The key is to be in active practice by exhibiting curiosity, vulnerability, compassion, and selflessness. Then, we can better understand where someone is coming from.
May 2024
Read MoreA monthly missive exploring how to put theory into action and shift humanity from "me" to "we."
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The key is to be in active practice by exhibiting curiosity, vulnerability, compassion, and selflessness. Then, we can better understand where someone is coming from.
May 2024
Read MoreAs a unique human among over eight billion one-of-a-kind travelers, we all have in common that we want to be seen, heard, and understood by our fellow adventurers and for them to make a sincere effort to understand better where we are coming from.
December 2023
Read MoreAs the leaders of our lives, through repetition, we can learn to regulate our emotional responses. When we better understand ourselves, our ability to appreciate the lived experience of someone else is all that much easier. With the ease of a newfound understanding, we galvanize greater compassion and less hate.
November 2023
Read MoreIt was just me, the majestic one, and a dazzling moment that left me feeling that I, alone, was chosen to be a part of the sun’s larger conversation with Travis County.
September 2023
Read MoreThe effort to quiet our mind is akin to the practice of empathy - to find ourselves, we must first think beyond ourselves.
May 2023
Read MoreEmpathy is a part of every aspect of our lives, work, and communities; therefore, storytelling, like art, is measured by its timelessness.
October 2022
Read MoreAs I catch my breath and wipe away tears, I cannot help but wonder, is the intention behind acts of hate to silence the voices of the majority so that our outrage becomes mute?
July 2022
Read MoreSince we are all human, our responses will be individually different. However, a lack of inclusion and a sense of belonging is relatable to all of us.
May 2022
Read MoreWe are all someone else's "other." As you continue to shift gears, keep your eyes out for me to we, mile-marker #1.
April 2022
Read MoreAs we reckon with a past that did not serve us well, it is painful to have hard conversations. Yet, to heal from the shame in all of us, we must bring these unspoken truths into the light.
February 2022
I wish that 2-0-2-2 is the year we collectively put empathy into action through curiosity, vulnerability, compassion, and selflessness.
January 2022
Read MoreEven if we are not directly impacted by [insert topic here], what happens to one, happens to all.
September 2021
When I cast my gaze outward, I see people who, like me, have a personal history and heart, a heart that keeps blood pumping through their bodies.
August 2021
Read MoreAs I clumsily practiced casting and line mending, I applied this teaching to empathy and how we have all learned to mend the pandemic line over the past year and a half+.
July 2021
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