(This article was originally posted on The Voice Nook on Substack.) “Can you please just tell me what to do?” I hear some version of this question all the time. And I get it. I do. Sometimes we all just want someone else, who seems to know what they’re doing, to give...

(This article was originally posted on The Voice Nook on Substack.) What’s in here: Studio updates Ways we can work together   Happy summer! Time is flying, as usual, and it is a bit disorienting that it’s already August. (It’s not just me, right?) I hope you’ve...

(This article was originally posted on The Voice Nook on Substack.) As humans, we all develop adaptations. For a long time, mine was to be exceptionally good at creating the conditions for other people to safely explore and develop their confidence and...

(This article was originally posted on The Voice Nook on Substack.) Quick note before we begin: I’m hosting a workshop called Making Sense of How We Show Up, on August 22. There are still a few spots available. This post grew out of my own wrestling with many of the...

(This article was originally posted on The Voice Nook on Substack.) Somewhere deep down, many of us know we’re capable of more. Not just in terms of productivity, though we look for it here. And not just in terms of being more successful…though we look for it here,...

(This article was originally posted on The Voice Nook on Substack.) I have a confession. I, like many people (women?), have this intense, visceral belief that somewhere out there in the world of office supplies, exists the Perfect Planner. This past Sunday, I spent...

(This article was originally posted on The Voice Nook on Substack.) My home and garden are tucked next to a patch of woodlands. Living at the edge of the forest teaches you how to exist within systems of unending change, constant chaos, and magnificent complexity. It...

(This article was originally posted on The Voice Nook on Substack.) When I completed my undergraduate degree at UAlbany in 2011, I was very seriously considering continuing right on into a graduate degree, and potentially ultimately a career in academia. I didn’t...

(This article was originally posted on The Voice Nook on Substack.) In May 2022, I joined my partner on a trip to Turkey. His mother had unfortunately passed some time before, and there were family and estate matters that needed tending. On one particular day, it was...

(This article was originally posted on The Voice Nook on Substack.) I’ve realized I’m in one of those in-between moments. (Again.) I’m no longer where I was, but I haven’t yet arrived where I’m going. (Again.) It feels kind of like leaping over a creek while on a...