I’ve had two conversations with complete strangers in the last few weeks that have stuck with me. This seems to happen more and more these days, perhaps a sign of increasing openness and curiosity on my part. It’s a good thing. I’ll share about one of the exchanges today and the other next weekend. A few nights ago, I ended up speaking with a woman who’s a generation above me; she has a daughter about my age. We got to talking about work….

A yoga teacher of mine introduced me this week to Mark Nepo’s wonderful meditation on “the art of facing things.” This is from Nepo’s The Book of Awakening, which I haven’t actually read. I plan to get a copy of the book soon, but in the meantime, I found the passage online. Please forgive any inaccuracies that I might have included in transcribing it. I’m going to share the whole thing, because Nepo’s central metaphor is most powerful in its entirety: Salmon have…

I saw a post by psychotherapist Helen Marie on Instagram this week that I loved. It’s titled “a little guide to glimmers.” Helen Marie writes, Glimmers are the opposite of triggers. She goes on to explain them this way: they are tiny moments of awe. they spark joy & evoke inner calm. they send cues of safety to our nervous system… our body responds with positive energy. they allow us to feel hope when lost… once we start embracing them it can become…

The past few weeks have been full of work challenges. It feels as though I’ve grown professionally in a very short period of time, which is a good thing, even though it hasn’t been easy. This week presented me with so many moments in which I thought, “I can’t do this.” Regardless, I had to do whatever thing was in front of me, so I did. My efforts were definitely imperfect, but the important thing was that I stood by my responsibilities as…