ISSUE 86 27 MAY 2026 | READ ONLINE Hi Reader, I just booked a trip. Ten flights in total. I know. It probably took me fifteen hours (researching, comparing, rerouting, compromising on dates that neither of us loved) before I finally hit confirm. And somewhere in the middle of all of that, I realized something that should have been obvious from the start. My husband and I had both agreed on the same trip. We did not want the same trip. I wanted a beach. Preferably a yoga retreat. Preferably in...
13 days ago • 4 min read
ISSUE 85 20 MAY 2026 | READ ONLINE Hi Reader, I caught myself doing it again. Hot chocolate with chia seeds in hand, not even properly sat down yet, and I was scrolling. Headline after headline. Each one a bit more depressing than the last. By the time I looked up, ten minutes had gone by. And I felt worse than when I started. Not better informed. Just meh. It is a strange way to begin a day. I suspect I am not the only one doing it. Here is what I have been noticing lately, in myself and in...
20 days ago • 4 min read
ISSUE 84 14 MAY 2026 | READ ONLINE Hi Reader, On Monday morning, I made a hot chocolate and forgot to drink it. Twenty minutes later, I was still standing in my kitchen in a hoodie and yoga pants (my Seattle uniform), holding a cup that had gone cold in my hand. I had not moved. My body felt tight. My brain was scanning for what was next. Half-loaded smile already in place, even though there was no one in the room. For the first time in three weeks, nothing was being asked of me that required...
26 days ago • 3 min read
ISSUE 84 14 MAY 2026 | READ ONLINE Hi Reader, On Monday morning, I made a hot chocolate and forgot to drink it. Twenty minutes later, I was still standing in my kitchen in a hoodie and yoga pants (my Seattle uniform), holding a cup that had gone cold in my hand. I had not moved. My body felt tight. My brain was scanning for what was next. Half-loaded smile already in place, even though there was no one in the room. For the first time in three weeks, nothing was being asked of me that required...
26 days ago • 3 min read
purpose. pathfinders. ISSUE 83 22 APRIL 2026 | READ ONLINE Hi Reader, Last Thursday, I chose fifteen people. That's the short version. The longer version is that I spent Thursday morning on a video call, finalizing a list I'd been building in my head for weeks. Fifteen leaders whose applications I'd been reading and rereading while walking the dog, while brushing my teeth, while half-listening to podcasts. Some I'd never met. Some I already knew. All of them, in different ways, inspiring. By...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
ISSUE 82 15 APRIL 2026 | READ ONLINE Hi Reader, In 10 days, I walk into the first of three major speaking engagements for April. There are workbooks going to the printer. Slide decks to wrap up. Speaker dinners I haven't fully thought about yet. That nervousness of wondering whether I'll show up the way people are expecting. So yesterday, I took the day off. Not because everything was done. It wasn't. Not because someone told me to. Nobody did. My body just stopped. It signaled clearly enough...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
ISSUE 81 8 APRIL 2026 | READ ONLINE Hi Reader, I'm trying to build a 10x company. This past weekend, I pulled weeds. Not as a metaphor. Actual weeds. In an actual garden that had been completely taken over by ivy, which apparently decided the fence was just a suggestion. I cleared out old plastic containers that had sat there for a couple of years. I cut back what had overgrown. I threw things away. And then yesterday, I went to the nursery and bought lettuce and arugula. Not because I...
2 months ago • 3 min read
ISSUE 80 30 MARCH 2026 | READ ONLINE Hi Reader, Tomorrow is the last day of Q1. And I just found my January list. It was folded inside a notebook, under another notebook that has barely moved since February. Reading it felt like finding a note from a stranger. Not because I gave up on everything on it. But because the version of me who wrote that list had no idea what Q1 would actually ask of her. I had a plan. Three big moves. Two new habits. One overdue conversation I kept saying I'd get...
2 months ago • 3 min read
ISSUE 79 25 MARCH 2026 | READ ONLINE Hi there Reader, The solo act is getting old. And yet, we still love the story of the lone genius. The visionary. The person holding the whole thing together with grit, caffeine, and a slightly concerning level of control. But most meaningful things are not built that way. (I think you already know this). They are built through trust. Through shared effort. Through relationships. And through people bringing different strengths to the table and making...
3 months ago • 2 min read