I contributed a chapter to Humanity @ Work & Life: Global Diffusion of the Mondragon Cooperative Ecosystem Experience. The chapter explores the ways in which cooperative principles can show up in simple cultural norms like how we share a drink with friends and the unique challenges that co-ops face in the United States where cooperative…

My essay, Cuba and Consent, was included in a chapbooks series published by The Head and the Hand Press in partnership with The Venceremos Brigade. It's available for pre-order here! The essay weaves together some of my own experiences around consent, and explores how the framing of the conflict between the United States and Cuba…

Many black parents have “the talk” with their children, preparing them for encounters with the police at a young age, but it’s time that white parents have a different version of "the talk" with their children. White parents can begin to share stories starting at a young age about how Black, Indigenous and People of Color…

Close your eyes and visualize anywhere you've left your energy – it could be a place, a person or group, or an issue that's been on your mind. Reach out to all these points where you feel your energy and picture it flowing back to you. As you inhale, welcome back your energy and as…

After getting feedback about how much people enjoyed reading the Definitions post – I wanted to find a better way to add new definitions more easily as I find them. So, I created The Glossary as a place to collect them in a prettier, searchable way. Take a look >> Definition ALIGNMENT: "Applying enough of…

As a warning this post contains mentions of suicides that have occurred in the past year. Please be aware if you feel your mental health could be affected. --- Finding your rhythm Speed, or relative speed is something I’ve thought a lot about over the years. I was always the last one to finish eating…

Definitions can seem so stable at times, but the truth is they change quite a lot across space and time. They play an important role in how we build our world-view, some have even theorized that our language shapes what we think. These are some definitions I've collected over the years that have helped me…

As part of trying to walk into 2018 with a greater level of intentionality... I decided to design a series of posters to pull together some of the words that have stuck with me in the last year. Hope you enjoy! "My life is mine." This is from a speech Tracee Ellis Ross gave, saying…

When I took a spell casting workshop with Adrienne Maree Brown at the Allied Media Conference last spring I had no idea what to expect when I showed up. I only knew that I hadn't slept well because of work and world-related stress and that I needed some healing. What struck me was how she…

Wrītan is a home for writings and reflections on power, love, culture, and perception. Wrītan, pronounced "Writ-TAWN", which means “to write, draw or engrave” in Old English — comes from when writing was done by carving runes into wood or stone. It is the root of the word ‘write’ and resonates because of my experience…

Experience, Bias, and Cultural AcceptancePRESENTED AT: 2015 American Synesthesia Association Conference, University of Miami Today I’m going to be talking about subjective experience and evidence of synesthesia in how it relates to other experiences or identities that have been or continue to be marginalized in our society. The recent heightened attention on racial discrimination in…