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...

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...

Hello Beautiful Human, Addressing a lack of self-confidence may not seem like the obvious leadership priority when it comes to reaching your goals or improving your physical health. You might not even notice how your chronically high stress levels, exhaustion, and overwhelm are connected to an underlying lack of self-confidence. You’re too busy tackling the giant workload, pushing through, and doing all the things to stop and ask yourself whether confidence is part of the equation. 👉 Many...

Hello Beautiful Human, I get it, change is not easy. As humans beings, we naturally operate through habits and routines and then all of a sudden: Boom. 😬 The teammate you relied on is gone. 😭 The flexibility of summer is rudely disturbed by the demands of fall. 🧐 The expectations of how certain things worked got thrown out the window. 😱 Your baby boy is all of a sudden entering middles school and now has different needs than a year ago. Change is constant. But no matter how upsetting the...