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.
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.
Coaching or criticism?
Addressing disruptive leadership behaviors with unconditional positive regard.
Discomfort Becomes Her
“All art is autobiography; the pearl is the oyster’s autobiography.”
~ Federico Fellini

