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Things A Writer Needs
If you’re considering writing your first book, you may be wondering what you’ll need to get started and what you’ll need to keep going. Here’s a short(ish) list of the things I recommend to clients at various stages of their writing journeys, whether they’re starting out, smack in the middle, or have finally finished that…
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Miami Vice: The Movie Colin Farrell Forgot He Made
In the summer of 2022, I watched Michael Mann’s 2006 Miami Vice more than ten times; I had an obsessive need to spend time with the characters which I couldn’t explain…
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5 Things To Watch, Read, and Talk About In The Week Ahead
Roxane Gay’s got a Substack called The Audacity, which she describes as “writing that boldly disregards normal restraints.” Every week she publishes recommendations for books, journalisms, and culture in a newsletter called The Roundup. In addition to writing brilliantly, it is clear that Roxane Gay spends a lot of time reading and watching TikTok. Human…
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13 Questions To Ask About Your Book
The majority of my clients are men and women of color dedicated to social justice, healing, and spirituality who have shaped their lives around their passions and beliefs. Most of them are already sharing their wisdom and knowledge through their work but all of them are longing for something more. They want to get it…
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Building Equity into Your Infrastructure: a workshop – Wednesday, March 1, 2023
It had never occurred to me that work in an organization could be done differently until I started working with The Enneagram Prison Project in 2019. At that time, leadership was beginning to explore the possibilities of creating an organization which welcomed every voice to the table and supported each member to gravitate towards the…
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A Few Thoughts on “Playing Both Sides”
My mom’s a Puerto Rican, my dad’s a Jew , and I grew up in The Bronx. Last week on LinkedIn, Linda Espinosa Valencia reposted a TikTok of storyteller Christopher Rivas talking about how easily, when it comes to racist dynamics, brown people can play “both sides.” To Christopher Rivas’ observation I add, and when they’re mixed, they…
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The Principles of Teal and Building Equity into Your Infrastructure
In 2014 Fred Laloux wrote a book called “Reinventing Organizations” which has birthed a movement in the world of organizational design called “Teal.” And, If you are a geek for structures of any kind, I highly recommend reading this clear and sometimes humorous overview of the ways human beings have organized themselves to get things…
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Crossing the Divide: Art, Healing, and Business
In my mind, there was once a clear divide between artists, healers, and businesspeople. As an idealistic creative in my twenties, the world of business seemed as far as I could get – creatively, morally, and spiritually – from the life I hoped to lead. And yet, after becoming a mother in my early thirties,…
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Safe Spaces for Creatives of Color Need to Remain Safe
In 2021, I was President of the Northwest Editors Guild in Seattle. The previous year, George Floyd had been murdered in broad daylight and white people had gotten very afraid of being called out. In 2020, it seemed like every damn organization in the country had released a statement against racism (or some bullshit like…
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