by Kate | Sep 26, 2019 | Advocacy, kind promises, Transformation
Strong emotions sweep into us with energy. It’s up to us to use that energy – that passion – wisely. If we refuse to feel our emotions, the energy stays around inside our bodies. Like oil turning rancid, it can sour into depression or aggression. I have certainly...
by Kate | Sep 13, 2019 | Advocacy, kind promises
it was the news that the Amazon rain forest is burning that put me over the top. Until then, I was aware of feeling low grade, back-of-the-mind grief about what we humans have done to the planet. When I heard that, through greed and carelessness, we were losing our...
by Kate | Sep 28, 2017 | Advocacy
Reaching for courageous advocacy at a time when divisions are wild and wide, I find myself hopscotching through quotes reflecting the thinking of wise ones from many disciplines. First, let’s define advocacy: “Them as can do, has to do for them as can’t. And...
by Kate | Sep 19, 2017 | Advocacy, kind promises
At a time in the world where there are so many issues calling out for our attention, it is hard to know where to put one’s energy. I have written before about how to recognize issues requiring advocacy. (Four years later, Paul Corby is still awaiting entry into a...
by Kate | Sep 13, 2017 | Advocacy
I have been listening to Esperanza Spalding and thinking about improvisation. “Improvisation,” Spalding says, “is about showing up with no agenda and no idea of how to get to the end and working together to create value.” In other words, it’s what we do every day. How...
by Kate | Sep 5, 2017 | Advocacy, Disability, kind promises, Vulnerability, Weakness
In the US of A, we value independence. We planted the idea with our revolutionary roots, nurtured it through immigrations and cowboys and have carried it into the 21st-century with our cell phones – connected and disconnected simultaneously. The urge to go it alone is...
