last week i had an excellent session with my therapist (hi, phil!) that explored the possibility of being in therapy for the purpose of supporting my parenting. for the record, i don’t have any children “of my own,” though i have a number of nibblings who i love and care for. but over the last year and half or so, i have been clear that i do want to try to parent.
Read more...back in early november, my friend, andrew, asked me if i had any resources on how to talk about thankstaking with his kiddo, my nibbling, francis. i instantly knew who to reach out to… kathy lebrón! when i texted for resources to share with andrew who is parenting a 6yo, she was like “oh, this is gonna need to be an email!”
Read more...i’ve been through a couple of network-building and asset mapping processes and this is a composite process that i hope feels quite simple and straightforward. i’m writing it out to be shared so i’m gonna try to keep the instructions brief. i may share more narrative or experience with it at the end or later.
Read more...a few months ago, i got some feedback from a friend and colleague, Maureen, about my using all lowercase. and she made a suggestion which i am taking on now: doing some writing about why i do this and including it in my email signature. so here we are! thanks, Maureen.
Read more...while coaching a few weeks ago, i stumbled upon an unfortunate cultural pattern in some parts of left movement culture i inhabit: while we deeply believe that no human is more valuable than another, we resist acknowledging that some people are better than others at some things. because we don’t believe person a is more valuable than person b, we resist saying person a is better at activity z than person b is.
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