I won't lie, it's been a rough week for me. I suspect it has been for many of us. I went to a dark place but today I had an aha moment that is helping me to feel better than I have all week.
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What if we could shift the ways in which we have been socialized to think and behave, and adjust to having our kids around not as a disruption but as a re-integration?
An article on "Traditional Indigenous Kinship Practices at Home: Being Child-Centered During the Pandemic" gave me a completely new perspective.
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Not only is it INHUMANE during a crisis of this scale, but it is going to hurt the organizations that do this in the long run.
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We’ve been having frank and open conversations with leaders and HR folks at our client organizations about what equitable and inclusive leadership looks like at this time.
Based on these and various other conversations across multiple sectors and communities, here are some of our takeaways.
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What a week. Here in the US, I feel like we knew it was coming, but we weren't quite prepared for how fast, and things that seemed unthinkable just a week ago are now the "new normal." I know we are all adjusting as best we can.
I wanted to quickly reflect on and share some of the things that have been working for me during this time.
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Getting adjusted to the "new normal" and posing some questions.
What does anti-oppression and anti-racism work look like in a pandemic or other crisis?
How can we hold a growth mindset, create realistic plans, and promote transparency and open decision-making? How can we share rather than hoard power? How can we hold space for complexity? How can we collaborate?
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Being able to heal others, heals me.
At the same time, it is so much harder to do for myself and for my children what I can do for others. To get my own truth back. To help myself be heard. To help my kids be heard.
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It was an honor to chat with Joanna Bull of the Outside the Bubble podcast for teachers. We talked about unconscious bias and systems of oppression, delving into equity, racism, bullying, white privilege, systems of oppression, intent and impact, and more.
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In my interview with Leana Delle on her podcast, Girlfriend We Need to Talk, we talk about how I use Myers-Briggs as a tool for unlearning assimilation, reconciling across differences and creating inclusion.
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What is your “zone of genius”? This is one of my favorite concepts from Gay Hendricks book, “The Big Leap.” I’ve found it a helpful guide to aligning with what energizes me so I can increase my impact without sacrificing myself in the process.
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