Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone

It’s not so much the act of authenticity that challenges the status quo—I think of it as the audacity of authenticity. Most of us have shame triggers around being perceived as self-indulgent or self-focused. We don’t want our authenticity to be perceived as selfish or narcissistic. When I first started mindfully practicing authenticity and worthine

sanctuary, in the way I think and talk about it, is this place where we gain different shapes, where we lose shape, where we compost. And how do we do that? We do it by listening, we do it by working together in ways that are probably fugitive and outside of the normative ways of producing food or money or stories. We do it by listening to our woun

sanctuary, in the way I think and talk about it, is this place where we gain different shapes, where we lose shape, where we compost. And how do we do that? We do it by listening, we do it by working together in ways that are probably fugitive and outside of the normative ways of producing food or money or stories. We do it by listening to our woun

When we create safe spaces, time away from screens, ‘Yes, and’ spaces, working with other people over tasks that facilitate connection and craft a narrative that offers a hopeful take on the future, the world can start to come back into focus.