Breathe
By Loreley Maldonado
Two weeks ago my sister Yola, my closest sister, my confidant, my friend and my second mother, passed away. The pain of her departure has of course impacted my life and with it my professional activities. I took a few days that allowed me to transit a bit through the loss, rest and rethink everything that happens in life from one moment to the next.
The first thing I concluded in my nights and days of introspection was that, as cruel as it sounds, the world does not stop, nothing stands still, everything moves forward and, for those of us dealing with grief, it is even unfair that everything goes at its own pace.
The second thing I concluded is that it doesn't matter if we are executives, leaders, heads or members of a team, first of all we are people and as human beings it is worth breaking ourselves, even if we don't give ourselves the 'chance' to do it, it is necessary.
Losses, whatever they are called, are also excellent opportunities for reflection and personal and even professional growth. In the face of loss, both fragility and strength emerge.
What a great capacity of women to allow ourselves to feel, to cry, to laugh! To give ourselves the necessary spaces, to show our vulnerability, to defend our right to let our guard down and to step back a little from our professional commitments to get ourselves together and get back in the game...or not.
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