The good thing about meditating is realizing how much of a psycho you are, in general. Generally, we are very good at shielding that psycho from the rest of the world, but the people who truly see you for the psycho you are all the people you’ve dated, and your Mother.
Read MoreI've often marveled at some people's ability to open their hearts fearlessly to others. Maybe it looks that way on the outside, but from an outsider's perspective, there are just some people who seem to effortlessly glide from relationship to relationship. I love it but it confuses me because in romance, my experience has been more like Catherine Zeta Jones circa 'Entrapment'.
Read More‘Who I am’ is just a story I’ve been struggling to maintain since realizing my reflection didn’t match the expectations of my surname, ethnicity or sexual orientation. I am a walking case of bewilderment to many whom, even though I'm grown and know better, I always feel like I'm on the hook to explain myself to. When we’re kids, we learn to build up ideas about ourselves in comparison to others. As adults, we continue to do this by holding on and repeating scripts based on early experiences that get translated into our ‘personal brand’.
Read MoreSince graduating from the human incubator called university, creating structure and routine around my days has been a daily struggle. I've gotten way better at it over the years, but for a time, it felt like I was job shadowing my cat - sleeping, stretching, eating, vacantly staring at a laptop screen half-watching Netflix, half-trying to figure out how I was going to get 1-3 years experience for an entry-level job.
Read MoreIn advertising there are above the line (ATL) and below the line (BTL) communications that are used to distribute a brand’s voice. Above the Line is everything the consumer sees (public facing), and Below The Line are internal communications that inform employee product knowledge, engagement, and the organization’s understanding of shared purpose. One thing I’ve learned over the last five years it’s that a company sort of works like a person. There’s what people outside the company see, and there’s how the company functions on the inside.
Read MoreRecently, I've been binge-watching Netflix's new series, Abstract and pseudo-religiously listening to NPR's How I Built This. This has been a great exercise in growing my confidence, and blind faith in follow-through. Each episode of either show focuses on an industry leader in design and/or enterprise, walks you through their creative process, and recounts the trials they faced time and time again as novices, eventually landing them at the top of the heap becoming household names. Often the leaders we look up to start off as no different than you and I - but something happened. They decided to keep going, as if it was the only way, and as if they already were great, and often in spite of their feelings of incompetence.
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