Written by: Pooja Joshi
Learning to hold space for dissent is a core skill for leadership. Recently, on my co-op’s board (dwelling), a straw vote revealed just how divisive things could be. The sides felt strongly, each convinced …
September 24, 2025
I came across this quote by Mary Oliver, "Things take the time they take. Don't worry." I read it a few times. It's the don't worry part that got me. I mean, worry has …
September 12, 2025
I recently came across a question/quote by Carl Jung that made me pause in my tracks: "What did you do as a child that made the hours pass like minutes? Herein lies the key …
August 21, 2025
Lately I have been noticing how easily our sense of “enough” can slip away. My son says he has nowhere to sleep because his grandmother is recovering in his bedroom after surgery. Mind you, …
August 2, 2025
I have been navigating a lot of change in recent years - personally and professionally. Sometimes it has been rapid, other times it's arrived in the form of unexpected disruption or complete ambiguity. Through …
July 31, 2025
I am a leadership and life transitions coach. I am often thinking about or being asked about what it means to actually create the life we want to live. For me, this has meant …
July 26, 2025
I experienced a tumultuous childhood. Bearing witness to my mother's trauma left a lasting imprint on my life. Through countless moments, I longed to save my mother, my sister, and myself from our home …
July 24, 2025
Clearly, I'm pulling a certain thread, and while it's not what I initially intended, this article could very well be part three in my continuing series: Working for What? Rethinking Labor, Dreams, and Survival …
July 16, 2025
While the outside world is volatile, my inner world is rich with reflection. Maybe it’s where I am in life, or maybe it’s simply me moving through perimenopause, a profound (and often under-discussed) transition. …
July 10, 2025
I have been reflecting on the tension between labor, productivity, meaning and the mundane nature of life. As a young child growing up in a tumultuous household, I grew up with dreaming as a …
July 6, 2025
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