Yesterday I attended the first day of Ecoversity's Herbal Summit to hear Miki Agrawal’s presentation on Soft Power: Redefining Leadership for the Next Era.

Whilst a part of me groaned at how I had spent a week in the ebbs of flows of “It’s fine. It’s going to be great!” and “I feel very alone on this” – a louder part of me was able to see that the timeline of red flags had shortened. I had caught and addressed them sooner.

1. The Overly Grateful Yes
2. The Easy Agree
3. The Informed Negotiation
4. The Embodied Magnet

As someone with a Core Gift (Core Gift Institute) of helping others to step into their fullest expression — I know it well. Because I’ve lived it. The steps of personal and collective evolution follow the same pattern: 1. Repressed → 2. Radical → 3. Regulated

I have been thinking about the privilege I hold in my feelings about September. As the sun feels slower and hotter late into the day. As the morning has a crispness. I feel the familiar buzz in the air of new beginnings. There’s a dazzling crackle. Why?

If you are stuck – you are in a masterclass of learning how you best work. Stuck = an exodus from work; a feeling of being universally unemployable and disinterested in everything work-related, directionless in the pursuit of a career. My lived theory is that you are learning how you best work when the rules are stripped away.

Can you be a taste-making generalist? 💅 I think so. Today I asked ChatGPT: How do I get paid for my taste? And while 98% of it was useless, I enjoyed the prompt: What does my taste do?

I’m curious about the term “Generalist” Because, as someone who’s been searching for “the right words” in all that I can do, I feel seen and encompassed by this word. Often, people see me as the most competent person in the room. And I feel like there is literally nothing I can’t do.

My takeaway from Laura Storm’s TEDx Talk: How silence can lead us to a sustainable world