Kindly Step Away from Your Phone

I’ll be the first to admit it: I am guilty. I show up. I really do. I make the reservation, accept the invitation, buy the ticket. And then, somewhere between the appetizer and the entree, between the opening remarks and the keynote, I reach for my phone. Not for anything urgent. Just… to check. To […]

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She Traveled. She Gathered. She Changed the World. In Tribute to Gloria Steinem.

For the second week in a row, I find myself mourning the loss of a trailblazer. The world lost a giant last week. Gloria Steinem, feminist icon, journalist, and tireless advocate for women everywhere, passed away at the age of 92. For those of us who admired her, the loss is profound. For me, it […]

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Find the Good in Everybody: Lessons from Dolly Parton

Last week, the world lost the beloved Dolly Parton. I have always admired her. Not just for her amazing voice or her disarming, perfectly timed wit, but primarily because she figured something out that most of us spend a lifetime chasing: how to love people, all people, without conditions or exceptions. Her team said it […]

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