Mar 2, 2021A new technology allows us deep inside the brain of a meditator!Hello! I just got out of a seven-day silent meditation retreat! If you haven’t dropped off already (!) for fear I’m going to either be all zen or try to convert you, I imagine you’re thinking something like: I can’t do that meditation crap for seven minutes, never mind seven…Meditation4 min read
Dec 30, 2020Why you’re dragging *without* your commute — lessons on keeping energy high while working from homeIn the waning days of March, mere moments (though perhaps it was days, who can really say anymore) after the shelter-in-place mandate began, I was gripped with a haziness in my brain. As I worked, it felt like I had to pull thoughts out through the morning mist over a…Energy8 min read
Dec 10, 2020Why I’m betting on kind companies.Author’s note: I originally drafted this article in early June, right before the rising civil rights movement. It then felt like the wrong moment to publish it. But today, as AirBnB goes public, I find it worth revisiting. In San Francisco, March 8, 2020 was the kind of early spring…Kindness7 min read
Nov 4, 2020Why giving yourself a whole new kind of to-do list will help you through post-election day angst — and maybe a model for every dayGiven the election results are still pending and it can be easy to be overwhelmed / distracted / distraught by that, I thought I’d share a few things that I’ll be doing today to keep myself feeling good (erm, as good as I can in this heightened uncertainty), and why…Election 20204 min read
Published in Creative Collisions : 2020·May 28, 2020Creative Reuse Pattern One: Finding new uses for things we have access toArtist Elysa Fenenbock is on number 44 of a 100-day make-meditation. She’s foraging for wildflowers or dropped petals in and around her neighborhood, and turning them into deconstructed portraits. And designer Silvia Vergani is using flowers in an entirely different way, turning their petals into paint for her toddler’s art…2 min read
Published in Creative Collisions : 2020·May 12, 2020Why we’re on the midst of a million undeniable breakthroughs and why that’s the most beautiful thing“Sometimes it takes an overwhelming breakdown to have an undeniable breakthrough.” So said ‘anonymous,’ and then, on Tuesday, my yoga teacher. Folks, in case you hadn’t noticed (perhaps you’ve just come back from a silent meditation or, nope, there’s no other reason you’d have missed this) we’re in the middle…Creativity3 min read
Published in Creative Collisions : 2020·May 12, 2020Redefining local: how our values are surfacing in the decisions we’re making during the pandemicWhat do you get for a one-year old who has all she needs, in the middle of a pandemic? As my niece’s first birthday approached, I found myself asking this question. I didn’t want to get her more clothes, toys or books, because she has plenty. I did want to…Creativity8 min read
Mar 3, 2020Politics plus humanity (no, not an oxymoron, or any type of moron, really)If you’re like me, seeing this form arrive in the mail and noting it’s yet again a leap year (and therefore a presidential election year) leaves you with a certain feeling of… well, as un-civic as it is, dread. It feels like in these years, we lose a little bit…Politics6 min read
Jan 1, 2020Haven’t made New Year’s resolutions? Do this instead…“Gather round, everyone. Can you all see?!” The dozen or so of us all squeezed into the vestibule at the top of the third flight of stairs, outside the door to our office. Our managing director made her way to the front of the pack, pineapple in hand. As we…New Years Eve4 min read
Dec 23, 2019Don’t buy a thing this Christmas…This past summer, I spent way too many days combing through my home, evaluating each thing I owned. Sometimes, I would hold an item in my hand and ask myself if it sparked joy. Mostly though, I’d look at a cherished book stored in a closet or a once-favorite shirt…Gifts6 min read