A song for the end of Bruna’s week

Saturday night, Bruna settles in at home and puts on Alicia Keys’s Tiny Desk Concert. It has been a full week at work, and a couple of conversations are still on her mind. Now she can slow down, listen and let the music have her attention.

The first songs draw her in. She recognises “Show Me Love,” then listens through “Gramercy Park” and “Underdog.” When “Fallin’” begins, she sings along. She knows some of the words, catches others as they go by and enjoys the performance without stopping to check every line.

The phrase “show me love” brings back her conversation with Erika. Erika was excited, but she was also weighing the demands of the role and how the team would manage if she moved on. Bruna listened and asked what would help her decide. She helped Erika think through her options: get clear on the role expectations by asking Dylan for specific feedback, and consider how Bia could take on more responsibility.

Bruna was not trying to decide for Erika or promise that the promotion would happen. She helped her separate what she knew from what she still needed to ask. It was a conversation about ambition, preparation and the people affected by a change.

She also remembers talking with Dylan about the message he planned to send to the team. His first draft told people to use a new client handover process, but it did not explain enough. Bruna asked him to spell out why the process was changing, what the four-week trial meant, and where colleagues could raise questions or suggest improvements.

Together, they made the announcement clearer about what was already decided and what the team could still shape. Bruna helped Dylan leave room for questions instead of asking people to follow a change without context. It was different from her conversation with Erika, but both times she paid attention to what the other person needed and helped make the next step easier to see.

As Alicia Keys continues singing, Bruna hears “show me love” as a phrase from the song that now carries her own associations. For her, care that week had looked practical: listening carefully, asking a useful question and helping someone communicate clearly.

She leans back and sings along again. When she misses a word, she picks up the next one. There is no pressure to translate everything or turn the evening into a lesson. She is simply enjoying music in English and noticing how a familiar phrase can bring her week back to mind.

By the end of the concert, Bruna feels ready to let the week go. She has had two conversations that mattered to colleagues and a Saturday night that belongs to her. On Monday, the work will continue. For now, she lets the music play.

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