You Are Needed. Your Joy is Needed.

Networking is often sold as the way to land your next job.  But it sucks. It feels performative and transactional and...isn't the job search already hard enough? Here's how to release the pressure. Ditch the word networking altogether and focus on building authentic relationships instead. And the good news is - you already know how to do that! So next time you reach out to someone: ✨ Invest in ...

It's easy to feel like we have miles to go and so much to do before we are where we want to be. Especially in the social impact space, where there's always more we can do to make the world a better place. There's always a better version of ourselves just on the horizon. I get it, I feel the same way. But I've learned that happiness doesn't come from measuring yourself against your dream. Happin...

I don't know if it's a Queer thing, or a D.C. thing—but most people I know are white-knuckling it through life right now. And to make things harder, there aren’t many spaces where it feels okay to say that out loud. When someone asks how they can show up for me, I find myself saying, “I just need it to be okay for me not to be okay.” If no one’s said it to you lately, let me be the one: it’s ok...