There is a difference between showing up and being present. Between acknowledging someone and actually welcoming them. Between being in the same room and making someone feel glad they came. I was at a gathering recently, surrounded by people I have known for years, some for decades. And it got me thinking about what separates […]
Show Your Brain the Love it Deserves
June is Brain Health Awareness Month, and I want to mark it by sharing something that has been on my mind since a recent coffee with my former colleague, Lisa Austin. Lisa is the Community Engagement Manager for the Alzheimer’s Association Heart of America Chapter, and over the course of our conversation, she opened my […]
Let’s Dig In: Care to Share a Meal?
Regular readers know that Coffee Lunch Coffee is built on a simple but powerful premise: Relationships matter, and they require intention. We make time for them. We show up. We share a meal, a conversation, a moment of genuine connection. So, when I came across this piece by Gabriel Plata, published in the Weave newsletter, […]