What has been branded as luxury in a capitalist system is actually the structures of essential experiences for an aligned euphoric life. Beauty. Softness. Space. Sunlight. Healing. Nourishment. Rest. And for Black wom[e/x]n specifically: less friction & interruption. I'm calling this luxury leadership in practice.

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In this moment of cultural, political, and economic uncertainty, when we have no idea what horrors the next news cycle will bring, or how we and our loved ones and our communities might be impacted, many of us are variously experiencing our nervous systems under pressure.

I have to confess I still haven’t seen the movie, but I’ve been thinking a lot about this time we’re in, where “everything everywhere all at once” feels particularly acute.

Even in our own lives, aside from the political chaos of the current moment, it can feel like everything is breaking.

Or that if it’s not one thing, it’s another.

As I write this, it’s Saturday morning and Malaika and LaVoya from the CCI team are convening just a few blocks from my house to host our first ever DEI brunch!

Me? I’m down with covid, fortunately a mild case, but in consultation with my PCP, I’m following the original rather than current guidance and quarantining for five days.

And I feel… disappointed, yes of course, but also, surprisingly, I FEEL AMAZING!!!

April is Autism Acceptance Month - let’s move past mere awareness and dive into real, transformative action. In leadership, this means more than just acknowledging neurodiversity - it’s about creating environments where neurodivergent minds are not only accepted but truly supported to lead in their own authentic ways. When we give neurodiverse leaders the space to thrive, they become powerful catalysts for innovation, sparking creativity and unlocking collective wisdom in ways we can’t even predict.

After an energizing and engaging week, I was all fired up to write this blog post about sexual harassment in middle school… but after an emotional weekend, I’ve found I don’t have it in me to get all fired up right now.

Rather than pushing myself through, I’ve decided to save that for another time, and instead to share some of our most popular blog posts from the past… which lead me to be curious to look at our website stats (which honestly we don’t look at in the way we probably should) to see if traffic has dropped off this year, what with the DEI pushbacks and all.