Got upgraded to seat 1D again. Here’s your East Wing construction update.

Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.

💡“I feel seen.”

Jen Pahlka’s book Recoding America hit home for thousands of public servants who’ve felt silenced, burned out, and ignored.

This is the power of truth-telling.

Hear the full story on the latest Anchor Change podcast.

anchorchange.substack.com/p/hope-in-go...

Summer reading mission: activated 📚 I'm looking for books that'll keep me glued to the page whether I'm poolside or on my couch at 2am. Fiction lovers and non-fiction nerds—this is your moment to shine! What should definitely make it onto my list?

You can be vulnerable and professional.

In this new episode of Anchor Change, I talk with Suzy Dean about showing up online without losing yourself, building rituals that restore, and creating a business from intuition instead of performance.

anchorchange.substack.com/p/creating-a...

The Trust & Safety Professional Association is doing a t-shirt design contest for TrustCon and I'm thinking of submitting a panic responsibly design for it. But I need your help! I love the retro look, but curious which of these designs people like the most as I can only submit one.

I had the privilege of being a keynote speaker for NewsWhip's publisher conference, where I continued to advocate for people to panic responsibly, separate the signal from the noise, and identify the opportunities that come with change.

P.S. Get your merch at panicresponsibly.com

This is a public service announcement for my friends in the journalism industry. I'm excited to be a keynote speaker at @newswhip.bsky.social's Publisher Summit in New York on March 26th.

Visit newswhip.com/publisher-summit to learn more.

Writing set up in the French countryside at Relais de Camont.

I admittedly did not have on my bingo card this year that X and Musk would be publicly praised by a Democratic Senator for making changes to KOSA. Curious if it will be enough to get it passed before the end of the year.

As we go into this Thanksgiving holiday chatting with family and friends that could get tense at times, I talk to Lori Brewer Collins about how to approach those conversations with curiosity and grace.

🎙️ Listen now: anchorchange.substack.com/p/engaging-w...

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! 🦃