In Exhaustion and Solidarity on International Women’s Day
A few years ago I was facilitating a discussion about internalized oppression with a group of high school women. When the topic of discrimination in the workplace arose, one of […]
Blog
On being a “smart” kid
A deeper pretending Try to write a bad poem before breakfast. – William Stafford, as quoted by Naomi Shihab Nye OK, I’ll try, but I have never been much good […]
Ask Me for a Poem: Using Social Scaffolding to Seek Connection
What are your strategies for finding connection? Apparently, we are lonely. People spend an average of two and a half hours a day on social media. Social media can be […]
Let Them See How Much You Love Them
On my writing desk, I keep a vase filled with small slips of paper. Each one contains a short phrase highlighting values I seek to live by, significant lessons I […]
