Earlier this week, I posted a video about the dangers of contorting yourself to fit into organizations that are unaligned with your personal values and principles—or that simply do not respect or honor your gifts. When this happens, we often find ourselves trapped in a cycle of microaggressions, sabotage, anxiety, and overperformance, trying to fit into or outrun a system that has already decided to treat us as disposable. I have worked in organizations like this before. In m

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This post is in response to everyone fighting for human rights across the world. #navigatingcourage.

In my December 5 blog post titled "DEI, as we know it, must DIE," I expressed deep concern about the state of corporate Diversity,...

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2011 Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Gbowee, Liberian peace activist, social worker and women's rights advocate once said: “You can never...

Immersed in hot bubbles, watching God’s magnificent display of foliage, trees, clouds and birds, I inhale, hoping to re-ground my spirit,...