It’s easy to feel like you’re invisible.
Like you’re doing the work, showing up, giving it your all – yet somehow, you’re the world’s best-kept secret.
And when client relationships come to an end, it can feel like you were just a blip in their journey. That the impact you’ve made is fleeting. Or worse – that maybe you haven’t made an impact at all.
But what if you are making an impact – you just don’t always get to see it?
This hit me hard recently when I received a message from someone I crossed paths with eight years ago:
“I often speak to people about being seen, truly seen, and how you did that for me more than 8 years ago now. I keep sliding into survival instead of recovery (thankfully a little less frequently as time moves), but those moments and that night in Brisbane were some of the most powerful of my life.
And I realised as I was walking… I often tell others, but not you.
So thank you for that. Thank you for giving me a few moments of normalcy, of allowing me time to simply be somewhere. It created a profound shift then. And now it raises itself as a whispered reminder that I am indeed valuable just as I am.”
Could it be possible that there are people out there speaking your name with gratitude?
That your words, your kindness, your expertise – something you said or did without even realising its significance – changed the course of someone’s life?
We never really know the full reach of our impact.
And yet, the ones who care the most about making a difference – people like you – are often the last to see it.
So if you’re feeling invisible, if you’re questioning whether what you do really matters – it does. More than you know.
And that’s why we have to keep showing up. Even when it feels like no one’s noticing.
You have to keep doing the work that matters.
You have to keep believing in your voice, your expertise, your presence.
You have to keep putting one foot in front of the other, knowing that the ripples are spreading, even if you can’t see them yet.
And maybe today, instead of questioning your own impact, you reach out to someone who has made an impact on you.
A quick message. A thank you. A reminder to them that what they did mattered.
Because what if we all did that?
What if we all made sure that the people who shaped us knew just how much they did?
The world would be a little louder with gratitude.
A little richer with connection.
And a little less invisible.
So tell me, who has made an impact on you that you’ve never told?
Hit reply – I’d love to hear.
Because I can guarantee – you’ve made a bigger impact than you think.
Janine X