Apr 5, 2022No More Sweeping Sexual Misconduct Under the RugApril 1st, the first day of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, I decided to, as bravely as I could, share the impetus of co-creating the text, Examining and Mitigating Sexual Misconduct in Sport. …4 min read4 min read
Mar 10, 2022Examining and Mitigating Sexual Misconduct in SportI am humbled to share that Examining and Mitigating Sexual Misconduct in Sport has been breathed and labored into existence. It has been nearly three years in the making. In the fall of 2019, I decided it was past time to curate a text in sport that unpacked sexual misconduct…6 min read6 min read
Feb 16, 2022Has white Comfort Re-Emerged Center Stage?This February snowy day I’m working in my attic office looking out at the winter wonderland outside. I can hear my partner and children laughing and yelling through the window pane as they tumble in the snow. I feel joy and gratitude. And I feel deep angst because so little…7 min read7 min read
Jan 6, 2022Release What No Longer Serves Your GrowthA year and a half ago, I was telling a dear friend that my work environment felt toxic. I also sensed that I was like a florist trying to be a mechanic in academia, and that my passions and gifts were suffocating in my professional space. …4 min read4 min read
Nov 30, 2021Ruthie: A Person Like None Other in My LifeI hope we all have a person/a few people who show up unconditionally, who love us when we are undeserving, who forgive us when we falter, who are our biggest cheerleader — the ones who teach us who and how we are meant to be in this life. Someone who…5 min read5 min read
Nov 9, 2021The Doors that Keep Us Living SmallI am walking alongside my relationship with saying “no”, setting boundaries and living in the life designed for me that is aligned with not only my lane but my purpose. I don’t always get it right. I misstep. The universe reveals the lesson and I try again. Over the past…5 min read5 min read
Oct 11, 2021Decolonization Work: An Inner Journey Without EndAs a white identifying ciswoman, I cannot deny that my socialization is deeply steeped in white, cisheteropatriarchal capitalism. I won’t for a minute lead anyone to believe this work is something I do not grapple to navigate and disrupt every single day. My decolonizing work has no end. I inhabit…7 min read7 min read
Sep 1, 2021Self Care Awareness Month: Your Heart Matters, TooI write this for every person who puts everyone before themselves. The person who gives of their time without question, their talents without pause and pours their soul into their work, their loved ones, friends, colleagues and neighbors day in and day out. I write this, too, for myself. …3 min read3 min read
Aug 3, 2021Owning Your Re-Emergence from TraumaTrauma, a deeply distressing or disturbing experience, an experience all of humanity has endured over the course of the last year and a half. No one has been left out; though, given our circumstances and our intersectional identities, we may have varied depths of trauma. …3 min read3 min read
Jul 9, 2021Who Is Free this 4th of July?Have you ever closed your eyes and dreamt of freedom? If not, I encourage you to imagine your personal image of living completely free in your purpose and full humanity. A few weeks ago I gave myself the permission to reflect on what freedom would feel like in my own…4 min read4 min read
