Every time I sit down to record an episode, I think of you.
You might be the daughter or son of immigrants, trying to figure out how to hold your family's story and still make room for your own. Maybe you're a second-generation leader feeling stuck or unsure of what’s next. Or maybe you're someone who’s quietly carrying the weight of your community, doing your best to keep everything and everyone together.
This week’s episode is straight from the heart. It was one of my weekly IG lives, which I’m doing for the month of July, but I wanted to share it with you, our TSGL community.
I know many of you may feel like you’re being pulled in multiple directions or facing pressure from too many different points. We show up, we give, we serve. But we don’t always know how to take care of ourselves in the process.
So I share some of the reasons why the diaspora life is actually a personal journey, including:
The pressure of family and cultural expectations
What it looks like to listen to your own voice
The difference between honoring your community and losing yourself
And how to lead with love, not fear
“Pursuing your own journey has to be done as honestly to who you are as possible.”
If you’ve been holding your breath, trying to do it all, sit back and consider what I’m saying. You cannot do it alone, perfectly or how everyone else wants you to do it.
In the diaspora, we listen, we don’t judge.
🎧 Listen to the newest episode of That Second-Gen Life with Semhar and let me know what speaks to you.
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