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annual reflection

• 2019 mantra, important quotes, and commitments
• 2019 annual reflection review: part 1, 2, 3, 4
• preparing for my 2019 annual retreat
• 2018 annual reflection review: part 5
• 2018 annual reflection review: part 4
• 2018 annual reflection review: part 3
• 2018 annual reflection review: part 2
• 2018 annual reflection review: part 1
• reflection on my 2017 personal retreat
• my personal retreat
• my personal retreat (long version)
• #Entry 2

productivity

• why i might call you to set up our next meeting
• from productivity to personal systems: an evolution of my coaching practice
• pro-tip: take all your apps off your home screen
• happy "no new things" day
• the tyranny of doodle
• happy "no more meetings this year" day
• trying out a new book review structure
• current phone protocols to minimize addiction and maximize productivity
• the prophetic no
• the 60 to 1 rule
• rays of light: 2018 experiment
• why i don't check email before noon
• failure: one of my favorite teachers
• on paying bills at a certain time of the month
• on the evening routine
• the benefits of no meeting day
• on the practice of confirming meetings
• on what people pay me for when i'm coaching
• why i take notes in a paper notebook
• pattern: when your office isn't a good place to work
• practicing / playing / embodying the person you want to be
• how i set up my calendly experiment
• medium post #1: how i started a coaching practice
• personal practice: my shadow calendar - what am i learning?
• personal practice: my shadow calendar
• compassionate leaders have boundaries
• margins of safety aren't all created equal
• can you take a routine and needs too far?
• background apps, your brain, and personal systems
• why getting the easy stuff "out of the way" doesn't work
• how to overcome the barriers of getting into flow
• measure output, not time: full-time versus full-focus
• managing your todo list: make lists by context, the weekly review, and the annual purge
• why i don't drink coffee in the afternoon
• most stress comes from not finishing what you've started
• the afternoon slump is normal: work with it; not around it
• on having fully functional systems (part 2): use the right tool for the right purpose or perish
• building your personal system, brick by brick
• habit breaking tips: replacing one habit for another and have accountability
• why having a fully functioning (technology) system is critical to stress-free productivity
• productivity tip: box yourself into back to back meetings
• why running your life like a startup will help you get where you want to go faster
• how to make the most of the startup that is your life
• how to make the decision about what to do in a particular moment: part 2
• writing tip: hemingway style
• how to decide what to do in a particular moment
• on the ability to discern between urgency and importance
• on creativity, getting outside of your normal, and gamma brain waves
• on decision fatigue and cognitive budgets (part 2): on routines and ‘personal systems’
• how i work
• on decision fatigue and cognitive budgets (part 1)
• methodology: how i work

tools

• an asset mapping framework
• the tyranny of doodle
• how i set up my calendly experiment
• managing your todo list: make lists by context, the weekly review, and the annual purge
• on having fully functional systems (part 2): use the right tool for the right purpose or perish
• why having a fully functioning (technology) system is critical to stress-free productivity
• tools are a means to an end
• methodology: how i work

death

• goodbye, mama brown
• book review: on death and dying by elisabeth kübler-ross
• deathnote #4: covid-19
• deathnote #3: my black future
• what if we planned for the last 7 days of our lives?... and also the 7 days after that?
• on imagination, death, apocalypse, and facilitating society
• what is the point of expensive coffins?
• on escaping the fear of death, new leases on life, and distinguishing between the good and bad things in this world
• seneca and alan watts on dying and living
• my (first) deathnote (deathnote 2)
• two defining factors – death and faith

faith

• two defining factors – death and faith

decision fatigue

• on decision fatigue and cognitive budgets (part 2): on routines and ‘personal systems’
• on decision fatigue and cognitive budgets (part 1)

cognitive budget

• on decision fatigue and cognitive budgets (part 2): on routines and ‘personal systems’
• on decision fatigue and cognitive budgets (part 1)

networks

• book review: impact networks by david ehrlichman
• ways i spread myself through my community
• metcalfe's law, its limitations, and the next wave of facebook exodus
• it's not a small world
• diminishing marginal utility of too much network growth
• limits on utility of growing a network
• two thoughts on power and networks
• can you be over-networked?

malcolm gladwell

• can you be over-networked?

connectors

• can you be over-networked?

personal system

• happy "no more meetings this year" day
• balancing your personal system week to week
• building your personal system, brick by brick
• on decision fatigue and cognitive budgets (part 2): on routines and ‘personal systems’

routines

• charted territory: routines in times of change
• uncharted territory: personal systems/habits/routines in moments of change
• can you take a routine and needs too far?
• on decision fatigue and cognitive budgets (part 2): on routines and ‘personal systems’

mvp

• done is better than perfect

personal practice

• personal practice: doors open, doors closed
• how i set up my calendly experiment
• medium post #1: how i started a coaching practice
• personal practice: my shadow calendar - what am i learning?
• personal practice: my shadow calendar
• pomodoro brilliance: part 2 (maximum value)
• personal practice: imagining our futures
• never make the same mistake twice
• side effects of doing one thing per night
• on doing one “thing” per night
• productivity tip: box yourself into back to back meetings
• personal practice: being mentored and mentoring
• done is better than perfect

saying no

• reframe: from saying no to choosing myself
• resisting fomo
• the benefits of no meeting day
• on saying no: update part 2
• on saying no and learning how to have alone time
• on saying no

branding

• on the importance of personal branding
• logos, brands, and identity systems
• branding: the aesthetic manifestation of systems thinking

systems thinking

• diminishing marginal utility of too much network growth
• limits on utility of growing a network
• ramble about networks, power, and systems change
• branding: the aesthetic manifestation of systems thinking

creativity

• book review: the practice by seth godin
• on taste, the gap, creation, and curation
• creating is a mixture of hard work and inspiration
• on creativity, getting outside of your normal, and gamma brain waves

gretchen rubin

• gretchen rubin on the secret(s) to happiness

design matters

• anil dash on the evolution of false markets via the internet
• on the false dichotomy between the real world and cyberspace
• anil dash on choosing love
• turns out academia is a crock
• on getting married in america
• previous relationship partners are educators about ourselves
• "marriage is not a particularly kind thing to do to someone you really care about."
• gretchen rubin on the secret(s) to happiness

relationships

• relationship styles: independent, dependent, interdependent, co-dependent and counter-dependent
• relationship recovery time: retrograde shadows
• why i think monogamy is as hard if not harder than consensual non-monogamy
• the spontaneous couple confession
• adding some complexity to the friend zones
• the Trinity and the bodymindspirit
• the safe space spontaneous couple confession
• want to be in a romantic relationship with me? please read this book and sign this contract
• evolutionary leadership — hierarchy and linearity: overblown truths
• being in relationship with things both alive and not
• coupling off over time: good or bad? necessary or not?
• relationship capacity: friends, family, and the transition as we couple off
• lessons from the five stages of relationship
• on specialization, expertise, and needing each other
• on getting married in america
• previous relationship partners are educators about ourselves
• why relationships matter

love

• book review: love and rage by lama rod owens
• an observation: weddings aren't for the people getting married; they're for the families
• bateson: on love and difference
• what is the relationship between me being well and the world being crazy?
• stonebridge on arendt on st. augustine's notions of love
• the safe space spontaneous couple confession
• want to be in a romantic relationship with me? please read this book and sign this contract
• on relationships and love: the rule of 200
• anil dash on choosing love
• james martin on falling in love while being in a religious order
• alain de botton on loving our lovers more like children
• disordered loves in america
• on being too busy to sleep and exercise
• lessons from the five stages of relationship
• can love be violent? can love be angry?
• overwork undermines love and is collapsing our soceity
• on getting married in america
• previous relationship partners are educators about ourselves
• "marriage is not a particularly kind thing to do to someone you really care about."
• why relationships matter

power

• offloading and uploading anxiety
• bdsm and what it's teaching me about power
• lukes' dimensions of power
• ramble about networks, power, and systems change
• two thoughts on power and networks

jobs automation and the future of work

• on jobs, automation, and the future of work (part 4)
• on jobs, automation, and the future of work (part 3)
• on jobs, automation, and the future of work (part 2)
• on jobs, automation, and the future of work (part 1)

focus

• the brain, feelings, oppression, and humanity
• the benefits of staying in place/focus
• the costs of "multi-tasking": why task-switching is expensive
• on the ability to discern between urgency and importance

collaboration

• my developing theory of time
• on the ability to discern between urgency and importance

communication

• some thoughts on texting during LA's current fire apocalypse
• book review: a world without email
• overly complex, complicated writing: why do we write not like we speak?
• communication hierarchies

getting things done

• background apps, your brain, and personal systems
• on the difference between projects and tasks
• how to make the decision about what to do in a particular moment: part 2
• how to decide what to do in a particular moment

writing

• money matters march
• another reason i write: it "radically changes us one by one"
• futurist writing and academic research are both forms of exploration
• writing out loud and ariadne's thread
• why i keep a public journal / think out loud
• sometimes it's not yet time to write something
• why i take notes in a paper notebook
• overly complex, complicated writing: why do we write not like we speak?
• how do i find such a range of things to write about?
• background apps, your brain, and personal systems
• making progress, slowly but surely
• why i write
• writing tip: hemingway style
• writing tip: writing for an audience of one

travel

• evolutionary leadership: the journey to and from cortes island
• on escaping yourself: why adultery and "finding yourself" by traveling don't work
• “you always take yourself along with you when you go abroad...”
• waking up in another place is really important when traveling

automation

• another reason 9to5 doesn't work
• on jobs, automation, and the future of work (part 3)

the future of work

• on jobs, automation, and the future of work (part 3)

marriage

• an observation: weddings aren't for the people getting married; they're for the families
• on escaping yourself: why adultery and "finding yourself" by traveling don't work
• on getting married in america
• "marriage is not a particularly kind thing to do to someone you really care about."

alain de botton

• on escaping yourself: why adultery and "finding yourself" by traveling don't work
• alain de botton on loving our lovers more like children
• some of the best things about religions aren't religious
• the paradox of church and state in the u.k. versus the u.s.
• religion gives people structure to do things they should do, but wouldn’t otherwise get around to
• turns out academia is a crock
• on getting married in america
• previous relationship partners are educators about ourselves
• "marriage is not a particularly kind thing to do to someone you really care about."

SNaP

• on specialization, expertise, and needing each other
• oh SNaP: skills, needs, and passions

academia

• academia is wrong because it is in wrong relationship with the resources around it
• futurist writing and academic research are both forms of exploration
• overly complex, complicated writing: why do we write not like we speak?
• yet another problem of academia…
• turns out academia is a crock

5to9

• overwork undermines love and is collapsing our soceity

mentorship

• mentoring: the best way to learn. also the best to know your place in a community and feel like you belong
• mentees becoming peers
• personal practice: being mentored and mentoring

obsessed with design

• up there everywhere and pentagram: models for the firm i want to start
• i'm over organizations and institutions
• why i’ll start a personal email newsletter
• problem finding, not just problem solving
• designing "at" people is destined to fail

design

• on taste, the gap, creation, and curation
• designing "at" people is destined to fail

process

• designing "at" people is destined to fail

altruism

• can we evolve altruism?
• why i'm uncomfortable with altruism

coaching

• coaching: in our own words
• "take, tweak, trash"
• book review: coaching: evoking excellence in others by james flaherty
• coaching insight: because all people should valued equally, no one gets to be better than others at things
• adopting two rules for my coaching practice
• from productivity to personal systems: an evolution of my coaching practice
• more inspiration for coaching system upgrade
• on the evening routine
• up there everywhere and pentagram: models for the firm i want to start
• on what people pay me for when i'm coaching
• inspiration for coaching system upgrade
• mindstorms: on debugging as it relates to building habits
• mentees becoming peers
• on making informed career decisions
• medium post #1: how i started a coaching practice
• personal practice: my shadow calendar - what am i learning?
• personal practice: my shadow calendar
• why running your life like a startup will help you get where you want to go faster

productivity tips

• on having fully functional systems (part 2): use the right tool for the right purpose or perish
• productivity tip: reward yourself when you accomplish a goal
• the more that’s on your plate, the more brittle your time is

theory

• how much work should i be doing?

flow

• current phone protocols to minimize addiction and maximize productivity
• how to overcome the barriers of getting into flow
• how much work should i be doing?

work

• a couple thoughts on doing hybrid retreats
• when the person who caused harm is no longer around
• what's in a name?: the ableism of dialogue walks
• grief at work
• how to capture the story of one's work
• pattern: when your office isn't a good place to work
• have an ambiguous work situation? be proactive!
• on making your art, doing the stuff that only you can do, freedom, and being fully human
• why overwork is a flawed strategy
• why getting the easy stuff "out of the way" doesn't work
• is retirement a bad idea?
• on being too busy to sleep and exercise
• another reason 9to5 doesn't work
• measure output, not time: full-time versus full-focus
• the globally wealthy can consume less by substituting meaning for consumption
• how much work should i be doing?

maker time

• how much work should i be doing?

manager time

• how much work should i be doing?

habits

• charted territory: routines in times of change
• june budget blogging
• money matters march
• builing habits together is more effective than doing it alone
• uncharted territory: personal systems/habits/routines in moments of change
• commitments for 2018
• on paying bills at a certain time of the month
• on the evening routine
• mindstorms: on debugging as it relates to building habits
• habit breaking tips: replacing one habit for another and have accountability

david allen

• background apps, your brain, and personal systems
• balancing your personal system week to week

management

• book review: the nonprofit strategy revolution
• theory on being a good manager in today’s world

stress

• book review: burnout: the secret to unlocking the stress cycle
• most stress comes from not finishing what you've started

anger

• book review: anger: wisdom for cooling the flames by thich nhat hanh
• book review: love and rage by lama rod owens
• processing my anger
• why anger is so bad and how mindfulness could be a solution
• can love be violent? can love be angry?

justice

• what is 'enough' when you're working for justice?
• anne braden on developing her justice work
• can love be violent? can love be angry?

violence

• book review: until we reckon by danielle sered
• patriarchy rewires the body
• can love be violent? can love be angry?

friends

• friend zones update: how it's going
• why having a diverse friend ecosystem matters
• learning about friends (medium post draft - part 2)
• learning about friends (medium post draft - part 1)
• why hanging out with close friends is life giving and a necessity (aka the benefits of hanging with close friends)
• turns out, you can't be good friends with everyone (aka the hardest lesson i've learned this year)

friendship

• book review: radical friendship by kate johnson
• book review: how we show up: reclaiming family, friendship, and community by mia birdsong
• why having a diverse friend ecosystem matters
• learning about friends (medium post draft - part 2)
• learning about friends (medium post draft - part 1)
• newsletter reflection #1: it's working!
• relationship capacity: friends, family, and the transition as we couple off
• turns out, you can't be good friends with everyone (aka the hardest lesson i've learned this year)

romance

• lessons from the five stages of relationship

maslow's hierarchy of needs

• does capitalism result in the espousal of liberal values in the long term?

capitalism

• notes from on being interview with agustín fuentes
• dori midnight on capitalism, numbing, and endless scrolls of horror
• junot díaz: on hyperconsumption and the invisibility and under-prioritization of inner work in american culture
• metcalfe's law, its limitations, and the next wave of facebook exodus
• capitalism is theft
• on the professionalization of spirituality (part 2): what's next
• on the professionalization of spirituality (part 1): why is yoga training so expensive?
• anil dash on the evolution of false markets via the internet
• another corporate sellout ends in death: show about race
• the danger of the temporarily embarrassed millionaires ideology
• i really hate corporate sellouts (simple, this time)
• does capitalism result in the espousal of liberal values in the long term?

industrialization

• does capitalism result in the espousal of liberal values in the long term?

oppression

• oppressive systems condition us out of certain emotions
• the future of code isn't code
• what if poc meant people of culture?
• tk coleman and thomas sowell on oppression and intent versus outcome
• margins of safety aren't all created equal
• bessel van der kolk: on victims and collective memory
• bessel van der kolk: on emdr and powerful eyes
• the brain, feelings, oppression, and humanity
• on exposing the wounded underbelly of oppressors
• two thoughts on oppression spurred by show about race: changing the calculus on oppression and white feelings and reality
• america: a nation founded on genocide and trauma that is afraid to acknowledge death and grief
• open question on internalized oppression
• ramble about networks, power, and systems change

systems

• life is fractal: i want to work with people who understand that
• intro to complexity theory
• systems entrepreneurship versus entrepreneurship
• the search for consistency and coherence
• theory: individual change is necessary to create systemic change
• negative emotions are poor drivers of systemic change
• on income and being like water
• how to make professional development happen (or a quick word on systems change)
• the problems of layered systems that are out of pace
• people aren’t cogs: we need to stop designing systems like they are
• ramble about networks, power, and systems change

social change

• multiculturalism and the idea that all life is interaction
• pádraig ó tuama and carlo rovelli on here
• carlo rovelli: things versus happenings
• ramble about networks, power, and systems change

personal systems

• charted territory: routines in times of change
• planning before and inside of pandemic
• from productivity to personal systems: an evolution of my coaching practice
• uncharted territory: personal systems/habits/routines in moments of change
• my relationship with spontaneity and structure (it's complicated)
• why i take notes in a paper notebook
• personal practice: doors open, doors closed
• how i set up my calendly experiment
• background apps, your brain, and personal systems
• pomodoro brilliance: part 2 (maximum value)
• pomodoro brilliance: part 1 (why it works)
• how i plan for spontaneity

spontaneity

• more thinking: emergence, spontaneity, randomness, and impulsivity
• on the difference between emergence and spontaneity
• my relationship with spontaneity and structure (it's complicated)
• how i plan for spontaneity

coffee

• i think my use of coffee is ableist
• why i don't drink coffee in the afternoon

education

• isaac morehouse: what will save higher ed
• isaac morehouse: what's driving change in education these days
• our current education system sets us up for imposter syndrome
• the distance between what we learn in school and what we do on the job is SO far that it’s laughable (and other jabs at the academy)
• now that we have the internet, schools need to evolve or get out the way

management theory

• (bad) trend: makers being promoted to managers

pomodoro

• pomodoro brilliance: part 2 (maximum value)
• pomodoro brilliance: part 1 (why it works)

religion

• reflections on my two morning meditation sessions at the won dharma center
• matthieu ricard: the false dichotomy between spirituality and discovery
• on the professionalization of spirituality (part 2): what's next
• on the professionalization of spirituality (part 1): why is yoga training so expensive?
• turns out politics and economics are subjective just like religion and art
• church, spirituality, and whatnot
• the paradox of church and state in the u.k. versus the u.s.

spirituality

• a triune God with a twist
• book review: the pocket thich nhat hanh
• book review: african religions by jacob k. olupona
• book review: care work: dreaming disability justice
• book review: the inward journey
• book review: of water and the spirit: ritual, magic, and initiation in the life of an african shaman
• on being with eugene peterson (part 3): on words
• matthieu ricard: the false dichotomy between spirituality and discovery
• ezra glenn: on people and the weight of the relationship between them
• on the professionalization of spirituality (part 2): what's next
• on the professionalization of spirituality (part 1): why is yoga training so expensive?
• marilyn nelson on magic, alliances, and God
• the repulsive reality of expensive spirituality
• church, spirituality, and whatnot
• spirituality: practice over belief
• the paradox of church and state in the u.k. versus the u.s.

todo list

• managing your todo list: make lists by context, the weekly review, and the annual purge

facilitation

• book review: holding change by adrienne maree brown
• book review: race talk and the conspiracy of silence
• facilitation resources
• the learning zone model by tom senniger
• frequently used resources
• commitment: facilitate 100 meetings in 2018
• evolutionary leadership: the surprising impact of the structure of the workshop
• on imagination, death, apocalypse, and facilitating society
• backseat facilitators are sometimes my favorite people

time management

• happy "no more meetings this year" day
• my developing theory of time
• measure output, not time: full-time versus full-focus

on being

• notes from on being interview with agustín fuentes
• what does it mean to be human?
• on being - gregory orr
• on being with eugene peterson (part 4): on prayer and the (dangerous) search for transcendence
• on being with eugene peterson (part 3): on words
• on being with eugene peterson (part 2): on poetry
• on being with eugene peterson (part 1): the prophets were poets!
• more, less brief reflections from the on being gathering (part 3)
• more, less brief reflections from the on being gathering (part 2)
• more, less brief reflections from the on being gathering
• brief reflections from the on being gathering
• solnit: history is more like the weather than checkers
• solnit: why do we love certainty more than hope?
• solnit on openings: we don't always win, but we also don't always lose
• gumbs & solnit: time travel and nonlinearity
• solnit: people live and die by stories
• solnit: there's no such thing as a disaster
• on the problems of masculinity: how lack of emotional awareness is connected to impoverished decision making
• ellen langer on mindlessness, mindfulness, and business
• daniel kahneman: experiencing self vs remembering self
• daniel kahneman: overconfidence is about lack of imagination
• junot díaz: on generative definitions of community and radical hope
• junot díaz: on hyperconsumption and the invisibility and under-prioritization of inner work in american culture
• atul gawande: the magic of human limits and limitlessness
• junot díaz: what links climate change denial and toxic masculinity? fear of vulnerability
• bateson: on love and difference
• bateson: nucleated cells & narratives of competition versus cooperation
• matthieu ricard: transform yourself to better serve others
• matthieu ricard: happiness is compatible with sadness
• matthieu ricard: the false dichotomy between spirituality and discovery
• lyndsey stonebridge: the proper response to a political culture of lying
• stonebridge on arendt on st. augustine's notions of love
• martin sheen on true freedom and community
• matthieu ricard: being happy in isolation simply doesn't make sense
• infantilization, risk (in)tolerance, the western electorate, and mit
• sometimes it's not yet time to write something
• lyndsey stonebridge on hannah arendt: why bureaucracy won't work
• lyndsey stonebridge: evil is the inability to hear another voice
• bessel van der kolk: heart stress hormones give us the energy to move forward
• bessel van der kolk: how mindfulness helps us deal with trauma
• bessel van der kolk: on victims and collective memory
• bessel van der kolk: on emdr and powerful eyes
• bessel van der kolk: on individual and collective trauma
• bessel van der kolk: on the post-alcoholism and disembodiment of the west
• bessel van der kolk: the impacts of trauma lodging in the body
• multiculturalism and the idea that all life is interaction
• pádraig ó tuama and carlo rovelli on here
• carlo rovelli: things versus happenings
• pádraig ó tuama on understanding: sectarianism is belonging gone bad (part 4)
• pádraig ó tuama on understanding: the interrelationship between private and public life (part 3)
• pádraig ó tuama on understanding: understanding doesn't mean agreeing (part 2)
• pádraig ó tuama on understanding: "most of the time" (part 1)
• marilyn nelson on magic, alliances, and God
• james martin on falling in love while being in a religious order
• on escaping yourself: why adultery and "finding yourself" by traveling don't work
• alain de botton on loving our lovers more like children
• james martin on being holy
• james martin on Jesus and the commercialization of christmas
• isabel wilkerson and 12 generations
• why anger is so bad and how mindfulness could be a solution
• hope: radical, daring, dangerous
• on the value of a working hypothesis
• meditation is like muddy water settling
• spirituality: practice over belief

mary karr

• another reason i write: it "radically changes us one by one"
• hope: radical, daring, dangerous
• on the value of a working hypothesis
• meditation is like muddy water settling
• spirituality: practice over belief

resiliencethebook

• the story of the davy lamp and how some safety precautions make systems more dangerous/fragile
• hope: radical, daring, dangerous
• the four characteristics of the best teams

meditation

• book review: love and rage by lama rod owens
• 4 weeks of elemental meditation
• guided meditation on thursday 19 march 2020: finding spring teachers
• book review: the miracle of mindfulness
• tonglen
• defining meditation
• on being with eugene peterson (part 4): on prayer and the (dangerous) search for transcendence
• meditation is liberation... maybe?
• reflections on my two morning meditation sessions at the won dharma center
• changing up the words to my metta
• debunking a myth: thinking during meditation is bad
• yoga, meditation, the west, and rowing a boat tied to a dock
• meditation is like muddy water settling

multi-tasking

• the costs of "multi-tasking": why task-switching is expensive

change

• whiteness is about resistance to change
• uncharted territory: personal systems/habits/routines in moments of change
• practicing emergent strategy: change is constant. be like water.
• practicing / playing / embodying the person you want to be
• evolutionary leadership: integrate and include
• driving for change: on being the voice in someone's head
• theory: individual change is necessary to create systemic change
• the paradoxical role of failure in self-driven change

failure

• failure: one of my favorite teachers
• the paradoxical role of failure in self-driven change

9to5

• another reason 9to5 doesn't work

inspiration

• why i’ll start a personal email newsletter

weekly newsletter

• newsletter reflection #1: it's working!
• why i’ll start a personal email newsletter

seneca

• synchroncity and déjà vu
• final thoughts from seneca: figure out what you need and shape your life based on that
• thoughts from seneca on essentials and luxuries
• living virtuously is possible for everyone, but takes practice
• yet another problem of academia…
• on escaping the fear of death, new leases on life, and distinguishing between the good and bad things in this world
• on people who don’t practice what they preach
• seneca and alan watts on dying and living
• the distance between what we learn in school and what we do on the job is SO far that it’s laughable (and other jabs at the academy)
• “you always take yourself along with you when you go abroad...”
• isn't it the height of folly to learn inessential things when time's so desperately short?
• seneca’s rejection of useless work
• the benefits of staying in place/focus
• on shaping your life according to nature and not people’s opinions

philosophy

• on shaping your life according to nature and not people’s opinions

fiction

• book review: long way down
• practicing / playing / embodying the person you want to be
• alternative futures: slide
• alternative futures: my first migration – decade two (part 2)
• alternative futures: my first migration – decade two
• alternative futures: the carriers - part 2 (DRAFT)
• alternative futures: the carriers - part 1 (DRAFT)
• alternative futures: the culture core - part 2 (DRAFT)
• alternative futures: the bar - part 1 (DRAFT)
• alternative futures: the responders - part 3 (DRAFT)
• alternative futures: the responders - part 2 (DRAFT)
• alternative futures: the responders - part 1 (DRAFT)
• alternative futures: the culture core - part 1 (DRAFT)
• alternative futures: the village - part 1 (DRAFT)
• alternative futures: the clock - part 1 (DRAFT)
• i’ve changed my mind about reading fiction

imagination

• yes, we can play with cop gear... but can we play with ex-cops?
• what if we planned for the last 7 days of our lives?... and also the 7 days after that?
• imagining the world i want for one minute a day
• daniel kahneman: overconfidence is about lack of imagination
• collaborative sci-fi generator experiment: a journey to heal my flesh and blood
• the left vs the right: fighting for the past/present vs the future
• some thoughts/ideas/insights on futurist writing to date
• "If there won't be dancing at the revolution, I'm not coming."
• taking our imagination back (or "why am i so into imagination right now?")
• on imagination, death, apocalypse, and facilitating society
• i’ve changed my mind about reading fiction

overwork

• why overwork is a flawed strategy

life-changing magic of tidying up

• on moving from objects and people that have served their purpose in your life
• put your house in order and discover what you really want to do

enough

• what is 'enough' when you're working for justice?
• put your house in order and discover what you really want to do

marie kondo

• right-sizing social media
• on moving from objects and people that have served their purpose in your life
• put your house in order and discover what you really want to do

letters from a stoic

• isn't it the height of folly to learn inessential things when time's so desperately short?
• seneca’s rejection of useless work

deathnote

• deathnote #5
• deathnote #4: covid-19
• blessing from a child who has committed suicide
• deathnote #3: my black future
• my (first) deathnote (deathnote 2)

personal retreat

• reflection on my 2017 personal retreat
• my personal retreat
• my personal retreat (long version)

reflection

• sabbatical reflections: wood stoves
• sabbatical reflections: night canoeing
• sabbatical reflections: setting the scene
• sabbatical reflections: fear
• sabbatical reflections
• notes on the birth center equity winter co-director retreat
• winter reflection, spring visioning
• 2019 annual reflection review: part 1, 2, 3, 4
• 2018 moon practice
• lessons from the justice collective: part 3
• lessons from the justice collective: part 2
• lessons from the justice collective
• reflections on my two morning meditation sessions at the won dharma center
• re-examining my relationship with the internet
• 2018 annual reflection review: part 5
• 2018 annual reflection review: part 4
• 2018 annual reflection review: part 3
• 2018 annual reflection review: part 2
• "be a conduit" (and other phrases/mantras for 2018)
• two takeaway theories from brazil
• a few more thoughts from brazil
• some thoughts about brazil so far: a reflection
• newsletter reflection #1: it's working!
• brief reflection on my first tech sabbath
• reflection on my 2017 personal retreat
• my personal retreat
• my personal retreat (long version)

alan watts

• seneca and alan watts on dying and living

the velvet rage

• book notes: the velvet rage: overcoming the pain of growing up gay in a straight man’s world

alan downs

• book notes: the velvet rage: overcoming the pain of growing up gay in a straight man’s world

book reviews

• book review: radical friendship by kate johnson
• book review: coaching: evoking excellence in others by james flaherty
• book review: the new saints — from broken hearts to spiritual warriors by lama rod owens
• book review: the art of receiving and giving: the wheel of consent by betty martin
• book review: anger: wisdom for cooling the flames by thich nhat hanh
• book review: king warrior magician lover: rediscovering the archetypes of the mature masculine
• book review: burnout: the secret to unlocking the stress cycle
• book review: the body keeps the score by bessel van der kolk
• book review: until we reckon by danielle sered
• book review: good strategy, bad strategy by richard rumelt
• book review: rest is resistance by tricia hersey
• book review: the communist manifesto by karl marx & friedrich engels
• book review: captive genders: trans embodiment and the prison industrial complex
• book review: the compassion book
• book review: amusing ourselves to death by neil postman
• book review: healing resistance by kazu haga
• book review: america's racial karma by larry ward
• book review: centering prayer by m. basil pennington
• book review: no bad parts by richard schwartz
• book review: the nonprofit strategy revolution
• book review: the creation of patriarchy by gerda lerner
• book review: essentialism by greg mckeown
• book review: set boundaries, find peace by nedra glover tawwab
• book review: zen spirit, christian spirit by robert e. kennedy
• book review: mindset by carol dweck
• book review: an indigenous peoples' history of the united states by roxanne dunbar-ortiz
• book review: i feel your pain by niki elliot
• book review: the social profit handbook by david grant
• book review: holding change by adrienne maree brown
• book review: impact networks by david ehrlichman
• book review: the smell of rain on dust
• book review: undrowned
• book review: mushroom wisdom
• book review: a world without email
• book review: we do this til we free us
• book review: the pocket thich nhat hanh
• book review: how we show up: reclaiming family, friendship, and community by mia birdsong
• book review: the drama of the gifted child by alice miller
• book review: on death and dying by elisabeth kübler-ross
• book review: african religions by jacob k. olupona
• book review: love and rage by lama rod owens
• book review: how to do nothing by jenny o'dell
• book review: the art of war by sun tzu
• book review: we will not cancel us by adrienne maree brown
• book review: the practice by seth godin
• book review: how long 'til black future month?
• book review: beyond survival
• book review: the next american revolution by grace lee boggs
• book review: the wild edge of sorrow by francis weller
• book review: the next american revolution by grace lee boggs
• book review: race talk and the conspiracy of silence
• book review: long way down
• book review: fumbling towards repair: a workbook for community accountability facilitators
• book review: care work: dreaming disability justice
• book review: the inward journey
• book review: are prisons obsolete
• book review: the miracle of mindfulness
• book review: post traumatic slave syndrome
• book review: how your story sets you free
• book review: my grandmother's hands
• book review: homegoing
• book review: pleasure activism
• book review: braiding sweetgrass
• book review: barracoon: the story of the last "black cargo"
• book review: conflict is not abuse by sarah schulman
• book review: of water and the spirit: ritual, magic, and initiation in the life of an african shaman
• book review: the power by naomi alderman
• book reviews: you are not a gadget, harriet tubman: conductor on the underground railroad, killing and dying: stories, the dispossessed
• book reviews: chronicle of a death foretold and betty-anne's helpful household hints, volume 2
• book reviews: binti and patternmaster
• book reviews: when my brother was an aztec and the souls of black folk
• book reviews: kindred and the future
• book notes: the velvet rage: overcoming the pain of growing up gay in a straight man’s world

yoga

• yoga, asanas, and who benefits
• "it’s great that yoga has spread here, but i fear you have all missed the point"
• on the professionalization of spirituality (part 1): why is yoga training so expensive?
• yoga, meditation, the west, and rowing a boat tied to a dock

mindfulness

• book review: the miracle of mindfulness
• meditation is liberation... maybe?
• ellen langer on mindlessness, mindfulness, and business
• bessel van der kolk: how mindfulness helps us deal with trauma
• why anger is so bad and how mindfulness could be a solution
• yoga, meditation, the west, and rowing a boat tied to a dock

art

• book review: how to do nothing by jenny o'dell
• #peopleonphonesinpublicorprivate: getting caught
• turns out politics and economics are subjective just like religion and art
• jace clayton on artists and media metabolism
• on making your art, doing the stuff that only you can do, freedom, and being fully human

vision statement

• vision statement (2020 update)
• vision statement (2019 update)
• vision statement (2018 update)
• vision statement

infinite growth

• vision statement (2020 update)
• vision statement (2019 update)
• vision statement (2018 update)
• vision statement

radical self-help

• vision statement (2020 update)
• vision statement (2019 update)
• vision statement (2018 update)
• vision statement

simple

• i really hate corporate sellouts (simple, this time)

sunrise

• i really hate corporate sellouts (simple, this time)

corporate sellout

• on the darkening days of media lab (a slant corporate sellout story)
• a happy ending on a corporate sellout story: paws for trello
• another corporate sellout ends in death: show about race
• i really hate corporate sellouts (simple, this time)

disordered love

• disordered loves in america

st. augustine

• stonebridge on arendt on st. augustine's notions of love
• disordered loves in america

david brooks

• disordered loves in america

cornell west

• disordered loves in america

robert thurman

• disordered loves in america

audre lorde

• why anger is so bad and how mindfulness could be a solution

krista tippet

• another reason i write: it "radically changes us one by one"
• krista tippett on reknitting the fabric of common life
• krista tippett on listening generously
• turns out politics and economics are subjective just like religion and art
• why anger is so bad and how mindfulness could be a solution

family

• family vacation: an oxymoron - follow up
• family vacation: an oxymoron
• book review: how we show up: reclaiming family, friendship, and community by mia birdsong
• challenging the two-parent heteropatriarchal household
• my complicated relationship with my home state & family

cooperatives

• maybe it's a good thing for grocery stores to run out of things (occasionally)
• what’s the proper scale for an economy?: how a small babysitting co-op created a model for local economies

economy

• expansion from a theory developed in brazil: balancing people, planet, and goods
• the repulsive reality of expensive spirituality
• what’s the proper scale for an economy?: how a small babysitting co-op created a model for local economies

whiteness

• whiteness is about resistance to change
• masks and whiteness
• what if poc meant people of culture?
• the left vs the right: fighting for the past/present vs the future
• conversation rundown with m.b.
• whiteness and property ownership: the right to exclude
• two thoughts on oppression spurred by show about race: changing the calculus on oppression and white feelings and reality

white supremacy

• book review: america's racial karma by larry ward
• the left vs the right: fighting for the past/present vs the future
• white supremacy in action: skipping the line at the consulate
• on the problem of real estate development by wealthy people
• grammar is supremacy
• the brain, feelings, oppression, and humanity
• two thoughts on oppression spurred by show about race: changing the calculus on oppression and white feelings and reality

racism

• book review: america's racial karma by larry ward
• book review: race talk and the conspiracy of silence
• ibram x. kendi on racism, not racism, and antiracism
• what are the stories beyond the story that racism reproduces?
• has nothing changed since du bois?
• what if poc meant people of culture?
• tk coleman and thomas sowell on oppression and intent versus outcome
• conversation rundown with m.b.
• the three ways people often screw up my name
• alternative futures: Wash and Reset
• on the problem of real estate development by wealthy people
• daryl davis guts kkk chapters
• two thoughts on oppression spurred by show about race: changing the calculus on oppression and white feelings and reality

show about race

• two thoughts on oppression spurred by show about race: changing the calculus on oppression and white feelings and reality

toxic masculinity

• toxic patriarchy
• toxic masculinity: two current problematic narratives
• on the problems of masculinity: vulnerability and intimacy are off limits to typically masculine men
• junot díaz: what links climate change denial and toxic masculinity? fear of vulnerability
• two thoughts on oppression spurred by show about race: changing the calculus on oppression and white feelings and reality

sexism

• on the problem of real estate development by wealthy people
• two thoughts on oppression spurred by show about race: changing the calculus on oppression and white feelings and reality

transphobia

• two thoughts on oppression spurred by show about race: changing the calculus on oppression and white feelings and reality

race

• part 1: quandry with my own blackness
• whiteness and property ownership: the right to exclude
• pádraig ó tuama on understanding: understanding doesn't mean agreeing (part 2)
• two thoughts on oppression spurred by show about race: changing the calculus on oppression and white feelings and reality

salvation: black people and love

• challenging the two-parent heteropatriarchal household

bell hooks

• book review: the will to change by bell hooks
• want to be in a romantic relationship with me? please read this book and sign this contract
• on relationships and love: the rule of 200
• new highlight methods from reading all about love
• challenging the two-parent heteropatriarchal household

professional development

• how to make professional development happen (or a quick word on systems change)

sports

• less of that, more of this

community

• book review: how we show up: reclaiming family, friendship, and community by mia birdsong
• current thoughts on having my own children: ambivalence
• why having a diverse friend ecosystem matters
• learning about friends (medium post draft - part 2)
• learning about friends (medium post draft - part 1)
• junot díaz: on generative definitions of community and radical hope
• immanuel kant's rules for a good dinner party
• vs with eve ewing: community is mutual accountability
• ways i spread myself through my community
• martin sheen on true freedom and community
• mentoring: the best way to learn. also the best to know your place in a community and feel like you belong
• why i’m really into baking sourdough right now
• pádraig ó tuama on understanding: sectarianism is belonging gone bad (part 4)
• less of that, more of this

income

• on income and being like water

bruce lee

• on income and being like water

theory of change

• on income and being like water

jace clayton

• jace clayton on artists and media metabolism
• on income and being like water

center for story-based strategy

• my favorite reframing strategy: expand the frame

framing

• my favorite reframing strategy: expand the frame

narrative strategy

• people are having totally different conversations when it comes to narratives about real estate and gentrification
• what if poc meant people of culture?
• my favorite reframing strategy: expand the frame

terry marshall

• my favorite reframing strategy: expand the frame

seasonal eating

• eating seasonally
• maybe it's a good thing for grocery stores to run out of things (occasionally)

food

• eating seasonally
• immanuel kant's rules for a good dinner party
• why i’m really into baking sourdough right now
• maybe it's a good thing for grocery stores to run out of things (occasionally)

ku klux klan

• daryl davis guts kkk chapters

anti-oppression

• what are the stories beyond the story that racism reproduces?
• on exposing the wounded underbelly of oppressors

daryl davis

• on exposing the wounded underbelly of oppressors

buckminster fuller

• on exposing the wounded underbelly of oppressors

anil dash

• anil dash on the evolution of false markets via the internet
• on the false dichotomy between the real world and cyberspace
• anil dash on choosing love
• tech industry woes part 5: the dangers of tech without restraint and also why we all need a little tech education
• tech industry woes part 4: the tech industry, which isn't real, will consume the whole world if we let it
• tech industry woes part 3: the false modesty of tech is absurd
• tech industry woes part 2: news and social media are playing a dangerous game
• tech industry woes part 1: ethics, anti-history, and power

technology

• tech insight from james vamboi: facetime vs zoom
• on the false dichotomy between the real world and cyberspace
• right-sizing social media
• media rules for living through the trump administration (and beyond)
• taking our imagination back (or "why am i so into imagination right now?")
• tech industry woes part 5: the dangers of tech without restraint and also why we all need a little tech education
• tech industry woes part 4: the tech industry, which isn't real, will consume the whole world if we let it
• tech industry woes part 3: the false modesty of tech is absurd
• tech industry woes part 2: news and social media are playing a dangerous game
• tech industry woes part 1: ethics, anti-history, and power

tech industry

• tech industry woes part 5: the dangers of tech without restraint and also why we all need a little tech education
• tech industry woes part 4: the tech industry, which isn't real, will consume the whole world if we let it
• tech industry woes part 3: the false modesty of tech is absurd
• tech industry woes part 2: news and social media are playing a dangerous game
• tech industry woes part 1: ethics, anti-history, and power

alternative futures

• black history/futures: a mile
• black history/futures: allying with earth
• black history/futures: ending the oil addiction
• black history/futures: allying with air
• black history/futures: allying with fire
• black history/futures: allying with water
• black history/futures: the prick
• unleashing alternative futures: covid was (is) practice
• unleashing alternative futures: letter to my grandma
• unleashing alternative futures: what if trees were beings?
• unleashing alternative futures: pre-existing conditions
• unleashing alternative futures: pool party
• unleashing alternative futures: hard things
• unleashing alternative futures: covid fun guy
• alternative futures: distributed parental/communal leave
• alternative futures: centerhold (part 3): education as living
• alternative futures: centerhold (part 2)
• alternative futures: the decree
• alternative futures: centerhold
• from districts to bioregions
• covid-19 sci-fi: they took their $1200 and left
• covid-19 sci-fi: remember when the stimulus checks hit?
• alternative futures: armor and elixir
• sci-fi generator (af28): Link - part 3
• sci-fi generator (af28): Link - part 2
• sci-fi generator (af28): Link - part 1
• a renga for alternative futures
• alternative futures: we can
• alternative futures: holostone - part 1
• black history/futures: first day of school
• black history/futures: eight decades
• black history/futures: preparations
• black history/futures: edge rider: part 2
• black history/futures: tree huggers
• black history/futures: edge rider: part 1
• black history/futures: diving into the past
• black history/futures: families
• black history/futures: mudras
• black history/futures: learning the family tree
• black history/futures: finding your work
• black history/futures: dark matter
• black history/futures: learning to read the family tree
• black history/futures: the healing is on me
• alternative futures: baby's gotta breathe
• freedom of information
• alternative futures: library stretch
• alternative futures: #deletefacebook
• alternative futures: tug (part 2)
• alternative futures: tug
• alternative futures: stuck
• alternative futures: the end of usury
• alternative futures: glitch (part 2)
• alternative futures: glitch
• alternative futures: the day everything disappeared
• alternative futures: it gets better
• alternative futures: the web
• collaborative sci-fi generator experiment: a journey to heal my flesh and blood
• alternative futures: the countdown clock
• alternative futures: what to do with a ubi (part 10)
• alternative futures: what to do with a ubi (part 9)
• alternative futures: what to do with a ubi (part 8)
• alternative futures: what to do with a ubi (part 7)
• alternative futures: what to do with a ubi (part 6)
• alternative futures: what to do with a ubi (part 5)
• alternative futures: what to do with a ubi (part 4)
• alternative futures: what to do with a ubi (part 3)
• alternative futures: what to do with a ubi (part 2)
• alternative futures: i can see beneath the present
• alternative futures: what to do with a ubi
• futurist writing and academic research are both forms of exploration
• alternative futures: scrambled eye
• alternative futures: Wash and Reset
• alternative futures: Listening
• alternative futures: strength from ancestors
• alternative futures: cherry tomato bodymemory
• alternative futures: ancestral memory is stored in the body
• alternative futures: photo teleportation
• alternative futures: slide
• alternative futures: my first migration – decade two (part 2)
• alternative futures: my first migration – decade two
• it's not a small world
• some thoughts/ideas/insights on futurist writing to date
• alternative futures: the carriers - part 2 (DRAFT)
• alternative futures: the carriers - part 1 (DRAFT)
• alternative futures: the culture core - part 2 (DRAFT)
• alternative futures: the bar - part 1 (DRAFT)
• alternative futures project update
• alternative futures: the responders - part 3 (DRAFT)
• alternative futures: the responders - part 2 (DRAFT)
• alternative futures: the responders - part 1 (DRAFT)
• alternative futures: the culture core - part 1 (DRAFT)
• alternative futures: the village - part 1 (DRAFT)
• alternative futures: the clock - part 1 (DRAFT)

social movement

• thoughts on the 2017 women's march

protest

• thoughts on the 2017 women's march

ronald wright

• the danger of the temporarily embarrassed millionaires ideology

wealth

• the danger of the temporarily embarrassed millionaires ideology

money

• june budget blogging
• money matters march
• learning how to change my relationship to money
• what happens when you drop your credit card terminal
• the danger of the temporarily embarrassed millionaires ideology

the american dream

• the danger of the temporarily embarrassed millionaires ideology

trump

• bessel van der kolk: on individual and collective trauma
• on the hypocrisy of white evangelical christian voters regarding abortion
• why having empathy for trump voters matters (i think)
• why i'm worried about impeaching donald trump
• day 9: is this what the early days of nazi germany felt like?

fascism

• day 9: is this what the early days of nazi germany felt like?

nazi germany

• day 9: is this what the early days of nazi germany felt like?

multi-cultural society

• alternative futures: the culture core - part 1 (DRAFT)

productivity coaching

• on making informed career decisions
• james martin on being holy
• have an ambiguous work situation? be proactive!

citizen responders

• alternative futures: the responders - part 3 (DRAFT)
• alternative futures: the responders - part 2 (DRAFT)
• alternative futures: the responders - part 1 (DRAFT)

ubiquitous computing

• taking our imagination back (or "why am i so into imagination right now?")

politics

• tk coleman: the distinction between political and social philosophy
• lyndsey stonebridge: the proper response to a political culture of lying
• the difference in organizing on the (political) right and left
• on the hypocrisy of white evangelical christian voters regarding abortion
• turns out politics and economics are subjective just like religion and art
• taking our imagination back (or "why am i so into imagination right now?")

political action

• "If there won't be dancing at the revolution, I'm not coming."

emma goldman

• "If there won't be dancing at the revolution, I'm not coming."

media

• media rules for living through the trump administration (and beyond)

news media

• prediction time: why facebook and twitter are going to die
• media rules for living through the trump administration (and beyond)

social media

• my news media consumption practices in the trump era
• right-sizing social media
• prediction time: why facebook and twitter are going to die
• media rules for living through the trump administration (and beyond)

trump adminstration

• media rules for living through the trump administration (and beyond)

longform podcast

• krista tippett on reknitting the fabric of common life
• krista tippett on listening generously
• turns out politics and economics are subjective just like religion and art

economics

• turns out politics and economics are subjective just like religion and art

listening

• listening to the city: a meditation practice
• krista tippett on listening generously

citizenship

• krista tippett on reknitting the fabric of common life

casper ter kuile

• resisting fomo
• on the professionalization of spirituality (part 2): what's next
• on the professionalization of spirituality (part 1): why is yoga training so expensive?
• the repulsive reality of expensive spirituality
• brief reflection on my first tech sabbath

sabbath

• right-sizing social media
• reflections on my first national day of unplugging
• brief reflection on my first tech sabbath

tech sabbath

• brief reflection on my first tech sabbath

isabel wilkerson

• isabel wilkerson and 12 generations

slavery

• book review: barracoon: the story of the last "black cargo"
• isabel wilkerson and 12 generations

facebook

• #deletefacebook explained
• alternative futures: #deletefacebook
• facebook is really stressing me out these days
• metcalfe's law, its limitations, and the next wave of facebook exodus
• prediction time: why facebook and twitter are going to die

twitter

• prediction time: why facebook and twitter are going to die

the brain

• the brain, feelings, oppression, and humanity

futurism

• the left vs the right: fighting for the past/present vs the future
• futurist writing and academic research are both forms of exploration
• alternative futures: scrambled eye
• alternative futures: Listening
• alternative futures: photo teleportation
• getting clearer on futurist writing
• some thoughts/ideas/insights on futurist writing to date
• alternative futures project update

trump administration

• alternative futures project update

abortion

• on the hypocrisy of white evangelical christian voters regarding abortion

jesus

• james martin on Jesus and the commercialization of christmas

christianity

• a triune God with a twist
• book review: centering prayer by m. basil pennington
• book review: zen spirit, christian spirit by robert e. kennedy
• on being with eugene peterson (part 3): on words
• marilyn nelson on magic, alliances, and God
• james martin on Jesus and the commercialization of christmas

james martin

• two more random train encounters
• james martin on falling in love while being in a religious order
• james martin on being holy
• james martin on Jesus and the commercialization of christmas

personal branding

• james martin on being holy

the school of life

• alain de botton on loving our lovers more like children

adultery

• on escaping yourself: why adultery and "finding yourself" by traveling don't work

focus: the hidden driver of excellence

• negative emotions are poor drivers of systemic change

intelligent mischief

• negative emotions are poor drivers of systemic change

systemic change

• negative emotions are poor drivers of systemic change

alcoholism

• on college drinking culture: alcoholism, toxic masculinity, sexual repression, homoeroticism, numbing, and more!

culture

• what if poc meant people of culture?
• oleg konovalov: organizational culture as catalyst or inhibitor
• self-determination isn't optional; it's necessary
• random train encounters: downtown to the bronx
• theory: individual change is necessary to create systemic change
• carlo rovelli: things versus happenings
• two more random train encounters
• random train encounter: m
• on college drinking culture: alcoholism, toxic masculinity, sexual repression, homoeroticism, numbing, and more!

sexual repression

• on college drinking culture: alcoholism, toxic masculinity, sexual repression, homoeroticism, numbing, and more!

numbing

• on college drinking culture: alcoholism, toxic masculinity, sexual repression, homoeroticism, numbing, and more!

boston

• random train encounters: "have a good night"
• two more random train encounters
• why is boston a good place to start things, but not to grow them
• random train encounter: m

random train encounters

• random train encounters: "have a good night"
• random train encounters: downtown to the bronx
• two more random train encounters
• random train encounter: m

public transportation

• random train encounters: "have a good night"
• random train encounters: downtown to the bronx
• two more random train encounters
• random train encounter: m

ambroise

• on the professionalization of spirituality (part 1): why is yoga training so expensive?
• the repulsive reality of expensive spirituality

how we gather

• the repulsive reality of expensive spirituality

maya angelou

• maya angelou on the city soul and the country soul

soul

• maya angelou on the city soul and the country soul

time well spent

• reflections on my first national day of unplugging

national day of unplugging

• reflections on my first national day of unplugging

aisha shillingford

• why is boston a good place to start things, but not to grow them

innovation

• why is boston a good place to start things, but not to grow them

grammar

• why i type in all lowercase
• grammar is supremacy

ian jakus

• background apps, your brain, and personal systems

marilyn nelson

• marilyn nelson on magic, alliances, and God

earthseed

• alternative futures: #deletefacebook
• marilyn nelson on magic, alliances, and God

pádraig ó tuama

• pádraig ó tuama and carlo rovelli on here
• pádraig ó tuama on understanding: sectarianism is belonging gone bad (part 4)
• pádraig ó tuama on understanding: the interrelationship between private and public life (part 3)
• pádraig ó tuama on understanding: understanding doesn't mean agreeing (part 2)
• pádraig ó tuama on understanding: "most of the time" (part 1)

understanding

• pádraig ó tuama on understanding: sectarianism is belonging gone bad (part 4)
• pádraig ó tuama on understanding: the interrelationship between private and public life (part 3)
• pádraig ó tuama on understanding: understanding doesn't mean agreeing (part 2)
• pádraig ó tuama on understanding: "most of the time" (part 1)

gay

• pádraig ó tuama on understanding: understanding doesn't mean agreeing (part 2)

public life

• pádraig ó tuama on understanding: the interrelationship between private and public life (part 3)

private life

• pádraig ó tuama on understanding: the interrelationship between private and public life (part 3)

sectarianism

• pádraig ó tuama on understanding: sectarianism is belonging gone bad (part 4)

belonging

• mentoring: the best way to learn. also the best to know your place in a community and feel like you belong
• pádraig ó tuama on understanding: sectarianism is belonging gone bad (part 4)

john a. powell

• pádraig ó tuama on understanding: sectarianism is belonging gone bad (part 4)

united states

• pádraig ó tuama on understanding: sectarianism is belonging gone bad (part 4)

democracy

• vs: stop playing devil's advocate
• pádraig ó tuama on understanding: sectarianism is belonging gone bad (part 4)

benji mauer

• two more random train encounters

carlo rovelli

• the Trinity and the bodymindspirit
• multiculturalism and the idea that all life is interaction
• pádraig ó tuama and carlo rovelli on here
• carlo rovelli: things versus happenings

physics

• multiculturalism and the idea that all life is interaction
• pádraig ó tuama and carlo rovelli on here
• carlo rovelli: things versus happenings

here

• pádraig ó tuama and carlo rovelli on here

uber

• anil dash on the evolution of false markets via the internet

lyft

• anil dash on the evolution of false markets via the internet

markets

• sneaking suspicion: more housing actually won't solve housing crises in financially overdeveloped places
• anil dash on the evolution of false markets via the internet

interaction

• matthieu ricard: being happy in isolation simply doesn't make sense
• multiculturalism and the idea that all life is interaction

déjà vu

• synchroncity and déjà vu

math

• the search for consistency and coherence

science

• matthieu ricard: the false dichotomy between spirituality and discovery
• the search for consistency and coherence

albert einstein

• the search for consistency and coherence

anne braden

• anne braden on developing her justice work

anna mccolgan

• anne braden on developing her justice work

local economy

• why i’m really into baking sourdough right now

baking bread

• why i’m really into baking sourdough right now

sourdough

• staying connected in times of disconnection
• why i’m really into baking sourdough right now

land

• whiteness and property ownership: the right to exclude

all about love

• want to be in a romantic relationship with me? please read this book and sign this contract
• want to be in a romantic relationship with me? please read this book and sign this contract
• on relationships and love: the rule of 200
• new highlight methods from reading all about love

highlighting

• new highlight methods from reading all about love

colonization

• colonial mindset: want to change others without being changed
• on the professionalization of spirituality (part 1): why is yoga training so expensive?

mit media lab

• on the darkening days of media lab (a slant corporate sellout story)
• on the possibility of digital farming

caleb harper

• on the possibility of digital farming

openagriculture

• on the possibility of digital farming

gamification

• on the possibility of digital farming

privilege

• can you take a routine and needs too far?

reading

• sabbatical reflections: reading
• trying out a new book review structure
• how do i find such a range of things to write about?

podcasts

• run thoughts: trump and bezos as doro; u.s. military as the world's largest social welfare program
• how do i find such a range of things to write about?

craig aubuchon

• how do i find such a range of things to write about?

nyc

• random train encounters: downtown to the bronx

organizational development

• coaching insight: because all people should valued equally, no one gets to be better than others at things
• examples of short and long organizational pauses
• calendar defragging with ayushi roy
• participation (in meetings) is not the same as transparency
• book review: the nonprofit strategy revolution
• book review: the social profit handbook by david grant
• what we lose out on when we assume people are going to stay at our organization forever
• basic organization meeting framework (or why are nonprofits so poorly managed?)

meetings

• calendar defragging with ayushi roy
• on the practice of confirming meetings
• basic organization meeting framework (or why are nonprofits so poorly managed?)

nonprofit industrial complex

• basic organization meeting framework (or why are nonprofits so poorly managed?)

personal storytelling

• personal storytelling work i want to do
• meeting new people lets us get to reinvent ourselves

personal narrative

• meeting new people lets us get to reinvent ourselves

entrepreneurship

• jaron lanier: on how the internet could have monetized (and evolved) differently
• systems entrepreneurship versus entrepreneurship

systems entrepreneurship

• systems entrepreneurship versus entrepreneurship

bessel van der kolk

• book review: the body keeps the score by bessel van der kolk
• trauma and healing are a big deal right now
• bessel van der kolk: heart stress hormones give us the energy to move forward
• bessel van der kolk: how mindfulness helps us deal with trauma
• bessel van der kolk: on victims and collective memory
• bessel van der kolk: on emdr and powerful eyes
• bessel van der kolk: on individual and collective trauma
• bessel van der kolk: on the post-alcoholism and disembodiment of the west
• bessel van der kolk: the impacts of trauma lodging in the body

trauma

• trauma bonding vs healing bonding
• book review: the body keeps the score by bessel van der kolk
• how could you look your magic in the face and turn away from it?
• book review: the drama of the gifted child by alice miller
• covid-19 is global trauma
• intergenerational liberation
• trauma and healing are a big deal right now
• bessel van der kolk: heart stress hormones give us the energy to move forward
• bessel van der kolk: how mindfulness helps us deal with trauma
• bessel van der kolk: on victims and collective memory
• bessel van der kolk: on emdr and powerful eyes
• bessel van der kolk: on individual and collective trauma
• bessel van der kolk: the impacts of trauma lodging in the body

news

• facebook is really stressing me out these days
• my news media consumption practices in the trump era

self-determination

• self-determination isn't optional; it's necessary
• my news media consumption practices in the trump era

real estate

• people are having totally different conversations when it comes to narratives about real estate and gentrification
• on the problem of real estate development by wealthy people

45

• lyndsey stonebridge: the proper response to a political culture of lying
• daca rescinded
• staying connected in times of disconnection
• bessel van der kolk: on individual and collective trauma

memory

• book review: the body keeps the score by bessel van der kolk
• alternative futures: Wash and Reset
• bessel van der kolk: on victims and collective memory
• bessel van der kolk: on emdr and powerful eyes

ptsd

• bessel van der kolk: on victims and collective memory
• bessel van der kolk: on emdr and powerful eyes

brazil

• expansion from a theory developed in brazil: balancing people, planet, and goods
• two takeaway theories from brazil
• a few more thoughts from brazil
• some thoughts about brazil so far: a reflection

theory-in-progress

• expansion from a theory developed in brazil: balancing people, planet, and goods
• two takeaway theories from brazil

heart stress hormones

• bessel van der kolk: heart stress hormones give us the energy to move forward

collective trauma

• bessel van der kolk: heart stress hormones give us the energy to move forward

narrative

• yuval: harari what sets humans apart is our ability to create stories that can lead to massive cooperation
• solnit: people live and die by stories
• bateson: nucleated cells & narratives of competition versus cooperation
• personal storytelling work i want to do

institute of self

• personal storytelling work i want to do

adrienne maree brown

• run thoughts: trump and bezos as doro; u.s. military as the world's largest social welfare program
• how could you look your magic in the face and turn away from it?
• book review: holding change by adrienne maree brown
• colonial mindset: want to change others without being changed
• on reading octavia e. butler
• friend zones update: how it's going
• convergence and resonance: we have to learn to do be different... now
• the invitation to brave space
• "we wish you well in your transformation, far away"
• learning more about my healer self
• learning about friends (medium post draft - part 1)
• life is fractal: i want to work with people who understand that
• practicing emergent strategy: change is constant. be like water.
• emergent strategy quote collection: 5
• emergent strategy quote collection: 4
• emergent strategy quote collection: 3
• emergent strategy quote collection: introduction (2)
• emergent strategy quote collection: introduction (1)
• two quick thoughts on healing
• trees as metaphor for organization communications
• alternative futures: my first migration – decade two (part 2)
• alternative futures: my first migration – decade two
• limits on utility of growing a network
• getting clearer on futurist writing
• some thoughts/ideas/insights on futurist writing to date

world-building

• some thoughts/ideas/insights on futurist writing to date

grant williams

• alternative futures: glitch (part 2)
• alternative futures: glitch
• alternative futures: what to do with a ubi (part 3)
• alternative futures: what to do with a ubi (part 2)
• alternative futures: what to do with a ubi
• futurist writing and academic research are both forms of exploration
• some thoughts/ideas/insights on futurist writing to date

caroline howe

• trying on "meaningless slaughter remembrance week" and "meevenings"
• some thoughts/ideas/insights on futurist writing to date

healing

• trauma bonding vs healing bonding
• fall 2021 full moon circles for queer men
• on how to cry if you can't
• 2020 queer men's full moon circles
• intergenerational liberation
• healing is painful, but it's not hurtful
• black history/futures: the healing is on me
• the body wants to heal itself
• healing, integration, integrity
• book review: the will to change by bell hooks
• lewis mehl-madrona: talking circles
• healing: the difference between wounds and scars
• learning more about my healer self
• two quick thoughts on healing
• trauma and healing are a big deal right now

visionary fiction

• alternative futures: slide
• alternative futures: my first migration – decade two (part 2)
• alternative futures: my first migration – decade two
• getting clearer on futurist writing

speculative fiction

• getting clearer on futurist writing

science fiction

• book review: the power by naomi alderman
• flash fiction: my son is a vampire
• getting clearer on futurist writing

octavia's brood

• getting clearer on futurist writing

the human current

• isaac morehouse: what will save higher ed
• isaac morehouse: what's driving change in education these days
• our current education system sets us up for imposter syndrome

isaac morehouse

• isaac morehouse: what will save higher ed
• isaac morehouse: what's driving change in education these days
• our current education system sets us up for imposter syndrome

paolo freire

• our current education system sets us up for imposter syndrome

oakland

• last night in oakland

black panthers

• last night in oakland

abe lateiner

• driving for change: on being the voice in someone's head

emergent strategy

• emergent strategy group agreements
• rays of light experiment reflections(draft)
• life is fractal: i want to work with people who understand that
• practicing emergent strategy: change is constant. be like water.
• hendrix: anxiety is like anti-currency
• another reason i write: it "radically changes us one by one"
• emergent strategy quote collection: 5
• emergent strategy quote collection: 4
• emergent strategy quote collection: 3
• emergent strategy quote collection: introduction (2)
• emergent strategy quote collection: introduction (1)
• on what to do with tomato suckers (part 2 of hierarchy and linearity: overblown truths)
• limits on utility of growing a network

weak ties and strong ties

• diminishing marginal utility of too much network growth

mark granovetter

• diminishing marginal utility of too much network growth

class

• it's not a small world

james clear

• builing habits together is more effective than doing it alone
• trying out a new book review structure
• margins of safety aren't all created equal

margin of safety

• margins of safety aren't all created equal

inequality

• margins of safety aren't all created equal

listening to the city

• listening to the city: a meditation practice
• listening to the city: sound is physical
• listening to the city: trading soundwalks to build empathy
• listening to the city: vibrating together

sound

• jamaal may on vs: part 1
• listening to the city: sound is physical
• listening to the city: trading soundwalks to build empathy
• listening to the city: vibrating together

shaw pong liu

• listening to the city: vibrating together

daphne carr

• listening to the city: vibrating together

soundwalk

• listening to the city: sound is physical
• listening to the city: trading soundwalks to build empathy

jennifer stoever

• listening to the city: sound is physical
• listening to the city: trading soundwalks to build empathy

binghamton soundwalk project

• listening to the city: sound is physical
• listening to the city: trading soundwalks to build empathy

migration

• alternative futures: my first migration – decade two (part 2)
• alternative futures: my first migration – decade two

Leading From the Emerging Future

• capitalism is theft

Otto Scharmer & Katrin Kaufer

• capitalism is theft

ross chanowski

• migration: living somewhere else for a month each year

annual routine

• migration: living somewhere else for a month each year

rituals

• migration: living somewhere else for a month each year

the autobiography of malcolm x

• migration: living somewhere else for a month each year

hollyhock

• migration: living somewhere else for a month each year

vancouver

• what happens when you drop your credit card terminal

credit

• the scam of credit cards
• what happens when you drop your credit card terminal

trust

• building trust: vulnerability, risk, and relationship
• the spontaneous couple confession
• "trust is a brittle thing that needs to be built, over time, mostly by actions"
• what happens when you drop your credit card terminal

learning

• lessons from the justice collective: part 3
• lessons from the justice collective: part 2
• lessons from the justice collective
• learning about friends (medium post draft - part 2)
• failure: one of my favorite teachers
• getting outside of my conference bubble

adult learning

• getting outside of my conference bubble

conferences

• getting outside of my conference bubble

ross

• getting outside of my conference bubble

brene brown

• friend zones update: how it's going
• compassionate leaders have boundaries

evolutionary leadership

• convergence and resonance: we have to learn to do be different... now
• rays of light experiment reflections(draft)
• hendrix: anxiety is like anti-currency
• on expertise, complexity, complicatedness, and what evolutionary leadership is for
• learning how to change my relationship to money
• intro to complexity theory
• evolutionary leadership — hierarchy and linearity: overblown truths
• evolutionary leadership: embracing your outer work to do your inner work
• mentoring: the best way to learn. also the best to know your place in a community and feel like you belong
• evolutionary leadership: the journey to and from cortes island
• evolutionary leadership: the surprising impact of the structure of the workshop
• evolutionary leadership: integrate and include
• evolutionary leadership: two week reflection
• listening to the city: a meditation practice
• compassionate leaders have boundaries

leadership

• learning from nature with laurie marshall about curiosity and leadership
• evolutionary leadership: the surprising impact of the structure of the workshop
• evolutionary leadership: integrate and include
• evolutionary leadership: two week reflection
• compassionate leaders have boundaries

compassion

• compassionate leaders have boundaries

boundaries

• boundaries: it's easier to go from tight to wide than to go shrink from wide to tight
• book review: set boundaries, find peace by nedra glover tawwab
• people who break boundaries are (often) people who haven't had their boundaries respected
• friend zones update: how it's going
• atul gawande: the magic of human limits and limitlessness
• compassionate leaders have boundaries

shadow calendar

• personal practice: my shadow calendar - what am i learning?
• personal practice: my shadow calendar

medium

• medium post #1: how i started a coaching practice

media for movement building

• listening to the city: a meditation practice

colab radio

• listening to the city: a meditation practice

gibrán rivera

• on expertise, complexity, complicatedness, and what evolutionary leadership is for
• learning how to change my relationship to money
• evolutionary leadership: embracing your outer work to do your inner work
• mentoring: the best way to learn. also the best to know your place in a community and feel like you belong
• evolutionary leadership: the journey to and from cortes island
• evolutionary leadership: the surprising impact of the structure of the workshop
• evolutionary leadership: integrate and include
• evolutionary leadership: two week reflection

climate change

• junot díaz: what links climate change denial and toxic masculinity? fear of vulnerability
• alternative futures: slide

superpowers

• alternative futures: slide

evolution

• convergence and resonance: we have to learn to do be different... now
• bateson: nucleated cells & narratives of competition versus cooperation
• evolutionary leadership: integrate and include

growth

• trees as metaphor for humans
• evolutionary leadership: integrate and include

calendly

• how i set up my calendly experiment

scheduling

• scheduling is hard work: how to not make it harder
• on the practice of confirming meetings
• how i set up my calendly experiment

time

• unleashing alternative futures: the time auditors (part 2)
• unleashing alternative futures: the time auditors
• scheduling is hard work: how to not make it harder
• why i might call you to set up our next meeting
• gumbs & solnit: time travel and nonlinearity
• my developing theory of time
• how i set up my calendly experiment

calendar

• how i set up my calendly experiment

experiment

• rays of light: 2018 experiment
• how i set up my calendly experiment

decision making

• personal practice: doors open, doors closed

lyndsey stonebridge

• lyndsey stonebridge: the proper response to a political culture of lying
• lyndsey stonebridge: arendt vs. orwell on totalitarianism
• stonebridge on arendt on st. augustine's notions of love
• infantilization, risk (in)tolerance, the western electorate, and mit
• lyndsey stonebridge on hannah arendt: why bureaucracy won't work
• lyndsey stonebridge: evil is the inability to hear another voice

chelsea barabas

• lyndsey stonebridge: evil is the inability to hear another voice

hannah arendt

• lyndsey stonebridge: the proper response to a political culture of lying
• lyndsey stonebridge: arendt vs. orwell on totalitarianism
• stonebridge on arendt on st. augustine's notions of love
• lyndsey stonebridge on hannah arendt: why bureaucracy won't work
• lyndsey stonebridge: evil is the inability to hear another voice

july writing challenge

• alternative futures: scrambled eye
• alternative futures: Wash and Reset
• alternative futures: Listening
• alternative futures: strength from ancestors
• alternative futures: cherry tomato bodymemory
• alternative futures: ancestral memory is stored in the body
• alternative futures: photo teleportation

250 words/day

• alternative futures: scrambled eye
• alternative futures: Wash and Reset
• alternative futures: Listening
• alternative futures: strength from ancestors
• alternative futures: cherry tomato bodymemory
• alternative futures: ancestral memory is stored in the body
• alternative futures: photo teleportation

afrofuturism

• daca rescinded
• alternative futures: Wash and Reset
• alternative futures: strength from ancestors
• alternative futures: cherry tomato bodymemory
• alternative futures: ancestral memory is stored in the body

vision

• alternative futures: i can see beneath the present
• up there everywhere and pentagram: models for the firm i want to start
• practicing / playing / embodying the person you want to be

play

• offloading and uploading anxiety
• practicing / playing / embodying the person you want to be

krista tippett

• what does it mean to be human?
• bateson: vision of heaven by kipling is my vision of liberation
• martin sheen on true freedom and community
• on becoming a more coherent person

maureen white

• pro-tip: take all your apps off your home screen
• on becoming a more coherent person

life

• atul gawande: the magic of human limits and limitlessness
• on becoming a more coherent person

authenticity

• evolutionary leadership: embracing your outer work to do your inner work
• on becoming a more coherent person

relationship

• a thought from katherine: taking the fangs out of taking space
• sabbatical reflections: going offline
• sabbatical reflections: my partner
• "whose mouth do you kiss in?"
• "what's our first fight going to be about?"
• building trust: vulnerability, risk, and relationship
• when data is a substitute for relationship
• ezra glenn: on people and the weight of the relationship between them

ezra glenn

• the Trinity and the bodymindspirit
• being in relationship with things both alive and not
• ezra glenn: on people and the weight of the relationship between them

heavy-thinking

• pattern: when your office isn't a good place to work

names

• the three ways people often screw up my name

bureaucracy

• lyndsey stonebridge on hannah arendt: why bureaucracy won't work

decision-making

• lyndsey stonebridge on hannah arendt: why bureaucracy won't work

choice

• defining freedom
• lyndsey stonebridge on hannah arendt: why bureaucracy won't work

task management

• why i take notes in a paper notebook

western culture

• being in relationship with things both alive and not

indigeneity

• being in relationship with things both alive and not

photography

• #peopleonphonesinpublicorprivate: getting caught

BDSM

• bdsm and what it's teaching me about power

sex

• alternative futures: the countdown clock
• bdsm and what it's teaching me about power

cyndi suarez

• offloading and uploading anxiety
• sometimes it's not yet time to write something

writer's block

• sometimes it's not yet time to write something

poetry

• book review: undrowned
• book review: long way down
• a renga for alternative futures
• on being with eugene peterson (part 2): on poetry
• on being with eugene peterson (part 1): the prophets were poets!
• jamaal may on vs: part 3
• jamaal may on vs: part 2
• jamaal may on vs: part 1
• ruth stone running like hell as poetry chases her home
• book reviews: when my brother was an aztec and the souls of black folk
• josé olivarez on vs: three notes
• fatimah asghar on vs: "my people"
• sometimes it's not yet time to write something

curtis ogden

• trees as metaphor for organization communications
• why i keep a public journal / think out loud

harold jarche

• why i keep a public journal / think out loud

spewil

• "trust is a brittle thing that needs to be built, over time, mostly by actions"
• writing out loud and ariadne's thread
• why i keep a public journal / think out loud

hierarchy

• evolutionary leadership — hierarchy and linearity: overblown truths

linearity

• evolutionary leadership — hierarchy and linearity: overblown truths

non-linearity

• evolutionary leadership — hierarchy and linearity: overblown truths

gardening

• staying connected in times of disconnection
• on what to do with tomato suckers (part 2 of hierarchy and linearity: overblown truths)

agriculture

• eating seasonally
• staying connected in times of disconnection
• on what to do with tomato suckers (part 2 of hierarchy and linearity: overblown truths)

tomatoes

• on what to do with tomato suckers (part 2 of hierarchy and linearity: overblown truths)

mindstorms

• interactive book club reading response: week 5
• interactive book club reading response: week 4
• mindstorms: the qwerty phenomenon
• writing out loud and ariadne's thread
• mindstorms: on debugging as it relates to building habits

seymour papert

• interactive book club reading response: week 5
• mindstorms: the qwerty phenomenon
• writing out loud and ariadne's thread
• mindstorms: on debugging as it relates to building habits

ariadne's thread

• writing out loud and ariadne's thread

qwerty phenomenon

• mindstorms: the qwerty phenomenon
• writing out loud and ariadne's thread

infantilization

• infantilization, risk (in)tolerance, the western electorate, and mit

mit

• infantilization, risk (in)tolerance, the western electorate, and mit

senior haus

• infantilization, risk (in)tolerance, the western electorate, and mit

the engine

• infantilization, risk (in)tolerance, the western electorate, and mit

complexity theory

• intro to complexity theory

gibrán

• who are you letting answer these three important questions
• intro to complexity theory

complex systems

• intro to complexity theory

kendra hicks

• want to be in a romantic relationship with me? please read this book and sign this contract

luke stevenson

• want to be in a romantic relationship with me? please read this book and sign this contract

interactive book club

• interactive book club reading response: week 5
• interactive book club reading response: week 4

couples

• cohabitation tips
• the safe space spontaneous couple confession

communications

• trees as metaphor for organization communications

biomimicry

• webs on webs
• summer teachers
• oleg konovalov: organizations, like organisms, have to focus energy on getting the right resources (not just any resources)
• trees as metaphor for organization communications

danielle coates-connor

• there is no such thing as "caught up"
• dcc: simple explanation of the feminine and the masculine
• rays of light: 2018 experiment
• the difference in organizing on the (political) right and left
• trees as metaphor for organization communications

trees

• unleashing alternative futures: what if trees were beings?
• trees as metaphor for humans
• trees as metaphor for organization communications

metaphor

• trees as metaphor for humans

life philosophy

• how do you stay so open?
• everyone needs a project over which they have agency

agency

• everyone needs a project over which they have agency

control

• everyone needs a project over which they have agency

side projects

• everyone needs a project over which they have agency

project

• everyone needs a project over which they have agency

cody chamberlain

• everyone needs a project over which they have agency

buddhism

• book review: radical friendship by kate johnson
• book review: the new saints — from broken hearts to spiritual warriors by lama rod owens
• book review: anger: wisdom for cooling the flames by thich nhat hanh
• book review: america's racial karma by larry ward
• book review: zen spirit, christian spirit by robert e. kennedy
• book review: the pocket thich nhat hanh
• book review: love and rage by lama rod owens
• tonglen
• the Trinity and the bodymindspirit

anxiety

• white supremacy culture = anxiety
• hendrix: anxiety is like anti-currency
• offloading and uploading anxiety

emotional labor

• emotional labor is physical labor
• offloading and uploading anxiety

matthieu ricard

• matthieu ricard: transform yourself to better serve others
• matthieu ricard: happiness is compatible with sadness
• matthieu ricard: the false dichotomy between spirituality and discovery
• matthieu ricard: being happy in isolation simply doesn't make sense

happiness

• matthieu ricard: happiness is compatible with sadness
• matthieu ricard: being happy in isolation simply doesn't make sense

interdependence

• matthieu ricard: being happy in isolation simply doesn't make sense

interrelated

• matthieu ricard: being happy in isolation simply doesn't make sense

francisco varela

• matthieu ricard: being happy in isolation simply doesn't make sense

sharon de la cruz

• interactive book club reading response: week 5

aatish bhatia

• interactive book club reading response: week 5

samba schools

• interactive book club reading response: week 5

swarming

• collective action is easier without diversity
• interactive book club reading response: week 5

chani nicholas

• end of my saturn return
• two quick thoughts on healing

jax

• two quick thoughts on healing

camilo

• two quick thoughts on healing

resilience the book

• i'm over organizations and institutions

up there everywhere

• up there everywhere and pentagram: models for the firm i want to start
• i'm over organizations and institutions

organizations

• oleg konovalov: organizations, like organisms, have to focus energy on getting the right resources (not just any resources)
• i'm over organizations and institutions

institutions

• i'm over organizations and institutions

intuition

• book review: an indigenous peoples' history of the united states by roxanne dunbar-ortiz
• book review: i feel your pain by niki elliot
• training my intuition & some early lessons

intuition training

• brief update on intuition and money trainings
• training my intuition & some early lessons

podcast garage

• training my intuition & some early lessons

connection

• when data is a substitute for relationship
• staying connected in times of disconnection

charlie schaeffer

• staying connected in times of disconnection

worms

• ways i spread myself through my community
• staying connected in times of disconnection

vermicompost

• staying connected in times of disconnection

seeds

• ways i spread myself through my community
• staying connected in times of disconnection

kombucha

• ways i spread myself through my community
• staying connected in times of disconnection

mariya shiyko

• brief update on intuition and money trainings
• learning how to change my relationship to money

ancestry

• exploring my dna: part 1

dna

• exploring my dna: part 1

family history

• exploring my dna: part 1

martin sheen

• martin sheen on true freedom and community

freedom

• defining freedom
• intergenerational liberation
• just a little casual silencing
• martin sheen on true freedom and community

kelsey conner

• inspiration for coaching system upgrade

dogwhistle politics

• the difference in organizing on the (political) right and left

the right

• the difference in organizing on the (political) right and left

the left

• the difference in organizing on the (political) right and left

authoritarianism

• the difference in organizing on the (political) right and left

otto scharmer

• collective action is easier without diversity

katrin kaufer

• collective action is easier without diversity

mancur olson

• collective action is easier without diversity

collective action

• collective action is easier without diversity

political organizing

• collective action is easier without diversity

metcalfe's law

• metcalfe's law, its limitations, and the next wave of facebook exodus

money training

• brief update on intuition and money trainings

story

• how to capture the story of one's work

chris gillebeau

• how to capture the story of one's work

critical moments reflection

• how to capture the story of one's work

reflective practice

• how to capture the story of one's work

jonathan krones

• is this bamboo toothbrush legit?
• futurist writing and academic research are both forms of exploration

mike leyba

• daca rescinded

eve tuck

• daca rescinded

george orwell

• lyndsey stonebridge: arendt vs. orwell on totalitarianism

totalitarianism

• lyndsey stonebridge: arendt vs. orwell on totalitarianism

lying

• lyndsey stonebridge: the proper response to a political culture of lying

foss

• on what people pay me for when i'm coaching

free and open source

• on what people pay me for when i'm coaching

business models

• on what people pay me for when i'm coaching

radical dharma

• what is the relationship between me being well and the world being crazy?

jasmine syedullah

• what is the relationship between me being well and the world being crazy?

self-care

• solo date night
• what is the relationship between me being well and the world being crazy?

leading edge question

• what is the relationship between me being well and the world being crazy?

michael bartley

• conversation rundown with m.b.

anti-blackness

• on anti-blackness this week
• conversation rundown with m.b.

claudia rankine

• conversation rundown with m.b.

ubi

• alternative futures: what to do with a ubi (part 10)
• alternative futures: what to do with a ubi (part 9)
• alternative futures: what to do with a ubi (part 8)
• alternative futures: what to do with a ubi (part 7)
• alternative futures: what to do with a ubi (part 6)
• alternative futures: what to do with a ubi (part 5)
• alternative futures: what to do with a ubi (part 4)
• alternative futures: what to do with a ubi (part 3)
• alternative futures: what to do with a ubi (part 2)
• alternative futures: what to do with a ubi

universal basic income (ubi)

• alternative futures: what to do with a ubi (part 10)
• alternative futures: what to do with a ubi (part 9)
• alternative futures: what to do with a ubi (part 8)
• alternative futures: what to do with a ubi (part 7)
• alternative futures: what to do with a ubi (part 6)
• alternative futures: what to do with a ubi (part 5)
• alternative futures: what to do with a ubi (part 4)
• alternative futures: what to do with a ubi (part 3)
• alternative futures: what to do with a ubi (part 2)
• alternative futures: what to do with a ubi

collective

• alternative futures: what to do with a ubi (part 3)
• alternative futures: what to do with a ubi (part 2)
• alternative futures: what to do with a ubi

connections

• ways i spread myself through my community

rosemary

• ways i spread myself through my community

seed saving

• ways i spread myself through my community

life discipline

• matthieu ricard: transform yourself to better serve others

transformation

• the learning zone model by tom senniger
• "we wish you well in your transformation, far away"
• matthieu ricard: transform yourself to better serve others

vs

• jamaal may on vs: part 3
• jamaal may on vs: part 2
• jamaal may on vs: part 1
• kuumba lynx on transformative spaces
• josé olivarez on vs: three notes
• vs: stop playing devil's advocate
• fatimah asghar on vs: "my people"
• eve ewing on vs: the past is not a predictor of the future
• vs with eve ewing: community is mutual accountability

andrew binet

• the systems we are building now are just transition steps, not the answer
• vs with eve ewing: community is mutual accountability

accountability

• book review: until we reckon by danielle sered
• we don't hold people accountable; we create space for people to take accountability
• some accountability tips
• vs with eve ewing: community is mutual accountability

cooperation

• yuval: harari what sets humans apart is our ability to create stories that can lead to massive cooperation
• bateson: nucleated cells & narratives of competition versus cooperation
• my developing theory of time

either/or

• learning to let go of either/or thinking

both/and

• learning to let go of either/or thinking

jessica taubner

• dropping in versus coming up
• learning to let go of either/or thinking

complexity

• adding some complexity to the friend zones
• the three phases of planning emergency management: moving towards complexity
• an alternative definition to the word emergency
• on expertise, complexity, complicatedness, and what evolutionary leadership is for
• learning to let go of either/or thinking

abundance

• learning to let go of either/or thinking

scarcity

• learning to let go of either/or thinking

no meeting day

• the benefits of no meeting day

nucleated cells

• bateson: nucleated cells & narratives of competition versus cooperation

mary catherine bateson

• bateson: on love and difference
• bateson: vision of heaven by kipling is my vision of liberation
• bateson: nucleated cells & narratives of competition versus cooperation

competition

• bateson: nucleated cells & narratives of competition versus cooperation

counter-narrative

• bateson: nucleated cells & narratives of competition versus cooperation

rudyard kipling

• bateson: vision of heaven by kipling is my vision of liberation

liberation

• color the water: my first surfing lesson
• on equity and liberation
• intergenerational liberation
• just a little casual silencing
• meditation is liberation... maybe?
• expanding my personal definition of liberation
• parts of my friend zone thinking that didn't make it into my medium post
• bateson: vision of heaven by kipling is my vision of liberation

difference

• bateson: on love and difference

immanuel kant

• immanuel kant's rules for a good dinner party

dinner party

• immanuel kant's rules for a good dinner party

seasonality

• preparing for a covid winter in a covid fall
• eating seasonally

eve ewing

• eve ewing on vs: the past is not a predictor of the future

weddings

• an observation: weddings aren't for the people getting married; they're for the families

divorce

• an observation: weddings aren't for the people getting married; they're for the families

fatimah asghar

• vs: stop playing devil's advocate
• fatimah asghar on vs: "my people"

my people

• fatimah asghar on vs: "my people"

devil's advocate

• vs: stop playing devil's advocate

disagreement

• vs: stop playing devil's advocate

quote collection

• emergent strategy quote collection: 5
• emergent strategy quote collection: 4
• emergent strategy quote collection: 3
• emergent strategy quote collection: introduction (2)
• emergent strategy quote collection: introduction (1)

company

• up there everywhere and pentagram: models for the firm i want to start

pentagram

• up there everywhere and pentagram: models for the firm i want to start

josé olivarez

• josé olivarez on vs: three notes

routine

• on paying bills at a certain time of the month
• on the evening routine

decision-fatigue

• why i don't check email before noon
• on the evening routine

cynefin

• on expertise, complexity, complicatedness, and what evolutionary leadership is for

chaos

• on expertise, complexity, complicatedness, and what evolutionary leadership is for

complex

• on expertise, complexity, complicatedness, and what evolutionary leadership is for

complicated

• on expertise, complexity, complicatedness, and what evolutionary leadership is for

complicatedness

• on expertise, complexity, complicatedness, and what evolutionary leadership is for

dropping in

• dropping in versus coming up

coming up

• dropping in versus coming up

embodied practce

• dropping in versus coming up

bills

• on paying bills at a certain time of the month

credit cards

• the scam of credit cards

scam

• the scam of credit cards

interest

• the scam of credit cards

usury

• alternative futures: the end of usury
• the scam of credit cards

tom windes

• self-determination isn't optional; it's necessary

robin chase

• alternative futures: what to do with a ubi (part 3)
• alternative futures: what to do with a ubi (part 2)

kohli

• alternative futures: what to do with a ubi (part 3)
• alternative futures: what to do with a ubi (part 2)

maximum income

• alternative futures: what to do with a ubi (part 10)
• alternative futures: what to do with a ubi (part 9)
• alternative futures: what to do with a ubi (part 8)
• alternative futures: what to do with a ubi (part 7)
• alternative futures: what to do with a ubi (part 6)
• alternative futures: what to do with a ubi (part 5)
• alternative futures: what to do with a ubi (part 4)
• alternative futures: what to do with a ubi (part 3)
• alternative futures: what to do with a ubi (part 2)

andrea nagel

• more inspiration for coaching system upgrade

junot díaz

• on the problems of masculinity: vulnerability and intimacy are off limits to typically masculine men
• junot díaz: on generative definitions of community and radical hope
• junot díaz: on hyperconsumption and the invisibility and under-prioritization of inner work in american culture
• junot díaz: what links climate change denial and toxic masculinity? fear of vulnerability

climate change denial

• junot díaz: what links climate change denial and toxic masculinity? fear of vulnerability

atul gawande

• atul gawande: the magic of human limits and limitlessness

connectedness

• atul gawande: the magic of human limits and limitlessness

health

• atul gawande: the magic of human limits and limitlessness

the humancurrent

• learning from nature with laurie marshall about curiosity and leadership
• the three phases of planning emergency management: moving towards complexity
• tk coleman: the distinction between political and social philosophy
• tk coleman and thomas sowell on oppression and intent versus outcome
• an alternative definition to the word emergency

emergency

• an alternative definition to the word emergency

thomas appleyard

• the three phases of planning emergency management: moving towards complexity
• an alternative definition to the word emergency

consumption

• junot díaz: on hyperconsumption and the invisibility and under-prioritization of inner work in american culture

hyperconsumption

• junot díaz: on hyperconsumption and the invisibility and under-prioritization of inner work in american culture

radical hope

• junot díaz: on generative definitions of community and radical hope

hope

• solnit: why do we love certainty more than hope?
• junot díaz: on generative definitions of community and radical hope

tk coleman

• tk coleman: the distinction between political and social philosophy
• tk coleman and thomas sowell on oppression and intent versus outcome

thomas sowell

• tk coleman and thomas sowell on oppression and intent versus outcome

political philosophy

• tk coleman: the distinction between political and social philosophy

social philosophy

• tk coleman: the distinction between political and social philosophy

kuumba lynx

• kuumba lynx on transformative spaces

transformative spaces

• kuumba lynx on transformative spaces

m. scott peck

• "trust is a brittle thing that needs to be built, over time, mostly by actions"

better selves fellows

• "trust is a brittle thing that needs to be built, over time, mostly by actions"

goal setting

• failure: one of my favorite teachers

goals

• failure: one of my favorite teachers

annual reflection retreat

• 2019 annual reflection review: part 1, 2, 3, 4
• 2018 annual reflection review: part 5
• 2018 annual reflection review: part 4
• 2018 annual reflection review: part 3
• 2018 annual reflection review: part 2
• 2018 annual reflection review: part 1
• commitments for 2018
• adding some complexity to the friend zones
• failure: one of my favorite teachers

Charlottesville

• the left vs the right: fighting for the past/present vs the future

future

• the left vs the right: fighting for the past/present vs the future

extinction burst

• the left vs the right: fighting for the past/present vs the future

thanksgiving

• resources: thankstaking & indigenous peoples
• trying on "meaningless slaughter remembrance week" and "meevenings"

harvey abaya

• trying on "meaningless slaughter remembrance week" and "meevenings"

mevenings

• trying on "meaningless slaughter remembrance week" and "meevenings"

hendrix berry

• hendrix: anxiety is like anti-currency

freire

• academia is wrong because it is in wrong relationship with the resources around it

pedagogy of the oppressed

• 3 paths, one truth: change the current reality and the systemic reality at the same time
• expanding my personal definition of liberation
• academia is wrong because it is in wrong relationship with the resources around it

resources

• academia is wrong because it is in wrong relationship with the resources around it

collaborative sci-fi

• collaborative sci-fi generator experiment: a journey to heal my flesh and blood

daniel kahneman

• daniel kahneman: experiencing self vs remembering self
• daniel kahneman: overconfidence is about lack of imagination

overconfidence

• daniel kahneman: overconfidence is about lack of imagination

lakota

• the lakota people's definition of sustainability

sustainability

• is this bamboo toothbrush legit?
• regeneration > sustainability > extraction
• why sustainability isn't good enough
• the lakota people's definition of sustainability

be like water

• practicing emergent strategy: change is constant. be like water.

experiencing self

• daniel kahneman: experiencing self vs remembering self

remembering self

• daniel kahneman: experiencing self vs remembering self

pain

• healing is painful, but it's not hurtful
• daniel kahneman: experiencing self vs remembering self

fractal

• life is fractal: i want to work with people who understand that

human systems

• when data is a substitute for relationship
• life is fractal: i want to work with people who understand that

decolonization

• resources: thankstaking & indigenous peoples
• "it’s great that yoga has spread here, but i fear you have all missed the point"

the heart of yoga

• yoga, asanas, and who benefits
• "it’s great that yoga has spread here, but i fear you have all missed the point"

huma

• "it’s great that yoga has spread here, but i fear you have all missed the point"

t.k.v. desikachar

• yoga, asanas, and who benefits
• "it’s great that yoga has spread here, but i fear you have all missed the point"

mentor

• learning about friends (medium post draft - part 2)
• learning about friends (medium post draft - part 1)

teaching

• hutch's reactive teaching
• learning about friends (medium post draft - part 2)

woes

• learning about friends (medium post draft - part 2)

humancurrent

• oleg konovalov: organizations, like organisms, have to focus energy on getting the right resources (not just any resources)

natural systems

• oleg konovalov: organizations, like organisms, have to focus energy on getting the right resources (not just any resources)

oleg konovalov

• oleg konovalov: organizational culture as catalyst or inhibitor
• oleg konovalov: organizations, like organisms, have to focus energy on getting the right resources (not just any resources)

living organizations

• oleg konovalov: organizations, like organisms, have to focus energy on getting the right resources (not just any resources)

ecosystems

• why having a diverse friend ecosystem matters

resilience

• why having a diverse friend ecosystem matters

diversity

• why having a diverse friend ecosystem matters

ellen langer

• ellen langer on mindlessness, mindfulness, and business

mindlessness

• ellen langer on mindlessness, mindfulness, and business

business

• ellen langer on mindlessness, mindfulness, and business

data

• when data is a substitute for relationship

friend zones

• friend zones update: how it's going
• adding some complexity to the friend zones
• parts of my friend zone thinking that didn't make it into my medium post

masculinity

• cuddle theory breakthrough
• things that make me cry
• book review: the will to change by bell hooks
• on the problems of masculinity: how lack of emotional awareness is connected to impoverished decision making
• on the problems of masculinity: vulnerability and intimacy are off limits to typically masculine men

vampires

• flash fiction: my son is a vampire

flash fiction

• unleashing alternative futures: aya, our daemon
• unleashing alternative futures: challenge accepted
• black history/futures: a mile
• black history/futures: allying with earth
• black history/futures: ending the oil addiction
• black history/futures: allying with air
• black history/futures: allying with fire
• black history/futures: allying with water
• black history/futures: the prick
• alternative futures: holostone - part 1
• black history/futures: first day of school
• black history/futures: eight decades
• black history/futures: preparations
• black history/futures: edge rider: part 2
• black history/futures: tree huggers
• black history/futures: edge rider: part 1
• black history/futures: diving into the past
• black history/futures: families
• black history/futures: mudras
• black history/futures: learning the family tree
• black history/futures: finding your work
• black history/futures: dark matter
• black history/futures: learning to read the family tree
• flash fiction: my son is a vampire

huma gupta

• “the world had to be disenchanted in order for it to be modern”

modernity

• “the world had to be disenchanted in order for it to be modern”

magic

• how could you look your magic in the face and turn away from it?
• “the world had to be disenchanted in order for it to be modern”

wounds

• healing: the difference between wounds and scars

scars

• healing: the difference between wounds and scars

camilo esquivia-zapata

• healing: the difference between wounds and scars

jason spicer

• healing: the difference between wounds and scars

sonja blignaut

• sonja blignaut on company culture and stories

company culture

• sonja blignaut on company culture and stories

stories

• yuval: harari what sets humans apart is our ability to create stories that can lead to massive cooperation
• solnit: people live and die by stories
• sonja blignaut on company culture and stories

narratives

• solnit: why do we love certainty more than hope?
• sonja blignaut on company culture and stories

micronarratives

• sonja blignaut on company culture and stories

more beyond

• sonja blignaut on company culture and stories

martin luther king jr.

• alternative futures: the web

Sherlock

• alternative futures: the web

patriarchy

• book review: the creation of patriarchy by gerda lerner
• toxic patriarchy
• emotional labor is physical labor
• patriarchy rewires the body
• yes, we can play with cop gear... but can we play with ex-cops?
• toxic masculinity: two current problematic narratives
• "how are you?", the feelings wheel, and the body
• alternative futures: armor and elixir
• black sci-fi book club
• men cuddling is probably a backdoor into violence reduction
• "don't get lost and don't get molested"
• book review: the will to change by bell hooks
• on the difference between intimacy and sexuality
• on the problems of masculinity: how lack of emotional awareness is connected to impoverished decision making

vulnerability

• building trust: vulnerability, risk, and relationship
• keep calm and don't fake being calm
• on the problems of masculinity: how lack of emotional awareness is connected to impoverished decision making

Antonio Damasio

• on the problems of masculinity: how lack of emotional awareness is connected to impoverished decision making

autumn brown

• colonial mindset: want to change others without being changed
• "we wish you well in your transformation, far away"

transformative justice

• when the person who caused harm is no longer around
• book review: we will not cancel us by adrienne maree brown
• book review: beyond survival
• "we wish you well in your transformation, far away"

how to survive the end of the world

• convergence and resonance: we have to learn to do be different... now
• the three phases of planning emergency management: moving towards complexity
• "we wish you well in your transformation, far away"

the moth

• storytelling tips from the moth

storytelling

• storytelling tips from the moth

tips

• storytelling tips from the moth

organizational culture

• oleg konovalov: organizational culture as catalyst or inhibitor

catalyst

• oleg konovalov: organizational culture as catalyst or inhibitor

paws for trello

• a happy ending on a corporate sellout story: paws for trello

trello

• a happy ending on a corporate sellout story: paws for trello

sellout

• a happy ending on a corporate sellout story: paws for trello

acquisition

• a happy ending on a corporate sellout story: paws for trello

startup

• a happy ending on a corporate sellout story: paws for trello

alicia garza

• imagining the world i want for one minute a day
• designing for imperfection in movement work

eroc arroyo-montano

• designing for imperfection in movement work

movement space

• designing for imperfection in movement work

emergency management

• the three phases of planning emergency management: moving towards complexity

conflict

• book review: conflict is not abuse by sarah schulman
• why conflict avoidance might be the downfall of western society

conflict avoidance

• why conflict avoidance might be the downfall of western society

generative conflict

• why conflict avoidance might be the downfall of western society

annual book list

• what i read: 2017
• 2017 book list: best of and most impactful

reframe

• what if poc meant people of culture?

rebecca solnit

• alternative futures: it gets better
• solnit: history is more like the weather than checkers
• solnit: why do we love certainty more than hope?
• solnit on openings: we don't always win, but we also don't always lose
• gumbs & solnit: time travel and nonlinearity
• solnit: people live and die by stories
• solnit: there's no such thing as a disaster

disaster sociology

• solnit: people live and die by stories
• solnit: there's no such thing as a disaster

alexis pauline gumbs

• book review: undrowned
• what are the stories beyond the story that racism reproduces?
• gumbs & solnit: time travel and nonlinearity

time travel

• alternative futures: library stretch
• alternative futures: tug (part 2)
• alternative futures: tug
• alternative futures: it gets better
• gumbs & solnit: time travel and nonlinearity

nonlinearity

• solnit: history is more like the weather than checkers
• solnit on openings: we don't always win, but we also don't always lose
• gumbs & solnit: time travel and nonlinearity

revolution

• book review: rest is resistance by tricia hersey
• book review: the next american revolution by grace lee boggs
• 3 paths, one truth: change the current reality and the systemic reality at the same time
• gumbs & solnit: time travel and nonlinearity

mantras

• "be a conduit" (and other phrases/mantras for 2018)

mantra

• take what you need, leave the rest
• 2019 mantra, important quotes, and commitments
• "be a conduit" (and other phrases/mantras for 2018)

2018

• commitments for 2018
• "be a conduit" (and other phrases/mantras for 2018)

negativity bias

• facebook is really stressing me out these days

commitment

• defining freedom
• commitment is not a rigidity that leads to breaking
• commitment: facilitate 100 meetings in 2018

facilitate

• commitment: facilitate 100 meetings in 2018

practice

• commitment: facilitate 100 meetings in 2018

commitments

• 2019 mantra, important quotes, and commitments
• commitments for 2018

daniel schmachtenberger

• convergence and resonance: we have to learn to do be different... now
• daniel schmachtenberger on phase shifting humanity

phase shift

• daniel schmachtenberger on phase shifting humanity

future thinkers podcast

• daniel schmachtenberger on phase shifting humanity

certainty

• solnit: why do we love certainty more than hope?

history

• book review: an indigenous peoples' history of the united states by roxanne dunbar-ortiz
• solnit: history is more like the weather than checkers

weather

• solnit: history is more like the weather than checkers

it gets better

• alternative futures: it gets better

email

• my inbox zero routine
• book review: a world without email
• email is out of control: part 1
• why i don't check email before noon

the ezra klein show

• yuval: harari what sets humans apart is our ability to create stories that can lead to massive cooperation
• jaron lanier: on how the internet could have monetized (and evolved) differently

jaron lanier

• book reviews: you are not a gadget, harriet tubman: conductor on the underground railroad, killing and dying: stories, the dispossessed
• jaron lanier (via the ezra klein show) on backlash
• re-examining my relationship with the internet
• jaron lanier: on how the internet could have monetized (and evolved) differently

the internet

• re-examining my relationship with the internet
• jaron lanier: on how the internet could have monetized (and evolved) differently

donna harati

• imagining the world i want for one minute a day

rays of light

• rays of light experiment reflections(draft)
• rays of light: 2018 experiment

dystopia

• alternative futures: stuck
• alternative futures: glitch (part 2)
• alternative futures: glitch
• alternative futures: the day everything disappeared

unleashing alternative futures

• unleashing alternative futures: aya, our daemon
• unleashing alternative futures: challenge accepted
• unleashing alternative futures: the time auditors (part 2)
• unleashing alternative futures: the time auditors
• unleashing alternative futures: covid was (is) practice
• unleashing alternative futures: letter to my grandma
• unleashing alternative futures: what if trees were beings?
• unleashing alternative futures: pre-existing conditions
• unleashing alternative futures: pool party
• unleashing alternative futures: hard things
• unleashing alternative futures: covid fun guy
• unleashing alternative futures: language of the future - triquetra
• alternative futures: glitch (part 2)
• alternative futures: glitch

masculine

• dcc: simple explanation of the feminine and the masculine

feminine

• dcc: simple explanation of the feminine and the masculine

kindred

• book reviews: kindred and the future

octavia butler

• colonial mindset: want to change others without being changed
• book review: imago by octavia butler
• book review: adulthood rites by octavia butler
• book reviews: kindred and the future

the future

• book reviews: kindred and the future

nick montfort

• book reviews: kindred and the future

reflections

• more, less brief reflections from the on being gathering (part 3)
• more, less brief reflections from the on being gathering (part 2)
• more, less brief reflections from the on being gathering
• brief reflections from the on being gathering

on being gathering reflections

• more, less brief reflections from the on being gathering (part 3)
• more, less brief reflections from the on being gathering (part 2)
• more, less brief reflections from the on being gathering
• brief reflections from the on being gathering

autonomous vehicles

• alternative futures: stuck

w.e.b. du bois

• book reviews: when my brother was an aztec and the souls of black folk
• has nothing changed since du bois?

the souls of black folk

• book reviews: when my brother was an aztec and the souls of black folk
• has nothing changed since du bois?

on being gathering

• changing up the words to my metta

sharon salzberg

• changing up the words to my metta

metta

• changing up the words to my metta

lovingkindness

• changing up the words to my metta

captchas

• captchas have gone too far

technology gone wild

• captchas have gone too far

black panther

• black panther

when my brother was an aztec

• book reviews: when my brother was an aztec and the souls of black folk

natalie diaz

• book reviews: when my brother was an aztec and the souls of black folk

blackness

• how have these degrees made me relate differently to blackness? (part 2)
• how have these degrees made me relate differently to blackness?
• part 1: quandry with my own blackness
• on blackness

yuval harari

• yuval: harari what sets humans apart is our ability to create stories that can lead to massive cooperation

backlash

• the tyranny of doodle
• jaron lanier (via the ezra klein show) on backlash

ezra klein show

• jaron lanier (via the ezra klein show) on backlash

online organizing

• jaron lanier (via the ezra klein show) on backlash

jetblue

• flight over denver for the first time

flight

• flight over denver for the first time

denver

• flight over denver for the first time

patternmaster

• book reviews: binti and patternmaster
• flight over denver for the first time

city

• flight over denver for the first time

experimentation

• rays of light experiment reflections(draft)

binti

• book reviews: binti and patternmaster

the four agreements

• notes on the four agreements

colab

• notes on the four agreements

don miguel ruiz

• notes on the four agreements

brave space

• the invitation to brave space

safe space

• the invitation to brave space

micky scottbey jones

• the invitation to brave space

won dharma

• reflections on my two morning meditation sessions at the won dharma center

lewis mehl-madrona

• lewis mehl-madrona: talking circles

talking circles

• lewis mehl-madrona: talking circles

narrative healing

• lewis mehl-madrona: talking circles

narrative medicine

• lewis mehl-madrona: talking circles

il-won

• learning about won buddhism at the won dharma

won buddhism

• learning about won buddhism at the won dharma

emotional intelligence

• self-mastery: emotional intelligence

the justice collective

• lessons from the justice collective: part 3
• lessons from the justice collective: part 2
• lessons from the justice collective
• self-mastery: emotional intelligence

personal development

• self-mastery: my love languages
• self-mastery: emotional intelligence

self-mastery

• self-mastery: positive intelligence saboteurs
• book review: no bad parts by richard schwartz
• book review: essentialism by greg mckeown
• book review: mindset by carol dweck
• self-mastery: erotic type - sexual
• from self-mastery to self-unfoldment
• self-mastery: myers-briggs (infj-a: the advocate)
• take what you need, leave the rest
• from 'how are you?' to 'what do you need right now?'
• self-mastery: astrological natal chart
• self-mastery: strengthsfinder
• self-mastery: my love languages
• self-mastery: emotional intelligence

leopold kohr

• leopold kohr, size cycles, and the question of scale: maybe the country is just too damn big

size cycles

• leopold kohr, size cycles, and the question of scale: maybe the country is just too damn big

small is beautiful

• leopold kohr, size cycles, and the question of scale: maybe the country is just too damn big

scale

• leopold kohr, size cycles, and the question of scale: maybe the country is just too damn big

megaregions

• leopold kohr, size cycles, and the question of scale: maybe the country is just too damn big

post-nationalism

• leopold kohr, size cycles, and the question of scale: maybe the country is just too damn big

underdevelopment

• leopold kohr, size cycles, and the question of scale: maybe the country is just too damn big

dependency theory

• leopold kohr, size cycles, and the question of scale: maybe the country is just too damn big

the commons

• sneaking suspicion: more housing actually won't solve housing crises in financially overdeveloped places

housing

• sneaking suspicion: more housing actually won't solve housing crises in financially overdeveloped places

gentrification

• people are having totally different conversations when it comes to narratives about real estate and gentrification
• sneaking suspicion: more housing actually won't solve housing crises in financially overdeveloped places

elizabeth gilbert

• ruth stone running like hell as poetry chases her home

ruth stone

• ruth stone running like hell as poetry chases her home

ideas

• ruth stone running like hell as poetry chases her home

intimacy

• black sci-fi book club
• men cuddling is probably a backdoor into violence reduction
• on the difference between intimacy and sexuality

sexuality

• on the difference between intimacy and sexuality

spanking

• eroc on spanking via the poet and the professor

beating

• eroc on spanking via the poet and the professor

corporal punishment

• eroc on spanking via the poet and the professor

library

• alternative futures: library stretch

identity

• alternative futures: library stretch

lessons

• lessons from the justice collective: part 3
• lessons from the justice collective: part 2
• lessons from the justice collective

thinking out loud

• lessons from the justice collective: part 3
• lessons from the justice collective: part 2
• lessons from the justice collective

equity summit 2018

• universal basic income reframe: benefits for being

policy link

• universal basic income reframe: benefits for being

benefits for being

• universal basic income reframe: benefits for being

universal basic income

• universal basic income reframe: benefits for being

jamaal may

• jamaal may on vs: part 3
• jamaal may on vs: part 2
• jamaal may on vs: part 1

ethan rowland

• why sustainability isn't good enough

appleseed permaculture

• why sustainability isn't good enough

degeneration

• why sustainability isn't good enough

regenerative economics

• why sustainability isn't good enough

libraries

• freedom of information

harriet tubman

• book reviews: you are not a gadget, harriet tubman: conductor on the underground railroad, killing and dying: stories, the dispossessed

ann petry

• book reviews: you are not a gadget, harriet tubman: conductor on the underground railroad, killing and dying: stories, the dispossessed

ursula k. le guin

• on being sensitive
• book reviews: you are not a gadget, harriet tubman: conductor on the underground railroad, killing and dying: stories, the dispossessed

adrian tomine

• book reviews: you are not a gadget, harriet tubman: conductor on the underground railroad, killing and dying: stories, the dispossessed

death meditation

• what if we planned for the last 7 days of our lives?... and also the 7 days after that?

sci-fi

• book review: how long 'til black future month?
• covid-19 sci-fi: remember when the stimulus checks hit?
• book review: the power by naomi alderman
• what if we planned for the last 7 days of our lives?... and also the 7 days after that?

eldering

• queering eldering

elder

• queering eldering

life coaching

• the 60 to 1 rule

meg jay

• the 60 to 1 rule

aviation

• the 60 to 1 rule

60-to-1

• the 60 to 1 rule

60:1 rule

• the 60 to 1 rule

on saying no

• the prophetic no

definition

• expanding my personal definition of liberation

nina simone

• expanding my personal definition of liberation

opportunity

• zumix radio is looking for radio mentors
• day care center for immigrant and refugee children needs website

partnerships

• the spontaneous couple confession

confession

• the spontaneous couple confession

revolutionary

• 3 paths, one truth: change the current reality and the systemic reality at the same time

paulo freire

• 3 paths, one truth: change the current reality and the systemic reality at the same time

phone

• current phone protocols to minimize addiction and maximize productivity

addiction

• current phone protocols to minimize addiction and maximize productivity

raine maria rilke

• new question to live: how to be angry without being mean?

eugene peterson

• on being with eugene peterson (part 4): on prayer and the (dangerous) search for transcendence
• on being with eugene peterson (part 3): on words
• on being with eugene peterson (part 2): on poetry
• on being with eugene peterson (part 1): the prophets were poets!

the bible

• on being with eugene peterson (part 1): the prophets were poets!

the prophets

• on being with eugene peterson (part 1): the prophets were poets!

words

• on being with eugene peterson (part 3): on words

language

• on being with eugene peterson (part 3): on words

God

• on being with eugene peterson (part 3): on words

spiritual life

• on being with eugene peterson (part 3): on words

prayer

• book review: centering prayer by m. basil pennington
• blessing from a child who has committed suicide
• on being with eugene peterson (part 4): on prayer and the (dangerous) search for transcendence

transcendence

• on being with eugene peterson (part 4): on prayer and the (dangerous) search for transcendence

books

• new book borrowing policy
• trying out a new book review structure

adulthood rites

• book review: adulthood rites by octavia butler

book review

• book review: imago by octavia butler
• book review: the will to change by bell hooks
• book review: adulthood rites by octavia butler

men

• black sci-fi book club
• men cuddling is probably a backdoor into violence reduction
• book review: the will to change by bell hooks

practices

• happy "no new things" day 2025!
• happy "no new things" day 2024!
• "whose mouth do you kiss in?"
• "what's our first fight going to be about?"
• happy "no new things" day 2023!
• happy "no new things" day 2022!
• happy "no new things" day 2021!
• happy fall equinox (aka "no new things" day)!
• pandemic practices
• happy "no new things" day
• happy "no more meetings this year" day

no new things day

• happy "no new things" day 2025!
• happy "no new things" day 2024!
• happy "no new things" day 2023!
• happy "no new things" day 2022!
• happy "no new things" day 2021!
• happy fall equinox (aka "no new things" day)!
• happy "no new things" day
• happy "no more meetings this year" day

curiosity

• learning from nature with laurie marshall about curiosity and leadership

nature

• webs on webs
• learning from nature with laurie marshall about curiosity and leadership

camping

• #notdeadnotlost

mendocino

• #notdeadnotlost

jacobo

• #notdeadnotlost

ritual

• between vaccines: a potential threshold
• between vaccines: a potential threshold
• three shared rituals in 7 days... what?!?!?!?

naomi alderman

• book review: the power by naomi alderman

the power

• book review: the power by naomi alderman

malidoma patrice somé

• book review: of water and the spirit: ritual, magic, and initiation in the life of an african shaman

of water and the spirit

• book review: of water and the spirit: ritual, magic, and initiation in the life of an african shaman

dori midnight

• dori midnight on capitalism, numbing, and endless scrolls of horror

herbal highway

• dori midnight on capitalism, numbing, and endless scrolls of horror

the next system

• the systems we are building now are just transition steps, not the answer

solidarity economy

• the systems we are building now are just transition steps, not the answer

california fires

• alternative futures: baby's gotta breathe

luxury condos

• alternative futures: baby's gotta breathe

housing justice

• alternative futures: baby's gotta breathe

autumb brown

• convergence and resonance: we have to learn to do be different... now

integration

• sabbatical reflections: integration
• healing, integration, integrity

integrity

• healing, integration, integrity

casper

• healing, integration, integrity

winter

• preparing for a covid winter in a covid fall
• winter, depression, and unnatural systems

season affective disorder

• winter, depression, and unnatural systems

depression

• on being sensitive
• winter, depression, and unnatural systems

natural rhythms

• winter, depression, and unnatural systems

love languages

• self-mastery: my love languages

alex taylor

• the body wants to heal itself

formation project

• the body wants to heal itself

structure

• my relationship with spontaneity and structure (it's complicated)

spiritual development

• some thoughts on (d)evil(s)

good

• some thoughts on (d)evil(s)

evil

• some thoughts on (d)evil(s)

shadow work

• some thoughts on (d)evil(s)

light

• some thoughts on (d)evil(s)

dark

• some thoughts on (d)evil(s)

retreat

• preparing for my 2019 annual retreat

annual retreat

• preparing for my 2019 annual retreat

values

• vision statement (2020 update)
• vision statement (2019 update)

imago

• book review: imago by octavia butler

globalization

• on globalization

strengthsfinder

• self-mastery: strengthsfinder

regeneration

• regeneration > sustainability > extraction

extraction

• regeneration > sustainability > extraction

black history/futures month

• black history/futures: a mile
• black history/futures: allying with earth
• black history/futures: ending the oil addiction
• black history/futures: allying with air
• black history/futures: allying with fire
• black history/futures: allying with water
• black history/futures: the prick
• black history/futures: first day of school
• black history/futures: eight decades
• black history/futures: preparations
• black history/futures: edge rider: part 2
• black history/futures: tree huggers
• black history/futures: edge rider: part 1
• black history/futures: diving into the past
• black history/futures: families
• black history/futures: mudras
• black history/futures: learning the family tree
• black history/futures: finding your work
• black history/futures: dark matter
• black history/futures: learning to read the family tree
• black history/futures: the healing is on me

sarah schulman

• book review: conflict is not abuse by sarah schulman

abuse

• book review: conflict is not abuse by sarah schulman

escalation

• book review: conflict is not abuse by sarah schulman

black futures month

• deathnote #3: my black future

essentialism

• book review: essentialism by greg mckeown
• friend zones update: how it's going

children

• grief when friends have babies
• people who break boundaries are (often) people who haven't had their boundaries respected
• current thoughts on having my own children: ambivalence
• child-centered societies

intelligence

• book, street, or both: two types of intelligence

authority

• book, street, or both: two types of intelligence

zora neale hurston

• book review: barracoon: the story of the last "black cargo"

barracoon

• book review: barracoon: the story of the last "black cargo"

habit-building

• june budget blogging
• money matters march
• builing habits together is more effective than doing it alone

robin wall kimmerer

• book review: braiding sweetgrass

indigenous wisdom

• book review: braiding sweetgrass

plant teachings

• book review: braiding sweetgrass

jp queer movie night

• jp queer movie night

jp queer everything

• queer full moon circles for men/male-bodied folx
• ga(y)me day
• jp queer movie night

astrology

• relationship recovery time: retrograde shadows
• end of my saturn return
• self-mastery: astrological natal chart

natal birth chart

• self-mastery: astrological natal chart

financial trauma

• june budget blogging
• money matters march

insight

• breadcrumbs

moon cycle

• 2018 moon practice

full moon

• 2018 moon practice

new moon

• 2018 moon practice

quotes

• 2019 mantra, important quotes, and commitments

board games

• ga(y)me day

neighborhood organizing

• ga(y)me day

malia lazu

• who are you letting answer these three important questions

pleasure Activism

• book review: pleasure activism

Adrienne Maree Brown

• book review: pleasure activism

tarot

• articles for choosing your first tarot deck

pleasure activism

• what are the stories beyond the story that racism reproduces?

djalóki dessables

• healing is painful, but it's not hurtful

growing pains

• healing is painful, but it's not hurtful

healing pains

• healing is painful, but it's not hurtful

renga

• a renga for alternative futures

challenging white supremacy

• just a little casual silencing

silencing

• just a little casual silencing

repression

• just a little casual silencing

formation

• processing my anger

learning zones

• the learning zone model by tom senniger

tom senniger

• the learning zone model by tom senniger

transformational facilitation

• the learning zone model by tom senniger

mysticism

• book review: care work: dreaming disability justice
• book review: the inward journey
• covid is revealing things that have always been true: a mystic perspective
• intergenerational liberation

intergenerational trauma

• intergenerational liberation

intergenerational healing

• intergenerational liberation

grief

• grieve, even as things are getting better
• grieving even when things are improving
• grief when friends have babies
• grief at work
• grief thoughts on the first anniversary of caden's passing
• unleashing alternative futures: hard things
• "throwing the miracle away with both hands"
• goodbye, mama brown
• book review: the smell of rain on dust
• phrases that need to die: i'm sorry for your loss
• some thoughts on grief while grieving
• book review: the wild edge of sorrow by francis weller
• covid grief journal
• in the days of covid-19 we need to get better at grief. and quick!
• grief resources

fomo

• resisting fomo

jomo

• resisting fomo

lunar liberation

• resisting fomo

visionary science fiction

• alternative futures: armor and elixir
• sci-fi generator (af28): Link - part 3
• sci-fi generator (af28): Link - part 2
• sci-fi generator (af28): Link - part 1

full moon circle

• queer full moon circles for men/male-bodied folx

enneagram

• from 'how are you?' to 'what do you need right now?'

conscious construction

• from 'how are you?' to 'what do you need right now?'

gregory orr

• on being - gregory orr

emerson

• on being - gregory orr

nora bond

• reframe: from saying no to choosing myself

men's group

• commitment is not a rigidity that leads to breaking

openness

• how do you stay so open?

wonder

• how do you stay so open?

post-patriarchy

• cuddle theory breakthrough
• black sci-fi book club
• men cuddling is probably a backdoor into violence reduction
• things that make me cry

feelings

• "how are you?", the feelings wheel, and the body
• things that make me cry

octavia e. butler

• on reading octavia e. butler

parable of the sower

• on reading octavia e. butler

parable of the talents

• on reading octavia e. butler

homegoing

• book review: homegoing

yaa gyasi

• book review: homegoing

advice

• thanks for that conversation years ago

vs podcast

• just cause you're on the bench doesn't mean your team isn't winning

franny choi

• just cause you're on the bench doesn't mean your team isn't winning

danez smith

• just cause you're on the bench doesn't mean your team isn't winning

dissociation

• am i dissociating or am i just far away?

resmaa menakem

• book review: my grandmother's hands

my grandmother's hands

• book review: my grandmother's hands

note taking

• pay attention to tension, resonance, decisions

norma wong

• pay attention to tension, resonance, decisions

the tim ferriss show

• on being sensitive

gabor maté

• adopting two rules for my coaching practice
• on being sensitive

sensitivity

• on being sensitive

consultant tales

• "i got hired and then doubted until i got fired"

consultant nightmares

• "i got hired and then doubted until i got fired"

uri hasson

• uri hasson and neural coupling (brain syncing)

julian mocine-mcqueen

• book review: how your story sets you free
• uri hasson and neural coupling (brain syncing)

heather box

• book review: how your story sets you free
• uri hasson and neural coupling (brain syncing)

how your story sets you free

• book review: how your story sets you free
• uri hasson and neural coupling (brain syncing)

joichi ito

• on the darkening days of media lab (a slant corporate sellout story)

jeffrey epstein

• on the darkening days of media lab (a slant corporate sellout story)

definitions

• personal definitions

ibram x. kendi

• ibram x. kendi on racism, not racism, and antiracism

racist

• ibram x. kendi on racism, not racism, and antiracism

antiracist

• ibram x. kendi on racism, not racism, and antiracism

living seasonally

• happy "no new things" day 2025!
• happy "no new things" day 2024!
• happy "no new things" day 2023!
• happy "no new things" day 2022!
• happy "no new things" day 2021!
• preparing for a covid winter in a covid fall
• happy fall equinox (aka "no new things" day)!
• fall course correction
• winter inspirations: learning from trees and hummingbirds
• 2019/2020 winter practices
• it's winter... we should act like it
• living seasonally: fall

fall

• preparing for a covid winter in a covid fall
• fall course correction
• living seasonally: fall

human

• what does it mean to be human?

male supremacy

• "don't get lost and don't get molested"

fall equinox

• happy "no new things" day 2025!
• happy "no new things" day 2024!
• happy "no new things" day 2023!
• happy "no new things" day 2022!
• happy "no new things" day 2021!
• happy fall equinox (aka "no new things" day)!
• fall course correction
• happy "no new things" day

male bonding

• black sci-fi book club
• men cuddling is probably a backdoor into violence reduction

seasons

• metaphor: leaves changing colors in fall
• preparing for a covid winter in a covid fall
• 2019/2020 winter practices
• it's winter... we should act like it

personal definitions

• defining enough
• defining home
• defining meditation
• defining freedom

home

• defining home

manspreading

• manspreading

gender

• manspreading

yogi

• yoga, asanas, and who benefits

emotions

• oppressive systems condition us out of certain emotions
• on how to cry if you can't
• "how are you?", the feelings wheel, and the body

joy degruy

• book review: post traumatic slave syndrome

post traumatic slave syndrome

• book review: post traumatic slave syndrome

pema chodron

• tonglen

norman fischer

• tonglen

Blessings

• blessing from a child who has committed suicide

thich nhat hanh

• book review: anger: wisdom for cooling the flames by thich nhat hanh
• book review: the pocket thich nhat hanh
• book review: the miracle of mindfulness

apocalypse

• some thoughts on texting during LA's current fire apocalypse
• alternative futures: fall 2028 -- living after the days of covid-19
• morning pages in the days of covid-19
• alternative futures: living after the days of covid-19
• did you know "apocalypse" doesn't mean "the end of the world"?

cuddling

• cuddle theory breakthrough

dominant culture

• it's a new year all the time

new year

• it's a new year all the time

queer full moon circles

• fall 2021 full moon circles for queer men
• 2020 queer men's full moon circles

year in review

• 2019 in review

seasonal living

• winter reflection, spring visioning

covid-19

• unleashing alternative futures: pre-existing conditions
• winter 2022 covid stance: let it go
• unleashing alternative futures: covid fun guy
• between vaccines: a potential threshold
• fishbowls on zoom
• what are the possibilities as our systems crumble and emerge?
• masks and whiteness
• planning before and inside of pandemic
• covid-19 sci-fi: they took their $1200 and left
• a few mid-may pandemic noticings
• covid-19 sci-fi: back to the land
• the long tail of covid-19
• covid grief journal
• Covid, Public Health + City Planning? It's Really About Building a Different Urban Economy Centering a Right to the City
• individual vs collective responses to covid-19
• in our newly remote world, what if we went smaller and more intimate?
• covid-19 sci-fi: remember when the stimulus checks hit?
• dreaming during pandemic
• covid-19 sci-fi: looking for old guides to quarantine
• the psychic load of pandemic
• pandemic practices
• danielle coates-connor response to "thoughts on wrong- and right-relationship during a pandemic"
• andrea atkinson response to "thoughts on wrong- and right-relationship during a pandemic"
• covid is revealing things that have always been true: a mystic perspective
• in the days of covid-19 we need to get better at grief. and quick!
• thoughts on wrong- and right-relationship during a pandemic
• covid-19: not a spike of chaos, but waves...
• video dinners during the days of physical distancing (and social strengthening)
• covid-19 is global trauma
• deathnote #4: covid-19
• alternative futures: fall 2028 -- living after the days of covid-19
• can you feel me hugging you? OR care via time travel in the days of covid-19
• morning pages in the days of covid-19
• alternative futures: living after the days of covid-19

coronavirus

• can you feel me hugging you? OR care via time travel in the days of covid-19

spring

• guided meditation on thursday 19 march 2020: finding spring teachers

pods

• danielle coates-connor response to "thoughts on wrong- and right-relationship during a pandemic"
• andrea atkinson response to "thoughts on wrong- and right-relationship during a pandemic"
• thoughts on wrong- and right-relationship during a pandemic

psychic load

• the psychic load of pandemic

pandemic

• planning before and inside of pandemic
• in our newly remote world, what if we went smaller and more intimate?
• the psychic load of pandemic

dreaming

• dreaming during pandemic

tibetan dream yoga

• dreaming during pandemic

myers-briggs

• self-mastery: myers-briggs (infj-a: the advocate)

work reflections

• individual vs collective responses to covid-19

city planning

• Covid, Public Health + City Planning? It's Really About Building a Different Urban Economy Centering a Right to the City

in defense of black life

• sell the brownie, not the ingredients

in defense of black lives

• use your gifts for the movement
• some thoughts for my friends during the week of an uprising

white supremacy culture

• white supremacy culture = anxiety

tema okun

• white supremacy culture = anxiety

angela y. davis

• book review: are prisons obsolete

prison abolition

• book review: are prisons obsolete

abolition

• book review: until we reckon by danielle sered
• book review: captive genders: trans embodiment and the prison industrial complex
• book review: we do this til we free us
• my abolitionist dreams
• yes, we can play with cop gear... but can we play with ex-cops?
• book review: are prisons obsolete

zoom

• fishbowls on zoom
• remapping my brain with territory names on zoom

covid

• sit time from mother earth
• winter 2022 covid stance: let it go
• unleashing alternative futures: covid fun guy
• between vaccines: a potential threshold
• remapping my brain with territory names on zoom

planning

• planning before and inside of pandemic

crying

• on how to cry if you can't

masks

• masks and whiteness

radical imagination

• what are the possibilities as our systems crumble and emerge?

howard thurman

• book review: the inward journey

defund police

• yes, we can play with cop gear... but can we play with ex-cops?

self-unfoldment

• from self-mastery to self-unfoldment

emergence

• more thinking: emergence, spontaneity, randomness, and impulsivity
• on the difference between emergence and spontaneity

elections

• from districts to bioregions

electoral politics

• from districts to bioregions

write now

• what does august taste like

free write

• what does august taste like

community accountability

• when the person who caused harm is no longer around
• book review: beyond survival
• book review: fumbling towards repair: a workbook for community accountability facilitators
• we don't hold people accountable; we create space for people to take accountability

online facilitation

• fishbowls on zoom

celebration

• celebrate your victories!

lowercase

• why i type in all lowercase

autumn

• fall course correction

leah lakshmi piepzna-samarasinha

• book review: care work: dreaming disability justice

transformation justice

• book review: fumbling towards repair: a workbook for community accountability facilitators

crisis

• some thoughts on texting during LA's current fire apocalypse
• resisting overwhelm and the temptation to speed up

reaction

• resisting overwhelm and the temptation to speed up

response

• resisting overwhelm and the temptation to speed up

ableism

• what's in a name?: the ableism of dialogue walks
• i think my use of coffee is ableist

centerhold

• alternative futures: centerhold (part 3): education as living
• alternative futures: centerhold (part 2)
• alternative futures: the decree
• alternative futures: centerhold

gang violence

• book review: long way down

gun violence

• book review: long way down

erotic type

• self-mastery: erotic type - sexual

bayo akomolafe

• whiteness is about resistance to change

resistance

• book review: rest is resistance by tricia hersey
• whiteness is about resistance to change

grace lee boggs

• book review: the next american revolution by grace lee boggs
• book review: the next american revolution by grace lee boggs

saturn return

• end of my saturn return

Agustín Fuentes

• notes from on being interview with agustín fuentes

communism

• notes from on being interview with agustín fuentes

nadav david

• nadav's calendar / time audit tool

revolutionary uncling

• uncle-ateral decisions
• revolutionary uncling

revolutionary uncle

• revolutionary uncle manifesto (v1)
• revolutionary uncling

parenting

• therapy to prepare for parenting
• revolutionary uncling

sorrow

• book review: the wild edge of sorrow by francis weller

joy

• book review: the wild edge of sorrow by francis weller

rebellion

• book review: the next american revolution by grace lee boggs

n.k. jemisin

• book review: how long 'til black future month?

short stories

• book review: how long 'til black future month?

non-fiction

• book review: radical friendship by kate johnson
• book review: coaching: evoking excellence in others by james flaherty
• book review: the new saints — from broken hearts to spiritual warriors by lama rod owens
• book review: the art of receiving and giving: the wheel of consent by betty martin
• book review: anger: wisdom for cooling the flames by thich nhat hanh
• book review: king warrior magician lover: rediscovering the archetypes of the mature masculine
• book review: burnout: the secret to unlocking the stress cycle
• book review: the body keeps the score by bessel van der kolk
• book review: until we reckon by danielle sered
• book review: good strategy, bad strategy by richard rumelt
• book review: rest is resistance by tricia hersey
• book review: the communist manifesto by karl marx & friedrich engels
• book review: captive genders: trans embodiment and the prison industrial complex
• book review: the compassion book
• book review: amusing ourselves to death by neil postman
• book review: healing resistance by kazu haga
• book review: america's racial karma by larry ward
• book review: centering prayer by m. basil pennington
• book review: no bad parts by richard schwartz
• book review: the creation of patriarchy by gerda lerner
• book review: essentialism by greg mckeown
• book review: set boundaries, find peace by nedra glover tawwab
• book review: zen spirit, christian spirit by robert e. kennedy
• book review: mindset by carol dweck
• book review: the smell of rain on dust
• book review: undrowned
• book review: mushroom wisdom
• book review: a world without email
• book review: we do this til we free us
• book review: the pocket thich nhat hanh
• book review: how we show up: reclaiming family, friendship, and community by mia birdsong
• book review: the drama of the gifted child by alice miller
• book review: on death and dying by elisabeth kübler-ross
• book review: african religions by jacob k. olupona
• book review: love and rage by lama rod owens
• book review: how to do nothing by jenny o'dell
• book review: the art of war by sun tzu
• book review: we will not cancel us by adrienne maree brown
• book review: the practice by seth godin

seth godin

• book review: the practice by seth godin

adrienne maree Brown

• book review: we will not cancel us by adrienne maree brown

restorative justice

• book review: we will not cancel us by adrienne maree brown

sun tzu

• book review: the art of war by sun tzu

jenny o'dell

• book review: how to do nothing by jenny o'dell

lama rod owens

• book review: the new saints — from broken hearts to spiritual warriors by lama rod owens
• grieve, even as things are getting better
• book review: love and rage by lama rod owens

rage

• book review: love and rage by lama rod owens

african religions

• book review: african religions by jacob k. olupona

jacob olupona

• book review: african religions by jacob k. olupona

dying

• book review: on death and dying by elisabeth kübler-ross

elisabeth kübler-ross

• book review: on death and dying by elisabeth kübler-ross

childhood

• book review: the drama of the gifted child by alice miller

psychotherapy

• book review: the drama of the gifted child by alice miller

therapy

• therapy to prepare for parenting
• relationship styles: independent, dependent, interdependent, co-dependent and counter-dependent
• book review: the drama of the gifted child by alice miller

uncling

• grief when friends have babies
• top 3 uncle tips
• revolutionary uncle manifesto (v1)
• uncle-ateral decisions
• people who break boundaries are (often) people who haven't had their boundaries respected

nibblings

• people who break boundaries are (often) people who haven't had their boundaries respected

language of the future

• unleashing alternative futures: language of the future - triquetra

birthday

• i am 32 today

stephen covey

• building trust: vulnerability, risk, and relationship

risk

• building trust: vulnerability, risk, and relationship

monogamy

• why i think monogamy is as hard if not harder than consensual non-monogamy

consensual non-monogamy

• why i think monogamy is as hard if not harder than consensual non-monogamy

teachers

• fall plant teachers

plants

• fall plant teachers

herbalism

• fall plant teachers

transition

• between vaccines: a potential threshold

threshold

• between vaccines: a potential threshold

colonialism

• colonial mindset: want to change others without being changed

leadership development

• sitting down to pee
• notes from the virtual art of leadership at rockwood

prison industrial complex

• book review: we do this til we free us

mariame kaba

• book review: we do this til we free us

cal newport

• book review: a world without email

martin bell

• book review: mushroom wisdom

mushrooms

• book review: mushroom wisdom

entheogens

• book review: mushroom wisdom

black queer feminism

• book review: undrowned

marine mammals

• book review: undrowned

animals

• book review: undrowned

impact networks

• book review: impact networks by david ehrlichman

david ehrlichman

• book review: impact networks by david ehrlichman

uncle

• uncle tips for kids in boston
• uncle-ateral decisions

abraham lateiner

• uncle-ateral decisions

mediation

• book review: holding change by adrienne maree brown

men's work

• book review: king warrior magician lover: rediscovering the archetypes of the mature masculine
• fall 2021 full moon circles for queer men

toxic patriarchy

• toxic patriarchy

wonder dome

• knowledge paradigm versus wisdom paradigm

francis briers

• knowledge paradigm versus wisdom paradigm

assessment

• book review: the social profit handbook by david grant

mama brown

• goodbye, mama brown

edna marie brown

• goodbye, mama brown

dementia

• goodbye, mama brown

empathy

• book review: an indigenous peoples' history of the united states by roxanne dunbar-ortiz
• book review: i feel your pain by niki elliot

mindset

• book review: mindset by carol dweck

psychology

• book review: no bad parts by richard schwartz
• book review: mindset by carol dweck

carol dweck

• book review: mindset by carol dweck

robert e. kennedy

• book review: zen spirit, christian spirit by robert e. kennedy

zen

• book review: zen spirit, christian spirit by robert e. kennedy

nedra glover tawwab

• book review: set boundaries, find peace by nedra glover tawwab

cohabitation tips

• cohabitation tips

greg mckeown

• book review: essentialism by greg mckeown

honor tax

• 2022 honor tax commitment

work reflection

• notes on the birth center equity winter co-director retreat

anthropology

• book review: the creation of patriarchy by gerda lerner

gerda lerner

• book review: the creation of patriarchy by gerda lerner

david la piana

• book review: the nonprofit strategy revolution

strategy

• book review: good strategy, bad strategy by richard rumelt
• book review: the nonprofit strategy revolution

nonprofit

• book review: the nonprofit strategy revolution

rest

• sabbatical reflections: night canoeing
• sabbatical reflections: setting the scene
• sabbatical reflections: fear
• sabbatical reflections
• fall 2023 sabbatical
• book review: rest is resistance by tricia hersey
• some thoughts on napping
• rest in 2022

internal family systems

• book review: no bad parts by richard schwartz

richard schwartz

• book review: no bad parts by richard schwartz

mental health

• book review: no bad parts by richard schwartz

m. basil pennington

• book review: centering prayer by m. basil pennington

contemplative practice

• book review: centering prayer by m. basil pennington

larry ward

• book review: america's racial karma by larry ward

group agreements

• collection of group agreements

RFPs

• why i don't do RFPs

consultant thoughts

• why i don't do RFPs

consulting

• why i don't do RFPs

loss

• unleashing alternative futures: hard things

kazu haga

• book review: amusing ourselves to death by neil postman
• book review: healing resistance by kazu haga

nonviolence

• book review: amusing ourselves to death by neil postman
• book review: healing resistance by kazu haga

napping

• some thoughts on napping

tricia hersey

• book review: rest is resistance by tricia hersey
• some thoughts on napping

dave madan

• some thoughts on napping

inbox zero

• my inbox zero routine

water

• unleashing alternative futures: pool party

balance

• wellness and balance course for roddenberry fellowship

wellness

• wellness and balance course for roddenberry fellowship

roddenberry fellowship

• wellness and balance course for roddenberry fellowship

equity

• on equity and liberation

climate

• unleashing alternative futures: covid was (is) practice
• unleashing alternative futures: what if trees were beings?
• unleashing alternative futures: pre-existing conditions

spiders

• webs on webs

military

• run thoughts: trump and bezos as doro; u.s. military as the world's largest social welfare program

music

• le'mn "movement" music 2022

playlists

• le'mn "movement" music 2022

pema chödrön

• book review: the compassion book

anthology

• book review: captive genders: trans embodiment and the prison industrial complex

presence

• encouragement to show up fully when you are away

karl marx

• book review: the communist manifesto by karl marx & friedrich engels

friedrich engels

• book review: the communist manifesto by karl marx & friedrich engels

richard p. rumelt

• book review: good strategy, bad strategy by richard rumelt

danielle sered

• book review: until we reckon by danielle sered

incarceration

• book review: until we reckon by danielle sered

repair

• book review: until we reckon by danielle sered

positive intelligence

• self-mastery: positive intelligence saboteurs

kids

• uncle tips for kids in boston

emily nagoski

• book review: burnout: the secret to unlocking the stress cycle

amelia nagoski

• book review: burnout: the secret to unlocking the stress cycle

burnout

• participation (in meetings) is not the same as transparency
• book review: burnout: the secret to unlocking the stress cycle

participation

• participation (in meetings) is not the same as transparency

rootwork

• unleashing alternative futures: letter to my grandma

wildfire

• unleashing alternative futures: covid was (is) practice

smoke

• unleashing alternative futures: covid was (is) practice

haze

• unleashing alternative futures: covid was (is) practice

jung

• book review: king warrior magician lover: rediscovering the archetypes of the mature masculine

dickinson's reach

• sabbatical reflections: integration
• sabbatical reflections: coming back online
• sabbatical reflections: going offline
• sabbatical reflections: my partner
• sabbatical reflections: reading
• sabbatical reflections: wood stoves
• sabbatical reflections: night canoeing
• sabbatical reflections: setting the scene
• sabbatical reflections: fear
• sabbatical reflections
• fall 2023 sabbatical

sabbatical

• sabbatical reflections: integration
• sabbatical reflections: coming back online
• sabbatical reflections: going offline
• sabbatical reflections: my partner
• sabbatical reflections: reading
• sabbatical reflections: wood stoves
• sabbatical reflections: night canoeing
• sabbatical reflections: setting the scene
• sabbatical reflections: fear
• sabbatical reflections
• fall 2023 sabbatical

fear

• sabbatical reflections: fear

phrases to let go

• movement phrases to let go: "which side of history are you on?"

BIPOC

• color the water: my first surfing lesson

surfing

• color the water: my first surfing lesson

anti-racism

• color the water: my first surfing lesson

wood stove

• sabbatical reflections: wood stoves

ancestors

• sabbatical reflections: wood stoves

harm

• when the person who caused harm is no longer around

fast

• fasting for gaza

spiritual practice

• fasting for gaza

solidarity

• fasting for gaza

polyamory

• cohabitation experimentation

touch

• book review: the art of receiving and giving: the wheel of consent by betty martin

pleasure

• book review: the art of receiving and giving: the wheel of consent by betty martin

consent

• book review: the art of receiving and giving: the wheel of consent by betty martin

cohabex

• a thought from katherine: taking the fangs out of taking space

chrysalis

• examples of short and long organizational pauses

pause

• examples of short and long organizational pauses

AI

• why i don't like AI: it mostly uses english and only has access to the internet

retirement

• toni phillips on the way to retire

wisdom

• toni phillips on the way to retire

protocols

• why i type in (almost) all lowercase

asset mapping

• an asset mapping framework

james flaherty

• book review: coaching: evoking excellence in others by james flaherty

kate johnson

• book review: radical friendship by kate johnson

apology

• rejecting apologies