Power of Perceived Support with the Women of Tailwind

So for me, the idea of having perceived support, people that believe in me so that I can believe in myself has helped me in so many ways.

The first really palpable way is that there are times when you're doing hard things, when you lose direction or you lose that belief in yourself for a minute, and you're still pushing forward because you're resilient, but maybe you've lost that belief in yourself.

So having people around you who believe in you can help bolster you whenever you have temporarily lost your footing.

My husband is one of those people for me.

And actually, my podcast team here at Palm Tree Pod is doing that for me right now.

Another reason that perceived support is so important to me is that whenever people believe in you, you know that they care about you and they love you and they regard you in a positive manner, regardless of how well you do at the achievement.

And I know for myself, I struggle with this sometimes.

I feel that I need to achieve.

And if I'm not achieving at the highest level, then I am not, quote, lovable.

And that stems from my perfectionism that I am always managing.

That if I'm not performing at the highest level, then I don't matter.

So perceived support is such an important piece of this that there are people that truly care about you.

And they don't care how well you're doing at something.

They just love you for who you are.

So whenever you have that, whenever you're doing something hard, it helps push you forward and get over some of the self-criticism and negative voices because people

see you as a holistic person and not just as a performance.

Another reason that perceived support is important to me is because it makes you realize that you're not alone.

And it can be really hard whenever you are doing big things or when you're physically alone out there doing an ultra endurance event, knowing that you're not alone and that you have a community that you belong to can really drive you forward.

There's my quick three bits about perceived support.

And now I am so excited to get right into it with these four amazing women of Tailwind.