What would it be like if you were able to share a glimpse of your personal journey within your professional life? Changemakers don’t need to be saintly. As a holistic being, a human, sharing your warts is part of our work.

Feeling like you’re being pulled downstream? Tired of fighting the current? Here’s how to navigate that.

As a leader committed to improving the lives of young people, families and communities, how do you get the value you need through your work with consultants? Read on to find out.

As leaders in the education, nonprofit and youth development space, as parents, what can we do to ensure learning and learning spaces remain safe harbors of community, love and growth? Where kids can happily wear there rainbow sparkly sneakers? Here are my top three current ideas.

As leader-facilitators of change, we persevere not because of saviorism or even altruism, but because of sanity, logic, relationship and reciprocity. This article highlights the core practices we build and grow within ourselves to help us keep going.

This is a personal story highlighting how a make-do and muscle through culture harms young people’s perceptions of their own value. We are each charged to pause and recognize that we are worth the investment of money, time, love, attention, safety, support and each other.

Embrace various versions of yourself to be the whole leader you are. That’s how to start a new year.

Feeling like an outsider as a leader in your work? There is likely a reason for that. And also a solution.

Everyone gets stuck sometime. Use microsteps to get unstuck in your leadership. Download the fillable microstep action plan template to get started.

While the culture of our organizations, our political systems, our education systems, our corporations continually place responsibility, burden and blame on individuals in positions of leadership, fulfilling your purpose on this planet is not a solo act. We were never meant to do this alone.

You’ve made it to the top of the mountain this year. Now as you prepare to offer in-person youth programming post-pandemic, don’t miss the opportunities to document what you’ve learned and prepare to initiate better programming.

Virtual learning and facilitation is not going away. Now is a good time to reset and recalibrate your efforts to take the long view. By making a few shifts, you’ll be able to lighten your load, better care for yourself and facilitate better learning for your participants.