When I was a kid, I thoroughly enjoyed the thrill and excitement of riding roller coasters. My particular favorite was the Orient Express at Worlds of Fun (pictured with this post). This roller coaster had lots of loops and hills, but the best part was the very beginning. The cars would leave the ride entrance [...]
I was in a Zoom meeting this afternoon (are there any other kinds these days?), and when asked how I was really doing, I found myself babbling for a minute and then suddenly spitting out, "Honestly? I'm scared." When I heard myself saying that, I realized how many different ways I'd been trying to say it over [...]
I can honestly say that I've heard the word "unprecedented" more times in the past week than I have in my entire life, and I get it. But this also means that as leaders and supervisors, we're being asked to deal with brand new challenges - especially in higher education. While there's a whole other [...]
Let's get this out of the way first: The Kissing Booth is...not a good movie. There's some really problematic aspects to the story and some of the acting is downright excruciating. All that said, though, I've probably watched it no fewer than 20 times. I might have even read the book. This is what I do [...]
About seven years ago, I took what many have told me was a dramatic shift in my career path. It has since defined for me how I want to work - and where. Perhaps most importantly, taking that first step has made it that much easier to take even more steps. And while my career [...]
We are admittedly in a bit of a strange place these days as it concerns mental illness. There is still a lot of stigma surrounding it - even from the most "woke" of people. But there is also more awareness of it than ever before. This means, despite knowing they shouldn't, people still stigmatize mental [...]
Last fall, I started a new (interim) job. Although I would be working with a creative team, I found the job to be more talking, less doing. Despite my desire to create, I found myself struggling to find the energy after a day of meetings upon meetings to much more than consume - through either [...]
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Several years ago, a TED Talk by Brené Brown started becoming all the rage in the world of business and higher education leadership, and since then, I've seen more than a few people in upper administration at various institutions reference it and the need to be more vulnerable at work. I have to say that [...]
The other day, I listened to Brené Brown talk about belonging on a podcast, and it has resonated with me at this particular time in my life. According to her, in order to truly belong, we must be okay with being alone. If we do not fear being alone, we can bring our full selves [...]
