Solutions To Navigating Your Newfound “Pandemic Expertise”
- Mar 26, 2021
- 3 min read
Updated: Jan 25, 2024
Written by: Natasha Tupper, Executive Contributor
Executive Contributors at Brainz Magazine are handpicked and invited to contribute because of their knowledge and valuable insight within their area of expertise.
As my daughter sat in our family room staring at her MacBook while demanding answers from me regarding multiplying fractions, I thought about how much the pandemic has brought back to my memory! It has been a re-teaching and a re-branding of sorts. Needless to say, that was only the tip of the proverbial iceberg.
Like many of you, I’ve gained some level of new expertise during the pandemic. Trust me, I wasn’t looking to add them to my repertoire of abilities, but life demanded that I refocus, rebrand, and shift. Here’s what happened, and here are the tools that empowered me to love my newfound pandemic expertise and continue to add value and make an impact.
What Happened?
Aside from being the founder of The Polished Institute, a Michigan-based nonprofit empowers girls and women with the life-changing power of polish, poise, and etiquette, but I’m also a Pastor’s Wife. In my Pentecostal church, I’m responsible for the work of the women’s ministry. Every Sunday, you can find me in my designated seat right at the front of the church (yikes)!
Then the pandemic happened. With it came a difference in how we shared our message with the world. Gone were the days when hundreds of congregants would converge upon our physical church building, quickly finding their favorite and familiar pew. We were forced to pivot and take all of our messaging virtual prematurely.
I instantly became well versed in things that I’d never heard of before like, camera isis, white balance, video capture devices, switchers, lower thirds, and soundboard integration, to name a few.
Tools To Use!
Embrace the change
Reject the urge to do what you’ve always done
Manifest your most favorable outcome
Go with the flow
Utterly destroy self-sabotaging thought patterns
Lastly, kill it
Now, parishioners might find me in my cute and familiar leading lady seat or my sneakers up in the studio! Either way, I’m certainly adding value. Whatever you find yourself doing and whatever station post-pandemic life has you in, add value! It’ll make its way back to you…I promise.
Natasha Tupper, Executive Contributor Brainz Magazine
When it comes to showing girls and women how to gain limitless success by boosting their confidence and mastering door-opening etiquette skills and attention-grabbing poise, no one does it better than Natasha Christina Tupper, founder of The Polished Institute.
Known as the “Transformer of Women,” Natasha has turned the idea of “being polished” into a successful strategy that empowers women and girls to unleash their inner confidence and recognize the value they bring to the table, all while encouraging others to do the same.
Having been featured on CBS News, ABC, NBC and FOX, Natasha is a mentor and coach on a mission to teach women and girls how to tap into their power and take their rightful place in “running the world.”
As the host of The Polished Perspective podcast and the author of two best-selling books, she is relentless in her quest to educate females about how being polished and poised can unlock doors that have traditionally been closed for women. And with Natasha’s guidance, everyday women gain the know-how to turn their dreams into a reality as they actualize tremendous success by displaying the polish, poise and grace that makes them stand out unforgettably.
