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I’m not made for this.
Welcome to a slightly refreshed Leadership Letters! Tomorrow I'll be celebrating my 43rd birthday. It's a pretty anti-climatic one, given that it's neither a milestone birthday nor one I can celebrate in ways I typically would. And that's fine with me. As is custom,...
Impact > Intent
This week has been hard. There's much to unpack and talk about, but today I want to share one piece that might be helpful. When I log on to social media, I see a lot of white people (myself included) trying to do the "right thing." We're posting articles,...
The work is ours to do
The Occupation I will tell you how it was the world changed, she said -- and darkness wrapped us round. I heard her clearly, though I barely heard the words. It was nearly -- yes -- as if she were singing. Our job, she was saying, is not to change the world -- nor...
Being together, but apart
"Gathering matters because it is through each other that we figure out what we believe." ~Priya Parker When I decided to add more community elements to the next iteration of LEAD.Well, I did so both because members were asking for them and also because the pandemic...
Embrace your humanness
“The courage to be vulnerable is not about winning or losing, it’s about the courage to show up when you can’t predict or control the outcome.”Brené Brown Yesterday, while cooking my seven thousandth meal in the past few weeks, I was listening to one of my favourite...
Notice these moments
Faith includes noticing the mess, the emptiness and discomfort, and letting it be there until some light returns.Anne Lamott As we find ourselves in the middle of this global pandemic; past the shock and awe of those first few weeks of the shutdown and quarantining,...
Use your margins
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.J.R.R. Tolkien As we all navigate working from home, with partners and kids, and new learning curves - it's easy to find ourselves feeling foggy, scattered and completely unfocused. Given that most...
Helping others through uncertain times
In the absence of information, people make assumptions.Stephanie Pollock In these shorter episodes, I’ve been primarily focusing on how you can better navigate these challenging times. This is the idea of putting our own oxygen masks on first as we can’t give what we...
Setting digital boundaries
Boundaries are a part of self-care. They are healthy, normal, and necessary.Doreen Virtue As we enter wrap up week six of working from home during COVID-19, many of us are looking forward to a weekend free from yet another Zoom meeting. While I'm grateful for what...
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