Dear Reader, “What we need right now is tenderness and vulnerability… If I can fight in some way to hold onto that, to show the softness, to show the importance of love, as silly as that may sound, when everything feels violent and horrific, to point out the beautiful thing when everything feels, you know, like, there's no hope–I guess I want to keep doing that. And I want to make sure I do it not just for others but for my own soul, for my own self.” Ada Limón A couple of weeks ago, Matt...

Dear Reader, "With attention and intention, we can shape our system in ways that resource the pathways that nourish our well-being (Deb Dana, Anchored, p. 105)." In July and August in The Studio for Playful Inquiry, we read Anchored and Inciting Joy together as we focused on the practice of finding glimmers - which is Deb Dana’s word for paying attention to the world and our experiences with the intention to perceive what brings us joy, delight, happiness, or comfort. In many ways, our...

I'm hearing it constantly: In these wild times, it's really important for everyone to write. Maybe that's a message you're hearing, too. But you might be wondering where to start - or what that call has to do with your work with young people. We've designed an antidote to that: a short series to get you started. Over just four meetings - each designed to attend live or at your convenience - we'll help you put pen to paper in a way that you'll find meaningful. And it's cheap - we've got pick...