Rank Is a Drink Best Served Mixed

Rank Is a Drink Best Served Mixed

Of course it had to happen on a holiday weekend. The rainiest weekend of the spring. Our septic backed up, and with no one available to help, we dug up the earth, well, mud actually, lifted the 100-pound concrete slab, and tried to unclog it ourselves. Without the...
Motive is in Your Hands

Motive is in Your Hands

We’re inundated with coverage of the Epstein files as they trickle out. Headlines, podcasts, and reports dissect what they reveal about Epstein, wealth, and power. Even the release itself tells a story: the Department of Justice holding back some files, redacting...
Are You Too Much?

Are You Too Much?

“Just try to tone it down a bit, Julie.” It took me by surprise. This was a teacher I respected deeply, someone whose judgment I trusted, and she was telling me that I was too intimidating to another student. That I needed to dial myself back. I remember feeling...
What Time Teaches Us

What Time Teaches Us

I truly love this time of year, the threshold between the old year and the new. It’s a liminal space, the in-between. We’re no longer fully in the year that was, but we’re not yet in the one coming. For people who spend much of their time deciding, directing, and...
Oh. I guess it’s me.

Oh. I guess it’s me.

My mother died last month, and now I’m confronting the strange sensation of being the eldest generation in my family. Along with my sister and brother, I’m suddenly the person at the top of the tree, the elder. It’s an odd feeling, and one I haven’t quite grown into....
No One Wants This

No One Wants This

“Why would I want that promotion?” I didn’t have an answer. It just seemed obvious to me that stepping into a senior leadership role would be my client’s next career move. I kept hearing this sentiment, from talented and dynamic workers, turning down...