It’s Not Optional

Listen to the audio version of this post here.   “I’m not versed in public speaking.” We’ve seen this a lot lately. Somebody says something somewhere. Somebody else is offended. Controversy ensues. Exhibit A: Louis Vuitton’s Artistic Director for Menswear. No, I’m not a fashionista either – I couldn’t tell you much about Louis Vuitton…

Is F2F Gone for Good?

Listen to the audio version of this post here.   Yes, there’s Zoom. And phone calls. And of course, texting. None of it is a substitute for real, live human contact, is it? We might miss face-to-face meetings more or less, depending on our personality or temperament and on what we were accustomed to, pre-pandemic.…

Getting Around To It

Listen to the audio version of this post here.   Some of us are launching whole new careers because the pandemic has upended the old one in ways that seem insurmountable. People in retail, fitness and hospitality are among those reinventing themselves as their employers close for good. Some of us are adjusting. Doing the…

Many Things Are True

Listen to the audio version of this post here.   It’s hard to keep up with the fast-paced events happening all over the country, isn’t it? To say nothing of all the opinions we keep hearing from the experts and people with lived experience and our family and friends. Trying to sort it all out…

Where’s The Meaning In The Mayhem?

Listen to the audio version of this post here.   How are you holding up? Seriously. It’s a lot, isn’t it? The pandemic. The economic collapse. Now the demonstrations along with the looting and destruction that accompanied them. Stores and restaurants just beginning to come back from the CoronaCrisis have been shut down again, some…