What makes you "different" is your SUPERPOWER. And it's what our world needs in this polycrisis.
And when we embrace our superpowers, we give others permission to do the same.
So what can you do to lead from your superpower today?
Thrilled to have just completed Advanced I on my journey towards becoming a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner. Working with the first SE Caribbean cohort was powerful. What a gift.
Learning to trust our being's wisdom, even in our deeply challenging times.
In this episode of Changemaking Connections (Link in comments), Sage Hayes offers a deeply wise and grounding somatic practice to support our hearts and beings.
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Excited to be starting the final, Advanced year of Somatic Experiencing training.
Somatic work is essential for healing the trauma so many of us are carrying & in learning to reconnect with ourselves & one another. It will be one approach I root in as I complete my counsellor-in-training program.
So many leaders struggle with Imposter Syndrome--or think we do. Especially those of us from historically marginalized groups.
But I think it's more about revealing how systems were built to exclude us.
The world needs your magic.
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This welcoming message opens Season 3 of ChangeMaking Connections Podcast: Practices to Tend our Hearts.
May you tend your heart. Care for yourself and others. Root in what you care about as we keep showing up for liberation.
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Embodying Social Justice: Why Collective Healing Starts with Us
It was a joy to talk with Jonathan Hermida for the Deep Coach podcast about collective liberation.
We explore how social justice & spirituality come together through embodiment, collective care, & deep inner work.
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Political grief is an inevitable byproduct of the polycrisis we are in. Collective grief compounds our individual grief.
I know it's not sexy to talk about grief. Most of us want to avoid it. But it will ooze out if we don't make space for it.
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#PoliticalGrief
#Polycrisis
Blessed Eid to all who celebrate.
I highly recommend this training. Hala is deeply skilled, as are the guest teachers in the program. We need these skills in these times.
www.halakhouri.com
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The assaults on gender-affirming care, access, & basic human rights for trans folx need to stop.
Trans folx deserve to be recognized and valued for who they/we are.
And, when we broaden understandings of gender identity, everyone benefits (except those who profit from exclusionary systems).
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You like your job and you are good at it. You love your family. But the world is on 🔥🔥🔥. So many day-to-day tasks feel…..
Well, it’s hard to muster the energy to do it.
So here are a couple tips to hopefully help support you when you can barely go through the motions.
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Your difference is your special sauce.
The systems want us to feel not good enough, especially if we are women, BIPOC folk, LGBTQ+ folk, or people living with disabilities.
Because if we owned our full magic, the world would change.
Check out my Substack on this topic:
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You do not need another degree. Another training.
You need to trust that you are ALREADY enough.
Your worth lies in who you are and how you show up. In being YOU.
Can you trust that stepping into your fullness IS YOUR MAGIC?
Say it loud for those in the back....
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A guided meditation to connect to the wisdom of the natural elements
Whew these are unsettling times. We are all holding so much.
This offering is to support you to reconnect to the wisdom and energy of the elements: Water, Air, Fire, Ether, Earth.
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This offering by a deeply respected colleague would be great for anyone working with Polyvagal theory or trying to support people experiencing trauma.
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As I watch all the amazing mutual aid networks supporting local communities, I am inspired by how they build community & help people show up for each other in meaningful ways.
My favorite, short, video on mutual aid and how it is different than charity--narrated by Dean Spade.
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Connection is not neutral, especially in the midst of the polycrisis.
It slows us down enough to notice one another, to connect, to understand one another, to learn how we can show up with and for one another. It reminds us that liberation has always been collective.
My Substack:
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Many of us are activated and exhausted by all that is happening.
We want to stay informed, which is good.
But we may be doom scrolling (I know I am).
PAUSE.
Offer yourself or someone else some care.
Reconnect with your inner wisdom and humanity. We need it.
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Things are rough out there for many of us.
If you are like those of us in Minneapolis/St. Paul, you may be exhausted, overwhelmed, afraid, angry.
We need to take some moments to reground. Find some micromoments of joy. If joy isn't available, what is pleasant or even neutral?
New Substack Post: Finding Our Role in the Polycrisis to Build a Better World
For those wondering how to get on the path, here are some questions and thoughts.
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How do you want to meet the world’s challenges? Who do you want to be?
Our intentions are not just about losing weight. They are about how we ARE, what we root in, what we care about, what we practice. All of that shapes how we show up.
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May 2026 be a year full of connection, interdependence, love, and hope.
Reflecting, Releasing, & Becoming: A Ritual Practice for End-of-the-Year Transitions
My gift to you: A guided visualization journey and collage/journaling practice to discern what you want to let go of and what you want to carry forward with you into 2026.
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How do you want to BE in your life, leadership, and social justice work? What quality of presence do you want to embody?
This week's Substack explores that wisdom, so we can be more skillful and sustaining in how we show up for what we care about.
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#yogapractice #socialjustice
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2025 has been.....a year. This Harvest & Release coaching package for December 2025 is to help you:
--Reflect on what has served you and how you've grown.
--Discern what you want to leave behind in 2025--what no longer serves you
Check it out--and sign up by December 15.
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I'm always aware of the fraught nature of the Thanksgiving holiday.
May we practice holding multiple, even dissonant perspectives. Wholeness tends to live in the relations between all those perspectives.
Sending deep care and gratitude for you all.
