by Jennifer England | Feb 21, 2024 | 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 Jennifer England | Nov 22, 2023 | 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 Jennifer England | Nov 14, 2023 | 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 Jennifer England | Jul 7, 2020 | 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 Jennifer England | May 12, 2020 | 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 Jennifer England | Apr 14, 2020 | 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...
