It’s Election Eve…and folks on every side are nervous. Nervous about whether their candidate will win or not. Nervous about how folk will behave tomorrow at the polls. Nervous about how people will respond the day after. Nervous about violence, vitriol, and anger. Nervous. Me? Without a doubt I want Hillary to win. And without an […]
It’s last Monday morning at my desk when I get the following text: Her: Got any plans this Saturday? What to do something Halloweenish? Me: <after long pause> Like what? (I’m the worst at costumes which makes me a weird Halloween participant) Her: What? You don’t have a Wonder Woman costume? Me: I have a […]
I wasn’t always fat. There are pictures of me…pictures where I am a normal sized toddler and little kid. Those pictures of me are all brown skin and caramel highlights in my hair from time spent in trees, on the beach, and half (or totally) naked in the Honduran sun. Back then I had a […]
**At Providence, I’m on a team of people who are trying to instill newly formed Team Norms into the culture at the Digital Innovation Group (DIG). One of our Team Norms is around leadership, so in the month of October we decided to focus on this norm. As a part of that focus, I’ve been […]
Dear Men People, I started this post as a letter to women people. Then I got frustrated and wrote a letter to evangelicals. And for the briefest of moments I considered wasting my breath on the Giant Cheeto that is the Republican candidate for president. Then I took a breath. And here is what I […]
**At Providence, I’m on a team of people who are trying to instill newly formed Team Norms into the culture at the Digital Innovation Group (DIG). One of our Team Norms is around leadership, so in the month of October we decided to focus on this norm. As a part of that focus, I’ve been […]
**At Providence, I’m on a team of people who are trying to instill newly formed Team Norms into the culture at the Digital Innovation Group (DIG). One of our Team Norms is around leadership, so in the month of October we decided to focus on this norm. As a part of that focus, I’ve been […]
**At Providence, I’m on a team of people who are trying to instill newly formed Team Norms into the culture at the Digital Innovation Group (DIG). One of our Team Norms is around leadership, so in the month of October we decided to focus on this norm. As a part of that focus, I’ve been […]
I answered the question as I sat on the couch last night in the little room on a quiet street in West Seattle, “This place? What happens here? Here I feel safe. I feel nurtured. I feel cared for…with generosity and compassion.” I shake my head like an indignant child and say “But not mothered. […]
Shhhhh…don’t tell…but I have a secret. <looks around nervously> I like my job. A lot. <holds fingers to lips> No…seriously…shhhhh! Someone will hear! I haven’t liked my job…A LOT…in quite a while. Each job has had little glimmers of something I liked and moments. More importantly each job has had people that I liked to […]