Coffee and the Art of Slowing Down
As I write this, I’m drinking English Breakfast tea out of a handmade mug. It’s my favorite tea mug, tall and lean with a tiny bit of a bulge just … Read More
A Conspiracy of Excellence
November 26, 2018
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Sarah B
Last week was one of those weeks that seemed to have a theme, one wove through a couple of conversations and one Instagram video, like so: Natalia Alvarez, an expert … Read More
One Strategy to Rule Them All
November 19, 2018
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Sarah B
Last week, I shared an abbreviated version of the keynote on navigating change that I gave at the Council of Community Services annual lunch. Friends, that was one engaged and … Read More
Dropping Shoulds and Leaning into Coulds: Navigating Change
November 12, 2018
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Sarah B
The title of this post is the title of the keynote address I’m giving this very day during the annual meeting of The Council of Community Services. I thought it … Read More
You are the Batman you’ve been waiting for
November 5, 2018
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Sarah B
“There’s no Batman coming to clean things up.” For the last couple of weeks, I had been thinking about why people so often don’t use their right to vote and … Read More
When We acts as a reminder of Me
October 29, 2018
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Sarah B
“To love someone is to learn the song in their heart and sing it to them when they have forgotten.” – Arne Garborg Early Sunday morning, I sent a … Read More
Sore Muscles, Warm Hearts
October 22, 2018
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Sarah B
My go-to social media outlet these days is Instagram. Saturday evening, I was stretched out on the bed of the Days Inn room where Theresa and I spent our weekend, … Read More
Good idea/bad idea?
October 15, 2018
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Sarah B
My first business was a personal chef service that I started after dropping out of a community college culinary program. I learned a lot about how to start and run … Read More
Making the outside of the closet safer
October 7, 2018
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Sarah B
Thursday is the 30th annual National Coming Out Day, a day that was founded to raise awareness of the LGBTQ+ community. And we still need that awareness-building, especially in the … Read More
The Inevitably Incomplete Life
September 30, 2018
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Sarah B
Earlier this year, I wrote a little about the Tibetan meditation on death. It’s a way of focusing on the inevitable end of these lives such that we bring a … Read More