Get ClaHRity
Before we begin, let me introduce myself.
Hi Friend. I’m glad you’re here.
I almost didn’t write this.
Not because I didn’t know what to say, but because I’ve spent so much of my career writing things for other people to sign that I forgot what it feels like to just... write something I am passionate about. This newsletter is me remembering that.
Hi. I’m Cristal.
I’ve been in HR for nearly 20 years -- in benefits and wellness, HR tech, HR operations, change management, and all the things that happen in the margins of a job description. I love this field. I also know what it costs. I know the particular exhaustion of being the person who tries to hold everything together and becomes the go-to for everything.
A couple of years ago, after 13 years at a job I was genuinely good at, I left. I didn’t have a backup plan. I didn’t have another job lined up (more on this in a future issue -- I don’t recommend it for everyone). Just the quiet, honest recognition that I had given so much for so long that I had to pause temporarily in order to find my way back.
What I found, in the slower and quieter stretch that followed, was that I still loved HR. I just didn’t want to return to it the same way I’d left it -- without tools for navigating the noise, without space for the human being doing the work, without a community that understood what this field actually asks of us.
That’s where Clahrity started. First as an HR consulting company, and eventually as the HR learning and connection community it’s becoming now -- including this newsletter.
Get ClaHRity is the space I wish had existed when I needed it. I’m going to write to you honestly, the way I wish someone had written to me -- about communications, about building connection inside organizations, about what it looks like to do this work with more clarity and less noise. I’ll weave in mindfulness, because it changed how I show up for myself and for others. And I’ll talk about AI, because it is actively reshaping our work and that conversation deserves more than hype or fear.
Every issue will give you something real -- something you can actually use, or simply sit with.
What I won’t do is perform certainty I don’t have, pretend the field is simpler than it is, or write anything that sounds like it came from a policy manual. Life is too short and your time is too valuable.
One of the things I’ve learned -- sometimes the hard way -- is that while we can do anything, we can’t do everything at the same time. This newsletter is my attempt to do one thing well: show up for the HR professionals who show up for everyone else, and create a space where we can learn, connect, and breathe a little easier, together.
I’m glad you found this. I hope it gives you even a small exhale.
With gratitude,
Cristal
Founder, Clahrity | getclahrity.com
The views I share here are my own and do not represent any current or former employer.