Leadership Inside Out

In honor of Earth Day, join me in a conversation about abundance and scarcity and how it's wired into our nervous system and nonprofit culture. There are real reasons why we feel scarcity. It was literally banked into the structure of an industry that was created to pick up the pieces of society that was not being cared for due to the belief in "not enough". 💔 I don't want to hear anyone shaming nonprofit leaders for feeling scarcity. But indigenous wisdom, mother nature, and the act of...

Hi Reader, This email is not perfect. There are no perfect words I could write about the upcoming Wired for Joy & Empowered Cohort to fully explain the internal transformation that is possible when you tend to your inner world - mind, emotions, nervous system reactions. I could tell you that you will have more clarity, feel better, and be more effective at your job. But if we are honest, those words have lost their meaning. Clarity in a world of information overload is like saying you’ll feel...

Hello Beautiful Human, Here in the US children are headed back to school for the fall and I can't help but reflect on the frequency in which limiting and un-useful lessons from our early experiences in school show up as stumbling blocks in our adult leadership. The amazing and beautiful part about our brain and nervous system is that we can LEARN and UNLEARN lessons as adults that lead us towards more freedom, ease, and success. (I want this for you). So here are 3 lessons you may have picked...

Hello Beautiful Human, This week, a personal story. Yesterday my son and I walked around our block picking up litter (he was earning back screen time he had previously forfeited). The sensation of filling our bags as cars drove by took me back to my high school janitor job that included picking up trash in a parking lot and hauling the big bags of leaky sticky trash to the dumpster. The memory came to my mind more vividly than what I did last week. As one of the very few ethnic minorities in...

Hello Beautiful Human, Juneteenth is a powerful holiday that holds within it the complexity and nuance of Liberation work. American mythology prefers simple, cut and dry heroes without the messy parts. I was taught that the Emancipation Proclamation set slaves free - Juneteenth reminds us that it took two and a half years before slaves in Texas were given the liberty to exert that freedom. I recently heard a Juneteenth scholar describe it as a day of hope and hostility. She did not shy away...

Hello Beautiful Human, It's Mental Health Awareness Month. Have you given it much thought? I've been reflecting and it seems apparent to me that, the reason why mental health has historically been stigmatized is because we live in a society that looks at symptoms through the lens of individual failings. Rather than seeing one's mental state as a natural result of systems and circumstances. If we stopped blaming the individuals we would have to investigate how society is operating and hold the...

Hello Beautiful Human - Do you have a list of things that you, "SHOULD" do in order to be better? Morning routines, fitness plans, wellness ideas that keep telling you, You aren't doing enough or managing life in the right way? I know you aren't short on ideas of how to improve yourself. It's a high pile. The brilliant truth is that, You can't shame yourself into being better. The emotion of shame shuts down your mental capacity to learn and develop new desired skills. No matter how much you...

Hi Reader, It's time to equip your mental and emotional capacity to expand by doing less for just a few minutes. Join me, Today 3/19 at 12:05 pm - 12:30 CST. I'll teach you a mindfulness exercise, hold space for what you are carrying & send you on your way more empowered and focused. Join the Rejuvenation Call Rejuvenation Community Call If you are feeling overwhelmed or unsure of yourself, a moment of working WITH your brain, emotions, and body will completely transform your day. I'll...

I have a very important message: If you care deeply about making an impact on the serious issues facing our world... you are allowed to HAVE MORE FUN. Brain science shows that bringing whimsy into your life will help you level up your leadership. Incorporating fun improves problem-solving, creativity, immune health, and longevity — seriously. Although I always believed I’m allowed to have fun in general, in the past, my inner critic and perfectionism would crash the party with unhelpful...