I was reminded at the beginning of the year just how much David Bowie influenced my taste in music, so I’ve been on a mission to listen to his entire discography. Hunky Dory, his fourth studio album, contains so may of my favorite songs like Changes, Oh! You Pretty Things, Fill Your Heart, and The […]
It’s easy to make a difference in the Sacramento region during Big Day of Giving. Donations as small as $15 add up to make a big impact, and can be boosted by prizes and match funds. You can use this website to support the causes you already love and find new nonprofits working on issues […]
After learning how to work from home efficiently a new challenge that is arising for many people is how to unplug from work at the end of the day. So how do we switch off when the end of day routine and commute don’t happen frequently? Stylist recommends these 13 easy tricks, which includes a […]
“Technology gives us power, but it does not and cannot tell us how to use that power. Thanks to technology, we can instantly communicate across the world, but it still doesn’t help us know what to say.” -Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
This week’s Too Dope is all about the importance of our connections to other people. As we continue moving back into more traditional social settings its important we scaffold for success. Social connections are really about the feeling of closeness or belonging. Shape Your Happiness has put together some great information about why these connections […]
For me Lost in the Supermarket by The Clash reminds me of how it feels to not be connected to others. Every time I revisit (what I lovingly call) Vintage Punk it’s a song I come back to over and over again. “I’m all lost in the supermarketI can no longer shop happilyI came in […]
“The connection, that’s what’s important – that through this medium we can, perhaps, understand and touch each other.” ― Paolo Pellegrin
After reading Travels with Charlie (one of the best Steinbeck novels) I have been motivated to explore as much of America as possible. Essentially everyone who knows me knows that I love a good road trip. Rather than taking 75 days to drive across country with a 10-year old poodle, it might be a bit […]
Some days I feel a little bit like Luke while he’s singing Perpetual Optimist, but most of the time I lean towards the other person he’s singing about, with the mentality of always having room for one more bite, and believing that you get no reward if you take no risk. This song has been […]
We definitely lucked out this summer with how many excellent students we got to take to leadership camps. It was something we really missed in the last two years and we’re so excited we get to do it again. Check out the amazing video that captured all of the fun, learning, and growth that took […]
It won’t surprise some of you that it is absolutely necessary to create a container with emotional safety and strong relationships before we can successfully move into the work that we want to do together. If you’re looking for ways to connect with the people you lead you can start with this Harvard Business Review Article, […]
“This is the power of gathering: it inspires us, delightfully, to be more hopeful, more joyful, more thoughtful: in a word, more alive.” ― Alice Waters