S2E3: Holding Fast + Staying Steady When You Need it the Most
Episode Description
How do we stay steady when we need it most?
In this episode of Gather At The Well, Lindsey explores what it means to hold fast — to your values, your purpose, and your inner knowing. Through grounding somatic practices, personal reflections, and the rhythms that keep her team at The Teaching Well aligned, she offers a framework for leading with clarity and care.
This episode is full of tools to help you slow down, tune inward, and lead from a place of steadiness. You’ll walk away with:
🧘♀️ Somatic practices you can use in real time
📅 Weekly, quarterly & annual rhythms for aligned leadership
🔁 The “Keep, Stop, Start” framework for intentional reflection
🫶 A reframe for what it really means to be resilient
Because holding fast isn’t about freezing — it’s about showing up, soft and steadfast, again and again. “You’re here in this moment. You’re holding fast.” ✨
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Tone-setting: Staying steady when you need it most (1:00)
Somatic Practice: Grounding Exercise (4:00)
What does it mean to “Hold Fast”? (7:00)
Strategies for staying grounded (10:11)
Weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual alignment strategies for you and your team (13:00)
Somatic Practice: Anchor yourself in moments of unrest (15:00)
Creating collective resilience (19:59)
Somatic Practice: Gaze stabilization (26:00)
Self-Care and community support (29:46)
Advice for the busy leader + personal resilience strategies (36:00)
Homework: Find 3 ways to tend to self - one somatic, one self care, and one socia
Critical Hope:
Holding fast doesn’t mean freezing. It means showing up as the change leader that you are.
Homework:
Find 3 ways to tend to self - one somatic, one self care, and one social
Affirmations:
I can hold fast.
We will stay steady.
I am resilient.
My inner wisdom is powerful.
Powerful Quotes
“You’re here in this moment. You’re holding fast.” -Lindsey
“When you’re holding steady and doing what’s right, there’s power in being steadfast.” -Lindsey
“I like to think of myself as unmovable around my morals, values, why, and purpose.” -Lindsey
“It’s staying disciplined, even with so many temptations.” -Lindsey
“So much of the framing creates shame and almost a negative form of self awareness that makes us feel like we’re broken or doing something wrong.” -Lindsey
“For me, holding fast somatically is the warm caress of hope.” -Lindsey
“To me, holding fast and centering that desire says inwardly you’re ok, you’ve got this, you know what to do, keep going.” -Lindsey
“Don’t abandon what works.” -Lindsey
“We’re going to hold fast to what we know is working.” -Lindsey
“Sometimes in that middle space it can feel like rehearsing a worst case scenario over and over again in your head before it’s even happened.” -Lindsey
“This is the time when consistency matters.” -Lindsey
“There’s so much noise around us. What we do not need is more thought leadership, more ideas, more feedback, or more advice. It’s too much. The key is to look inside and access your own inner knowing.” -Lindsey
“You’re a gift already. You’ve already made a difference. Imagine what is possible.” -Lindsey