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68: How Do I Show Up Right Now? Navigating Business While the Immigrant Community Is Under Attack
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Lately, I’ve been sitting with a question that so many of my clients—especially daughters of immigrants—are bringing to our sessions:
How do I show up for my business when I’m personally impacted by what’s happening to my community?
When ICE is conducting raids.
When people are being kidnapped out of their homes, workplaces, and off the streets—thrown into unmarked vehicles without due process.
When your nervous system is overwhelmed and your community is afraid.
This episode is a conversation about how I’m navigating that myself—and how I’m supporting my clients through it.
Because we don’t run our businesses in a vacuum. We do business on our phones, while our friends and families are being impacted in real time. And when the attacks on immigrants feel like an attack on us, it makes total sense that showing up in our business can feel… impossible.
Inside, I share:
- How I’m helping clients (and myself) discern: What do I need in order to show up?—instead of “how do I push through?”
- What it looks like to lead and support others when your own body is in fight-or-flight.
- Ways to tend to your nervous system so you don’t freeze or burn out while trying to stay informed and visible.
- How to stay connected to your community and purpose without abandoning yourself.
And when it feels especially hard to market your business in moments like this, I come back to this question:
Why does my business exist—and why does my message matter more than ever right now?
For me, the answer is this: Who controls your money, controls your voice.
That’s why I believe so deeply in daughters of immigrants building brands that are rooted in truth, identity, and self-determination. It’s not about selling—it’s about sovereignty.
This episode isn’t polished. I recorded it walking through my house, because that’s what my body needed in order to speak. But if you’re grieving, triggered, and trying to figure out how to keep showing up—this is for you.
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