coaching for clarity and courage
It’s not my job to do this. It is not the job of women to educate men – or anyone – on what has hurt them, or how it has hurt them, or why they didn’t share their hurt publicly. […]
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Dear friend, I know we lost touch when I left Kyrgyzstan, because our particular kinds of social awkwardness intersected in not-useful ways. I know we weren’t super close, and our paths only crossed for two years. But I always felt […]
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On money, stored value, and bitcoin as a representation of death: We don’t have ancient forests any more, and the futures they portended are gone. What there are, are sheets of paper, ingots of gold, diamonds, and little banks of […]
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In American culture, we talk about money in a few, highly specific ways. You might tell someone what you paid for your house, but you don’t mention your salary. You can possibly talk about the price of a dress if […]
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We spend a lot of cognitive energy thinking about climate change, but climate change is not our core problem. Climate change is a symptom. It’s an awful symptom that will radically change, possibly destroy life on earth. But we actually […]
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This post has nothing to do with coaching. This post is just scattered thoughts about about poverty reduction and terrorism, from someone with no background in economic growth. 1 – Aren’t remittances from overseas family members just a form of […]
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1. We should talk about blood more. This WhyDev post just reminded me that the taboo on discussing menstruation is not merely silly and annoying; it actively harms girls. Some girls think that menstrual pain was a sign that they were […]
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If you’re like most of the people I know, you’re desperately worried and afraid. And you feel helpless. What the hell does any individual person do about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? I’ll start with what not to do. Stay off […]
I refuse to live in fear forever is the kind of thing you say when your life has been so comfortable you’ve never had to look at the world straight on In my own community I keep hearing people say, […]
A lot of American systems were one big shock away from disaster and this is that disaster 1. A lot of American systems were one big shock away from disaster and this is that disaster. Healthcare, but also public education, […]