Reset and Remap
#reset and #remap I was on a call with some colleagues last week and we were discussing the changes in life and work in the time of Covid-19. The idea came up that instead of looking at this time as a pause in work and life, it’s actually an opportunity to reset and remap our […]
To the graduates of 2020
To the graduates of 2020: I love celebrations. I love moments in time that mark momentous occasions. Its how we remember the chapters of our lives. Graduation is one of the biggies. Its marks the successful end of one season and the threshold of a new and exciting season to come. I’ve cried real tears […]
My butterfly effect
Family book club. Our family is reading together these days, sometimes in pairs or threes and sometimes as a whole. One of the most profound books all of us have read this year is Eckhart Tolle’s A New Earth. One of the concepts he explores are the three modalities of consciousness; acceptance, enjoyment and enthusiasm. […]
Shining from the inside out
You know when you have those days where you look in the mirror and you don’t recognize the woman looking back at you? I’d love to say it’s just aging that I’m struggling with, but I’ve had a life long struggle with my self worth being based on my outward appearance. It started when I […]
Sobering converstaions
I had a sobering conversation at the dinner table last night with @samthamann . We talked about George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Trayvon Martin. The words that come to me are heartbreaking, unthinkable, infuriating, scary. Part of why our conversation was sobering for me was that we talked about the responsibility of white people raising […]
Family is where our story begins
#family By the time we were 29 years old, Erik and I had three boys, all under the age of 5. At the time, my definition of family was the traditional one of two parents and their biological kids. Twenty years later my definition and our numbers have grown. Erik and I both grew up […]
A member of our butterfly tribe
If you’ve heard me speak about Butterfly Effect, you’ll know the name Nicole Bianchi @nicole.m.bianchi and the story of the purple butterfly that was a transformative moment in our movement. https://www.butterflyeffectbethechange.com/blog/embracing-the-unexpected/ Fast forward 6 years later and Nicole has become a friend as well as one of our most active butterfly ambassadors. Nicole has spearheaded @papillion.150 a […]
Stages of relationships
There are at least half a dozen times in any good long term relationship when the relationship is over. Relationships like the rest of life have stages. At the end of one stage that part of the relationship is over and you move to the next. A relationship is something that has to be worked […]
Transformation
Its been my experience that with really hard things I don’t truly change until the pain level gets high enough that I have to do something about it. When something becomes broken beyond repair – its unmanageable, too much to bear. As i experience what is happening in our country on all levels, it feels […]
We want to feel safe in our skin
WE WANT TO FEEL SAFE IN OUR SKIN #juneteenth celebrating my inspiring friend @lewiswinonawinonaluvI met Winona through the Remarkable Women’s Journey and have been encouraged and moved by her voice for 4 years now. Sharing In honor of Black lives matter, Winona Lewis poetry and portrait as Flower Child, and Sharon Virtue visual artistry mural […]