Rebecca Fowler 10/31/26 Rebecca Fowler 10/31/26

Free Range Human

A year that began with losing a job, a collage of my dad on my desk, and Tolstoy’s reminder that now is the only time we have any power. On the turning seasons of life, wide open spaces, and why every moment from here is a bonus.

Rebecca Fowler 10/9/26 Rebecca Fowler 10/9/26

Ode to the Impossible Task

A dryer full of shredded foam sent me back to an old Russian fairy tale, and to a young girl named Vasalisa sorting mildewed corn by hand in the witch's house. On the value of the impossible task, why I've stopped wanting to get there faster, and how to tell when it's time to find a guide for the forest.

Rebecca Fowler 9/30/26 Rebecca Fowler 9/30/26

What the Mother Tree Knows

What can a 3,000-year-old redwood teach us about leadership, endurance, and community? Quite a lot, it turns out. Come sit with me inside the Mother Tree.

Rebecca Fowler 9/11/26 Rebecca Fowler 9/11/26

Curiouser and Curiouser

A New Moon, the eve of 9/11, and the practice of choosing curiosity over resentment, in relationships, in leadership, and in the small daily choices that make up a life.

Rebecca Fowler 6/19/26 Rebecca Fowler 6/19/26

You Don’t Touch Another Man’s Pipes

A birthday party, an uncle under the kitchen sink, and a room full of people who had learned to look away. On speaking truth to power, the cost of silence, and why following is never a passive act.

Rebecca Fowler 6/1/26 Rebecca Fowler 6/1/26

I Will Follow Him

A lazy spa-day conversation, a hammock, and the short list of people I will actually follow. Not because they have authority over me. Because they have earned something harder to build and far easier to lose.

Rebecca Fowler 5/6/26 Rebecca Fowler 5/6/26

The Practice of Beginning Again

A long flight, a retreat I didn't have to produce, and a quiet question about what it means to keep learning in midlife. On shoshin, layoffs, AI, and the discipline of meeting our lives, and the people we love, as if for the first time.

Rebecca Fowler 3/9/26 Rebecca Fowler 3/9/26

Stormy Weather

When perimenopause sends anxiety to visit, sometimes the only thing to do is ride out the storm.

Rebecca Fowler 2/19/26 Rebecca Fowler 2/19/26

Imposter Syndrome

A conference room, a contract, and a familiar voice asking who I think I am. Imposter syndrome does not disappear at the edge of expansion. It meets us there, asking whether we will shrink back or name our worth anyway.

Rebecca Fowler 2/10/26 Rebecca Fowler 2/10/26

Choosing Each Other, Grown-Up Edition

A Valentine’s reflection on love later in life, where experience meets tenderness, truth is delivered with care, and choosing each other becomes a daily, intentional act.

Rebecca Fowler 2/1/26 Rebecca Fowler 2/1/26

Perimeno-PAUSED

A midlife pause at the edge of sanity, where burnout ends, clarity begins, and we get to choose purpose over perfection.

Rebecca Fowler 1/1/23 Rebecca Fowler 1/1/23

Roadblocks

Spending time thinking about what is holding us back is an important step of making forward progress.

Rebecca Fowler 12/31/22 Rebecca Fowler 12/31/22

The Wisdom in our Bones

How we measure a life may as well be in what we absolutely know to be true.

Rebecca Fowler 4/3/22 Rebecca Fowler 4/3/22

PTSD: Calling Myself Home

Sometimes we sacrifice pieces of ourselves in order to fit into other people’s vision of life. Living as our whole selves requires that we summon back these severed parts of ourselves and reintegrate them.

Rebecca Fowler 1/1/22 Rebecca Fowler 1/1/22

A River of Grief

Grieving during the holidays is difficult and a common shared experience. If you’re feeling alone you’re not. If you’re feeling alone, read this.

Rebecca Fowler 12/4/21 Rebecca Fowler 12/4/21

Three is a Magic Number

What if we could approach life as our whole selves, feeling engaged and fulfilled as a rule, rather than an exception?

Tl;dr: We can.

Rebecca Fowler 10/21/21 Rebecca Fowler 10/21/21

What’s your leadership learning curve?

Self-awareness is the most critical tool a leader can possess. The more clearly we can see ourselves , the better we can lead those we serve. Happing learning and leading!