The Accidental Activist - grief growing gutsy girls

The Accidental Activist - Grief growing gutsy girls

Is it your time to Rise and Rally?

This morning, the alliteration Accidental Activist screamed out of my screen.  Having always advocated, activism feels feistier.  Placards, banners, marches and causing a stir.  But for me, a sensitive soul, advocating for others has always come easily.  Activism has felt too harsh, and I didn’t (until now) feel internally “hardy” enough to whether the storms or the backlash, let alone make impact for social change.

But something about turning 60 this year, with the help of fiery menopausal, “time to transform my view of self” energy, it feels apt to be taking big risks, standing my ground and stepping into leadership and helping bold women speak to create social change.

Major loss, life changes and grief often come out of the unexpected “blue”.  Literally, such events turn our lives into a tailspin overnight which we hadn’t anticipated and certainly didn’t welcome.  Metaphorically, the event or loss has likely sent us into the “blues” – enough to allure us into “hiding under the duvet” and wondering if we’ll ever recover from it all, let alone find the energy to make a difference for others.

But those losses and life-changes are not by accident in terms of personal transformation.  Yes, it’s important to be witnessed in the grief and I love being that confidente for a gutsy woman like you.   

It’s vital to have an ally or advocate who has your back, sees the bigger you when you’ve got dark glasses on, and push you gently but firmly through the day-to-day grit of what it takes to navigate that grief process. 

But the next step I invite you to lean into and get hope, not to mention honour a stirring soul-call that may be arising, is to become the advocate – not by accident, but by choice.  Is it your time to share your story, have a voice and make change so others suffer less, and collectively, with a sisterhood, become movement makers.

We become the not-so-by-accident activists.  

Bold Women Speak takes you from Silent Survivor through the following transformation journey of The Awakening Woman, The Untamed Voice, The Story-Weaver and the Visionary Advocate. 

Do you feel soul-stirred to hang out in the Sassy Sisterhood with gutsy gals who won’t gather dust in the grief forever but will rise and rally.