by | | Emotional Agility, Resilience, Self Awareness
The less I seek my source for some definitive, the closer I am to fine. -The Indigo Girls Analysis Paralysis Last week, I felt as flat as a sheet of plywood. All splintery and knotted with life. It was a deep blah feeling- a state that settled deep in my chest....
by | | Emotional Agility, Practices for You, Resilience, Self Awareness
“Grief is a mutiny against established patterns”- Báyò Akómoláfé The Rough Ocean of Being Fully Human Over the last week, I’ve been witnessing hard things. Burnout. Exhaustion. Loss. Over the last week, I’ve been witnessing easier...
by | | Confidence, Emotional Agility, Perfectionism, Practices for You, Resilience
Hiding Weakness Me too. Honestly, it took me ages to realize how much I avoid it. How many decades I tried to bypass and ignore my weaknesses and insecurities. Camouflage or hide them by doubling down on what I was good at. Performing in ways that the...
by | | Activism, Resilience
When I undermined my resilience I referred to myself as a “front-line worker” for years when I worked for a non-profit. During that time in Vancouver, I described many of my days as a “war”. The nature of my work was framed as a fight: a battle for rights,...
by | | Conflict + Power, Culture Change, Resilience
When culture change is slow- we find someone to blame Culture change is exhausting. Unless we are planning a complete dismantling (which more of us are keen on these days), systems change work feels more like a slow grind, a gradual nudge, or the unfolding of a long,...
by | | Emotional Agility, Mindfulness, Resilience, Self Awareness
Can you bear this Great Pause If you can bear this Great Pause, a little longer than you can stand it, equality and sustainability might just have a chance. In other words, if you can resist ‘trying to make sense of it all’ by giving the Great Pause a...
