This was one of the things that came out of the Seramount MWC for me. Many of us (women more than men, but it’s not a gendered thing) apologize for having human needs.
Maybe we’re tired, or hungry, or lonely. Maybe our children need us to take them to the doctor. Maybe we didn’t sleep well last night.
And, maybe these human needs interfere with our ability to show up in the way we would like. We leave before the meeting ends. We mute ourselves on Zoom to address our child. We lose focus and ask for something to be repeated.
Now, there are times when it’s polite to apologize. But, sometimes apologies bring with them the idea that we did something wrong. There’s nothing wrong with being human. It’s okay to own all that stuff.