Set aside the rules you were handed. Create the ones you need. One of my biggest revelations as an adult was realizing that I have choice. I have agency. I can decide for myself.   Growing up, especially if you experience self-doubt and tend towards people-pleasing, you may have learned that your safety was dependent upon doing what you were told. You couldn't rely on your own instincts and needs. There may not have been room for your emotions or your independence. I don't bring this up to...

A couple years ago, amidst a lot of personal change and disruption, I listened to a podcast episode entitled "How to Shape Your Identity and Goals". It was an episode of the Huberman Lab podcast with guest Dr. Maya Shankar. I'll link the episode at the bottom of the newsletter, but it hit so close to home that I started writing down quotes and notes. As I talked about in my previous newsletter, I had left my corporate career and was on sabbatical.   I was no longer a manager, no longer a...

A sabbatical wasn't something I imagined myself doing, but then again, I couldn't have predicted a lot of what my career has been the...