mesmerizing.
In my spin classes over the years, I have frequently used Proud Mary as a closing track. That track has the capacity to completely shift the energy of a room. The joy I have felt as I watch people peddle their hearts out while throwing their hands in the air and singing those lyrics at the top of their lungs is indescribable. Tina may never have known of those moments and what she brought people, how she made us feel, but I hope on some level she knew of her power.
Rest assured, Proud Mary will forever be on the rotation in my spin playlists.
Things that caught my eye this week
I’ve written about this before on the Monday version of The Murmuration and it’s a touchy subject (I lost a few subscribers the last time I did a piece on it), but I continue to believe it’s a huge issue we should be discussing more. Parents’ decisions to post their kids online and the lack of acknowledgement of any repercussions of that is something I find pretty disturbing. This article about the first generation of ‘social media babies’ growing up and being horrified by what their parents have shared about them online is a very worthwhile read. Wherever you stand on the issue, I think it’s hard to deny that we will only hear more stories like this as kids grow up and become more conscious of their parents social media usage.
Food for thought
You can walk away. If it doesn’t serve you anymore, if it’s making you uncomfortable, if it’s making you compromise parts of yourself, if it’s making you shrink - you can walk away. If you’ve given it your all and there’s no improvement or you’ve just simply run out of fight, sometimes the best thing to do is to just walk away.
None of it was wasted time. Even if you don’t understand the purpose of it right now, trust it’ll make itself clear when it needs to. For now, you just need the courage to walk away and embrace a new chapter.
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On Monday’s paid edition of The Murmuration, I’m digging in to family feuds and grudges. Whew - family dynamics can be tough. I’ve lost count of the number of people I’ve met in life who have some kind of tension within their immediate or extended family and struggles to make sense of their feelings around it. There’s one of those weird grudges within my own family that has baffled me for years. So how to we deal with them, navigate them or come to peace with them as time passes? Subscribe and wade in to the discussion on Monday.
Your weekly Biggie Smalls (P)update
This week, Biggie wants to remind you to get outside. Feel the warmth on your skin, let the sun shine on your face. It’ll make you smile as big as Biggie is in this picture.
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Until next week; smile at strangers, spread good vibes, be nice to people.