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.
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.
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.
Stormy Weather
When perimenopause sends anxiety to visit, sometimes the only thing to do is ride out the storm.
The Wisdom in our Bones
How we measure a life may as well be in what we absolutely know to be true.
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.
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!
Body by Rebecca
Reflections on healing our relationship and falling back in love with our bodies.
Less Human…more Being?
Reflecting on what it means to be human, and how we embrace and grow into it, rather than try to deny it.
Coaching or criticism?
Addressing disruptive leadership behaviors with unconditional positive regard.
Coming Full Circle
A practice for moving through our emotions to the other side.
Daily Practice
Getting over the ‘daily practice’ guilt by examining how we’re checking in with ourselves, what we are saying ‘yes’ to, and reimagining our lives as sacred.
Box Breathing
A practice to sooth and shift anxiety.
Discomfort Becomes Her
“All art is autobiography; the pearl is the oyster’s autobiography.”
~ Federico Fellini
5 Things
A gratitude practice for moments of anger.

