Grateful for What Is

And Excited for What's to Come

On January 1st, my Substack had 120 subscribers. Today, I’m excited to welcome subscriber 10,000!

I’ll be honest – I didn’t expect this kind of rapid growth, but I think what seems to resonate is a willingness to reflect, to sit with uncertainty, and to talk about difficult things, even while the journey is still unfolding.

We’re all trying to make sense of life in the messy middle of the unresolved, finding joy where we can and seeking ways to relate our own experience to those of others.

What This Space Is (and is Becoming)

This is a space where mindfulness meets lived (and shared) experiences. It’s where we explore leadership as awareness, reflection, and introspection.

Most of you are navigating change in your own lives. You are leading teams, organizations, and families. You are tasked with making decisions in increasingly uncertain environments.

At the same time, you are asking important questions. Questions like:

• How do I remain centered when the ground feels like it is shifting underneath me?

• How do I lead with authenticity?

• How do I stay open and mindful with all the external pressures?

These are not questions that can easily be answered with frameworks and carefully executed organizational development formulas.

This is where the work is. And where the magic happens.

Where’s the ice cream?

Spreading Joy and Shifting Perspectives

Joy. This growth is a source of joy for me. It is a signal that people are interested and resonating with the material. It means that I can spread joy around the world and help shift perspectives more broadly.

But with this growth is also a sense of responsibility to be thoughtful about what I share and honest about what I’m going through, even when it’s not pleasant or resolved.

There are still a few more reflections from India that I’ll be sharing in the coming months - they are stories that continue to unfold in their own special ways the longer I sit with them.

I’ll also be sharing takeaways from two podcast interviews I am hosting with some incredibly inspirational business leaders whom I met while there. These discussions will explore elements of leadership, development, and community engagement.

And together, we’ll continue to explore the beauty of life unfolding around us. We’ll marvel at the big moments and reflect on the small, almost inconsequential ones that form the tapestry of our lives.

Quite Simply, Thank You

If you’ve been here from the beginning or joined just recently, thank you.

Thank you for reading and for being open to these kinds of reflections. If something in here has resonated with you, I invite you to share it with someone who might find it valuable as well.

I always appreciate hearing from you, so let me know what’s stirring!

I’m grateful to be here, together with you.