““Burnout is also never just about burnout. Collectively & individually, our nervous systems are overtaxed by continuous crises & denial of how much violence we’re facing. Intervening into burnout, therefore, can involve actions like blocking institutional harm or moving from denial to recognition.”

In this season of life, collective interventions feel more important than ever. I hope this article resonates where it's needed.

Link to listen via YouTube:
youtu.be/hoEJJbTJxJ8?...

This mural in Raleigh shows writing out in the world with the text "There is beauty in the mundane" & "slow down and look inwards," alongside street signs, stickers, & the alphabet written in the upper right-hand corner.

Wishes for #creating and #writing in many ways, in the midst of everyday life.

With this longing to write, I want to share again that there are upcoming writing retreats this Friday and back-to-back Wednesday and Thursday next week: heart-head-hands.com/product/writ...

Summer writing groups are also starting soon: heart-head-hands.com/product/onli...

I hope these read-alouds support ongoing career discernment, and I'm here for one-with-one coaching. Reach out anytime. <3

#mayday #careerdiscernment #highered #leavingacademe

This piece shares three common responses to my news of leaving academia:
1. “Good for you. I wish I could leave.”
2. “You’re so brave.”
3. “That’s a really big decision. Will you be ok?”

I also share my emotional reactions and processing around these responses, which truly surprised me.

This is the article I've long needed as an educator saying "no!" to presumed neutrality and the push to hear "all sides." It's published in Diverse Issues in Higher Education and by writing group member Alice Ragland (congrats, Alice!).

Thanks again for the many ways of striving to show up, lift each other, and affirm all that we love. Continued wishes -- truly, casting spells with our words, ways, and wills -- for protection and provision.

Part of how I manage my emotions around endings is reminding myself of what continues and will begin again. So, I'll share that registration is now open for summer writing groups (Fridays 10am-1pm ET): heart-head-hands.com/product/onli... +

Many weeks, I kept the hardest tasks (oftentimes less my core writing and more the things I was avoiding or resistant to) until our group time because I knew I could work on them when surrounded by others who care. +

Being together has created space for naming and relating and processing and inspiring and grounding and firing-up and making life possible. +

Consider listening to this past article. Check out the YouTube playlist on career discernment. And reach out for coaching anytime.