The MyPeacein50 Blog

MyPeacein50 Series

A year ago, I began this series with a question.

Not a polished framework.
Not a strategic plan.
Not a clear destination.

Just a question.

What might happen if I approached this...

MyPeacein50 Series

Over the past year, this exploration of peace has led me to a deeper question: What kind of leadership is required in a complex, messy world?

Not an idealized world. Not a world w...

MyPeacein50 Series

Over the last year, I’ve spent a great deal of time thinking about peace. Not as an abstract concept. Not as toxic positivity. Not as pretending everything is okay when it clearly ...

Why belonging is the foundation of safety, trust, and sustainable caring

Belonging is one of those experiences that is both deeply personal and profoundly universal. Most of us can remember a time wh...

How the body learns safety through contact, presence, and gentle attention

When I worked at the Children’s Hospital, Healing Touch practitioners used to come to our All-Staff meetings. At first, I di...

What it means to build peace together, one nervous system at a time

So much of what we’ve talked about during this MyPeacein50 journey has been about how we can regulate our own nervous systems in ti...

How placing one foot in front of the other becomes a way back to yourself

Walking has become one of the most reliable ways I return to myself. Not power walking. Not walking to achieve a certain numb...

What it means to grow—not because of what happened, but because of how we carry it forward

There’s a phrase I was introduced to years ago, both professionally and personally, that I’ve come back to a...

When “just so” becomes too much—and how to loosen its grip

Recently, I spent some time with my aunt, and she told a story about me that I’ve heard before—but this time, it landed differently.

I was ...

What it means to thaw the nervous system—and reclaim motion when your body goes still

There’s a moment that happens to me in acute crisis that I don’t talk about often. From the outside, it looks lik...

I’ve spent a lot of time over the years talking about boundaries. I’ve written about them. Taught them. Wrestled with them personally and professionally. I even created a Boundaries in Leadership Tool...

Last week, I wrote about how music and sound can reconnect us to our truest selves — how a single lyric or vibration can bring us home in an instant. This week, I’m turning the volume inward. If sound...