How to Keep Inclusion Without Making Your Org a Target: Repair-Centered Leadership in Polarized Times
When headlines, donors, or governing bodies start punishing anything labeled “DEI,” leaders often respond by tightening language, pausing initiatives, or quietly moving responsibilities into “HR” where they feel less visible.
Sometimes that’s prudent. Sometimes it’s panic.
Either way, the operational risk is real:
Recruiting and retention suffer when people don’t trust the culture.
Decision-making slows when leaders can’t name what matters.
Conflict grows when people have no shared repair process.
Equity in Practice, Not Just on Paper: A 30–90 Day Reframe for Turning Values into Habits
It all begins with an idea.
Adversity Alchemy: A Multi-Racial, Multi-Spiritual Playlist for Collective Liberation
"This is more than music—it’s a living, breathing incantation for navigating complex times with power, clarity, and joy."
(Re)dedicating to our Life Rules: A Resolution Alternative
In a recent conversation on the podcast, we talked about the power of framing our new year’s changes as rededication rather than resolutions. As a part of that conversation, I was reminded of the 10 Life Rules I was inspired to develop in late 2021 based on a practice that Gretchen Rubin calls her Commandments for Happiness.
The Torah of Crocuses: (Part of) the origin of Grounded & Growing
This past winter and early spring, I was struggling. I felt as though I was being pulled in a thousand directions. Though I wanted to show up for everything and everyone, I found myself fully present for nothing and no one.
My not-fully-present manifested as exhaustion. Not like a “I really need to sleep” kind of exhaustion, more of a “my soul needs a lie-down” kind of exhaustion.
Jews Talk Racial Justice - Ep. 83: Beyond the Brisket: Creating a Liberatory Passover Practice
As we approach Passover 5782, we’re thinking about the tension inherent in commemorating a moment of acute urgency with practices that require a lot of time, intention, and planning. The Passover story contains multiple moments when our ancestors and predecessors displayed both faith and radical imagination, but when ritual becomes rigid, it can limit beliefs and imagination. April and Tracie investigate how we can use the Passover holiday, ritual, and greater awareness, to nurture and apply our own radical imagination toward liberation.
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How to Take An Effective Mental Health Day
It all begins with an idea.
The Beginners Guide to Meditation
Exercises To Calm Your Anxious Thoughts
It all begins with an idea.