When your best is truly not good enough
Most of my work in organizational development has been with nonprofit organizations. Nonprofit organizations are all overseen by boards, which are full of volunteers. Sometimes board members are paid, but by and large it's an unpaid job that's seen as a service to an...
Why you need a union (It’s not what you think!)
The latest season of my podcast is all about volunteer organizations. I talk about how volunteer organizations can be great places for building relationships and creating non-traumatizing and even healing workplaces. Because they’re not paid places, we often don’t...
What it actually takes to have courage
Courage is not just something you can pull off a shelf in your cabinet. It’s something that comes deep from within. It requires emotional and spiritual fortitude that can be stifled fairly easily if not handled with care.
What grieving my husband taught me about cycle-breaking
When my husband died in October 2019, I learned what it felt like to Grieve. It was exhausting. I don't think I realized just how much of grief involved feeling tired like all the time. I was newly a single mom to a 3 year old, so that accounted for some of the...
Changing your life, GOAT addition
I once had someone ask me “If you were the best in the world at what you did, what would you do differently?” Before I go on, I’m just going to encourage you to do the same reflection. If you were the best in the world at what you did, what would you do differently?...
How structure can save a life
I was lucky enough to take an international trip recently with my sweetheart. We flew to Costa Rica for a friend's wedding and left my son, Ronan, at home with Grandma for a week of school and the kind of attention only Grandma can give. Since I knew we'd be over 3000...
Is it ADHD or the crushing weight of the patriarchy?
I can't count the number of times someone has said to me "I think I have ADHD." Most of the time it's women and AFAB non-binary people. And always those people are busy professionals, parents, activists, community members and any combination thereof. Because these...
A meditation for grounded wisdom
Transcript: Start by taking everything out of your hands. Settle into your seat. Place your hands and feet in whatever configuration feels good. And close your eyes or take a soft focus. First, take a breath for your body. That beautiful body of yours that functions...
How to create a framework for anti-racism in your workplace
Workplaces will be the first iterations of what an anti-racist society will look like. We know that even if the larger world is racist, we can make workplaces that are anti-racist and a reprieve from normal society. When creating a new framework for anti-racist work...
Don’t let Coronavirus undo your good work
If you haven't been living under a rock, you're well aware of the global pandemic happening right now called Coronavirus. It causes an illness called COVID-19 and because it's a new illness, no one has immunity against it. Meaning, if you come into contact with it,...
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