by | | Activism, Culture Change, Navigating Uncertainty, Self Awareness
Does Solving Problems Save the World? This world doesn’t need my saving. Or yours. Admittedly, this belief drove my earliest years in community activism and public service. Urgency hung in the air like thick smoke. In those days, I was driven to solve...
by | | Emotional Agility, Mindfulness, Navigating Uncertainty
The past month has been pretty rough. In our family, we’re in a season of unshakable grief and loss. I wasn’t sure whether or how to tell you about it. As I sat down to write at the kitchen counter all I’ve been feeling is disorientation. I’m...
by | | Career Change, Confidence, Navigating Uncertainty
Uncertainty- my main state of 2020 As I sit here in the dark, I am not sure what to write. Instead, I will refill my tea cup again, with Awake English Breakfast, hoping that this ritual will illuminate which thread I want to pull. This pausing, pregnant with...
by | | Confidence, Conflict + Power, Navigating Uncertainty, Practices for You
The Illusion of Individualism Do you ever feel like you are in a period of So. Much. Learning? For me, it feels like a particularly potent time, 6 months into the pandemic. Themes I’m hearing from committed leaders of social change speak to interdependence,...
by | | Navigating Uncertainty, Practices for You, Relationships, Success
Our need for belonging On a digital or virtual team? Craving more connection as you navigate the tendrils of internet life? Yeah me too. As we navigate the pandemic on the Internet, the world of Zoom and online group connection relieves our loneliness and...
by | | Confidence, Navigating Uncertainty, Practices for You, Resilience
The small box of my chaotic attention It’s strange. I love writing, but I don’t feel like writing. I love my beautiful view to the sparkled snow and handmade bird feeders, but I am not really ‘here’. Instead, I’m compulsively drawn to ‘assess the state of...
