Permission To Be Wobbly
Being human is all we have
Hi friend,
What a week. Or maybe, two weeks. Actually, 5 years.
And suddenly, a ceasefire and it’s “back to business”, after we were legitimately afraid to lose everything just minutes, hours, days ago. When there are still hostages and so much suffering in Gaza. Back to normal, my ass (sorry not sorry.)
And while I did find solace in working and studying and cooking and walking the dog this week (not cooking the dog! where’s that Oxford comma when I need it), I want to share with you some things I told friends this week – and belatedly, also told myself. Take what you need from here. Even if it’s just the fact that I love you:
Permissions
Permission to be wobbly. Permission not to know.
Permission to feel unsafe one moment, and almighty the next one.
Permission to doodle. Permission to look at a book—or twenty.
Permission to dance it out.
Permission to give yourself a cheeky smile. Or cry. You can cry.
Permission to make friends with question marks. Permission to take a break from asking.
Permission to rest.
Permission to break rules. Your own rules included.
Permission to breathe into uncertainty, and feel whatever comes up.
Permission to be a leader without becoming an exclamation mark.
Permission to be wonderfully wobbly. Permission not to know.
Listening for the Messy, Brave, Human Stuff
Listening for the Messy, Brave, Human Stuff
I’ve been sitting with that wobbliness a lot lately — not just mine, but other people’s too.
In the last two episodes of Looks Like Work, I had conversations that cracked me open in very different, very needed ways.
🎙 Tal Barda, a filmmaker who made being an outsider her super power, talks about running toward the stories most of us would rather ignore — prisons, Gaza, the complicated mess of belonging. Her latest film, I Shall Not Hate, tells the story of a Palestinian doctor from Gaza — and how, just one week after finishing the film, October 7th changed everything. Her courage to look at hard truths… that’s wobbly leadership. That’s staying curious, even when it hurts.
🎙 Tali Slonim, a coach, founder, and fellow recovering workaholic, opened up about redefining success, finding her “zone of genius,” and letting life’s messier chapters guide the way. We talked about burnout, grief, and the weird magic of questioning what’s truly right — for you.
Both conversations reminded me: You can be brave and wobbly. Curious and exhausted. Certain of nothing, yet still showing up.
Holding Space for Wobbliness
If you’re in the Doubleyou community, I’ll be hosting a free conversation on Sunday about uncertainty, careers, and how we lead ourselves when the ground keeps shifting. No polished answers. Just space to exhale and ask better questions. LMK if you’d like an invite.
A Moment for Gratitude
I’m grateful to have the privilege to be sad, angry, wobbly, confident, cheeky, disoriented – all of those altogether and sometimes none.
I’m grateful for my wonderful son, annoying dog, beautiful funny thoughtful loving partner. For my gorgeous-hearted friends. For meaningful work I can get lost in. For coaching school. For escapism. For co working sessions IRL and via zoom. For cheese and chocolate and green veggies.
And for you.
Until next time,
Yours,
Chedva x