2021-10-28
1 小时 10 分钟You know, but if I don't do this, I could possibly just die in this misery and never know if I could have made it and done something that really was congruent with the intention that I want to live my life by.
I just want to live intentionally.
So.
Brought up in a deeply observant jewish orthodox household with a certain reverence for her family's history, Shelley Tagalsky embraced the traditions and teachings and practices of her faith, even spending summers in Jerusalem with family.
And then heading off to college and then grad school.
She pursued a masters in international affairs, then began building this powerhouse career in business along with a family.
But along the way, she found herself really starting to question the rules and assumptions by which she lived.
And the more she did, the more the walls began to come tumbling down.
At 27, diagnosed with a chronic disease that left her temporarily blind, she knew a different narrative needed to be set in motion.
And Shelley began to embrace her then years long exploration of eastern traditions and practices, growing largely out of Tibetan Buddhism, and started, really the process of reclaiming and reimagining her life on her terms.
A process that would eventually lead her away from a 20 year career at the highest levels of business and into the world of advocacy, activism, and self care.
Though, as you'll learn, advocacy and a deep exploration of the heart and mind.
They've always been a part of her DNA.
And Shelley began teaching meditation to a few friends on the beach on Sunday mornings.
And each time more people started showing up, they were inviting friends, and then they would invite friends.
Until her Sunday meditation on the beach grew into hundreds of people and a community of more than 15,000 people that called themselves the sand tribe.
Her promise and her invitation, no barrier to entry, all are welcome.
And this fierce devotion to elevating others, it led her to post a simple form online in the early days of the pandemic in March of 2020, connecting those in need with those who wanted help.
That form went wildly viral, becoming a global mutual aid movement that eventually became called the pandemic of love that has now generated more than $60 million in mutual aid, matched over 2 million people, and served as a bridge to see the humanity in others at a time we need that more than ever.
And Shelley shared much of this journey in her powerful new book, sit down to rise up.