{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"What Works","title":"EP 305: How To Keep Speaking Up (Even When Things Go Wrong)","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1986,"description":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI have a confession to make.\n\n\n\nThis month, I committed to speaking up on Instagram Stories every day. I pledged to share something–not necessarily profound, not necessarily useful or valuable–just something.\n\n\n\nI didn’t follow through.\n\n\n\nIn fact, as of the time of this recording, I’ve been hiding out for more than a week–not really publicly posting anything anywhere. What had been a consistent effort to creatively share my ideas, reflections, and stories has ground to a halt.\n\n\n\nToday, we’re talking about all the things that keep us from speaking up–and how we can work through them.\n\n\n\nThis is far from the first time I’ve gone dark on social media. It’s the first thing to go when I start to feel overwhelmed and depressed. I’ve been fighting back a period of depression for over a year now and it’s just gotten to be too much.\n\n\n\nThere is something different about going dark this time, though.\n\n\n\nSo far, it’s only impacted social media. And, frankly, I don’t need to constantly post to social media to run my companies.\n\n\n\nWhat’s really different about how I’ve kept speaking up outside of social media is that systems and routines that I’ve put in place to help me maintain a consistent practice of using my voice and sharing my ideas.\n\n\n\nThe What Works Weekly newsletter has still be going out every week.\n\n\n\nThis podcast, of course, has still been produced every week.\n\n\n\nI’m still showing up to share and lead The What Works Network.\n\n\n\nMy businesses can surviving without social media.\n\n\n\nThey can’t survive without me speaking up.\n\n\n\nTwelve years into this small business leadership thing and I KNOW that my mental health impacts my ability to share. But it doesn’t have to stop me in my tracks.\n\n\n\nI can focus on systems that inspire me to share my thoughts and give me direction when I need it. I can commit to a sustainable pace for using my voice and pull back on any extra effort when it gets to be too much–without feeling bad about myself or my capacity.\n\n\n...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/AmfGeDL96-fhMaeOcqmX7TK_eWrvTLco6OJj2QpZtZI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80NGUx/OWY5ZDg1M2E5MmU3/ZjEwOWVmNDM3MWVh/ZjZlOS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}