My mentor has called me every 3 months for the last 10y. He’s not warm and fuzzy - being an engineer and a horse person - but his unwavering vision of my potential changed how I think of myself. And his calls have occasionally made the difference between soldiering on and folding up.

Some days just be like this. Tomorrow will be its own thing.

This is what I call the best kind of week - seeing the people I love most in some of my favorite places (there may be causality there 😉).

I am so grateful for this old place;
For the people we gather here, in our arms or in our hearts;
And for the work we all get to do - making the world healthier, more reflective & responsive, more just, and more beautiful.

Happy Thanksgiving.

This is the mindfulness I choose. Partnering with a 3/4 ton prey animal really helps clear your mind. It’s a victory every time *I* choose that we’ve done enough and the ride ends on a good note. 🤣

I know it’s not even Thanksgiving yet, but get SHOPPING, y’all. Time’s short! IIBTW, in hardcover or paperback. Order at your favorite bookseller, or, for signed copies, head over to my local bookshop, where Jeff keeps those copies on hand and ships promptly. www.whistlestoppers.com/notable-new-....

South central. Love the history, our neighbors, and the land we’re currently caretaking (225 years of “caretakers”/owners; we’re the current ones)

It seemed fitting this week to visit Fraunce’s Tavern, a key gathering place during the Revolutionary War, & where Gen Washington bade farewell to Continental Army officers in 1783.

Then, from 1785-8, it housed the US Depts of Foreign Affairs, War, & Treasury - cementing a new nation.

A union chorus is a HARD act to follow, but they definitely got the audience primed for a talk about #moralinjury & seeing things differently.

And 150 copies of IIBTW in the hands of frontline activists? 🙏
Federation of Nurses/UFT.

Reskeet with a favorite book from your childhood.