Certainty and the Meanest Gremlin Gabbing

The whole gremlin thing, it’s a way of bringing some levity and accessibility to a really challenging part of ourselves. I realized, as I stood before groups of students at the Roanoke Valley Governor’s School last week, that sometimes, I let that levity lull me into...

When a Kid Gives a Compliment, Listen.

My mom, Theresa and I had just walked into a snazzy consignment shop in our neighborhood when a little girl – the grandchild of the shop’s owner, I think – looked up at me with her hair pulled into two buns like Mickey Mouse ears and said, “I like your hair!” She was...

Am I outraged or am I just sleepy?

Some years ago, a study was done that followed around 5,000 parole hearings. The researchers were curious to discover trends in decisions to grant parole or not. They did, indeed, find a strong correlation and while you might think it was to how regretful the...

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 barely lower than halfway. The foot is black, the rest of the body is tan, and the design details are subtle and...

One Strategy to Rule Them All

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 fun audience! (Side note: If you’ve never done any public speaking, let me assure you that...

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