Pressure can propel us, and other times it can stifles us.
The place of pressure
A new year conversation
Ugh. A New Year, and I’m late to writing about it. Everything I’ve read by other people has been better than what I’ve got to say. I’m running out of ideas for this stupid blog.
Love Letter: to those who won't know
I’m fifty posts in now. I remember distinctly what it felt like to set up this website and start writing. What made me finally do it?
Why playing it cool doesn’t work
The very definition of ‘cool’ is what we were taught to aspire to when we were young: nonchalant, uncommitted, critical. Icy, literally.
Safety
We can learn how to make a space safe. We can practise making a space safe. This takes time and trust and buy-in from everyone. It also takes someone to take the first step.
Love Letter: Libraries
A library doesn’t claim to change the world, but it may just change us.
Age
We'll always be looking ahead longingly, until we're looking back wistfully.
Screw you, Robert Frost
I thought I'd left Frost's poem behind, but he had maintained his grip on me all these years. Recently I was chatting about what the future looks like with my counsellor Toni, when she asked, “What are you scared of?”
