How to Begin the Process of Reinvention in Your Career
What can tulips teach us about reinventing ourselves at work? In this podcast episode, we’ll learn about the tulip’s life cycle and the alchemical process it undergoes in order to bloom each year. From ancient celebrations of new life to Aquarius season and beyond, this episode is full of wisdom about how to work with the energy of early Spring.
How to Have Balanced Ambition in Your Career
I mostly hate New Year's Eve. If you'd been able to peek in on me on December 31, you would have seen a very grumpy woman whose fight, flight, or freeze system was in overdrive because of all the fireworks going off. Who even uses fireworks anymore?! Miraculously, my toddler stayed asleep and I was in bed by 10.
Even though I feel pretty anti-NYE, I always enjoy New Year's Day. The sense of hitting "reset," the feelings of newness and threshold-crossing, and the palpable opportunities for change are really lovely. I feel all of those things, but I'm also really tired and craving wintry rest.
What to Do About Crippling Self-Doubt
Wolves play an important part in their ecosystems. They ensure that ungulates like deer and caribou don’t decimate grass and other flora by overgrazing the same areas over and over again. The wolves’ presence keeps deer, coyote, and other populations in check so that all organisms in the ecosystem can thrive.
A Wild New Work Podcast: Processing Loss in Our Careers
Getting fired, being laid off, not getting a promotion, feeling guilty for leaving our team…loss shows up in many ways throughout our career. It’s an inevitable part of being a professional, but it’s not something we talk about enough.
The Inadequacy Migraine: Symptoms + the Cure
I’ve been dealing with a migraine-like syndrome for years and just realized recently what actually causes it: a sense of inadequacy.
Plant Wisdom: How to Be Well at Work
Last Spring I took a vacation with my family in the desert of southern California. By mid-March, most of us living in the Pacific Northwest are at our wits' end with the grey, the cold, and the relentless rain. Migrating to where it's hot and sunny for a week felt a little like a pilgrimage: we took a journey into the desert, seeking rest and renewal.