I was sitting across from my boss at the time, over coffee, telling him I was leaving. In many ways I had been his protégé. It wasn't the easiest mentoring relationship, but he had invested in me, and I think we both knew this conversation mattered. He listened. He accepted. And then he asked what I would do in between jobs. I told him about Annapurna Base Camp. My eyes lid up. The trek had been living in me for a long time. He paused. Then he said he hoped I would find a way to make people...

On Stillness, Defiance, and the Art of Authoring Our Own Life Rest is one of those concepts we think we understand, until someone asks us to define it. Then we realize we've been confusing it with sleep. Or vacation. Or the absence of work. Or collapse. None of those are quite it. Rest Is Not One Thing This is the first truth worth naming: rest is plural. It takes different forms for different people, in different seasons, at different hours of the day. What restores one person depletes...

What if quiet quitting is the most honest thing we can offer our over-responsible, perfectionist , searching selves? What if it's not quitting at all but regulating, healing, giving in amounts that are sustainable and controlled by you? I've spent over 25 years looking at organizations through a leadership and HR lens. I've studied the engagement surveys, designed People & Culture roadmaps, hired incredible folks and watched them succeed, and chase the next thing. I've led variety of growth...