Donโt Be Afraid to Post the Topic That Makes You Pause
Last week, I nearly didnโt post something in my community. It wasnโt my usual tone. Not light, not humorous, not a journaling prompt or a feel-good self-care moment. I hesitated. I wondered if it was too much. If it sat outside my usual mission and vision. If it might offend someoneโฆ or worse, make people quietly leave. Weโre a community of women navigating midlife โ but we donโt focus specifically on menopause, health, or intimacy topics. And this post feltโฆ different. But I shared it anyway. And something amazing happened. It became the most engaged post weโve had. Women came back with updates. Members started their own posts because of it. And one woman โ brand new, previously silent โ commented just to say: || โ๐ธโ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ข ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ข๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐.โ That stopped me in my tracks. Because you wonder who is lurking, whether they are quietly, silently watching ๐ It reminded me that the posts that make us pause are often the ones that create the safest doors for others โ even if theyโre not ready to walk through them yet. Just because a topic feels uncomfortable, quieter, or outside your usual rhythm doesnโt mean itโs off-brand. Sometimes it means itโs needed. So if youโre sitting on a post right now, wondering โIs this too much?โ Maybe thatโs your sign. You never really know whoโs been waiting for someone to say it first.