To My Gs: The Healing Power of Showing Up

Kris Saim shares a letter he originally planned to hold onto until he entered hospice care. It is a letter of boundless gratitude written to his "Gs,” his community of nearly 800 colleagues at Gale. Instead of saving his final words for the end, Kris is choosing to speak them out loud today, while the people who earned them can actually hear them.   Kris opens up about the first six months following his stage four cancer diagnosis, a period of profound darkness and depression where he wasn't sure he could go on. He shares the unexpected lifeline that pulled him back: returning to work.   In this episode, Kris explores: The Medicine of Meaning: Why work wasn't a distraction, but a human-centered reason to keep showing up and contributing. The Power of Presence: How the Gale community created psychological safety by treating him as a full human being, holding space for him on his hardest days. The Illusion of "Later": Why we need to stop saving our deepest gratitude for goodbyes and start saying the true thing today. The Unsent Letter: Kris reads his heartfelt tribute to the colleagues who gave him the best, most meaningful years of his professional life. This episode is a testament to what happens when a workplace becomes a true community. It leaves us with one simple, life-changing ask: think of someone who might be carrying something heavy, reach out, and tell them you see them.