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Watching the Fire
Sheila invited me to a date night down at the Touchstone Center for Crafts in the Laurel Highlands. Touchstone

Organizations Have a What’s Next Problem Too
Their Leadership Plans In my Substack posts, I mostly write about what it means for individuals to navigate What’s

Something Unexpected Is Still Growing
Hair Today, More Tomorrow The summer I interned at the National Institutes of Health, I got a perm. The

How I Spent My Birthday Awake Wondering Who Is Right
It is 1:54 on Tuesday morning as I am writing this. I know the exact time because I just

I Asked AI to Roast Me.
It Got Personal. Editor’s Note: A number of folks have reached out to me asking why I haven’t written

The Day I Became My Own Client
One ending, one beginning Sixteen years ago, I walked into my boss’s office for our regular Monday morning meeting
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Reflecting on Ten Years of Resilient Wednesdays
My friend Randall recently pointed out that 2024 will mark the tenth anniversary of Resilient Wednesdays, a milestone encompassing

Recognizing Today’s Unseen Triumphs
Our stories are written daily, sometimes with celebration, sometimes with tragedy, and most often by the ordinary. Today, November

Making My Gratitudes Real
(This Resilient Wednesday is a condensed version of an op-ed I wrote, and which was published by the Pittsburgh
Do It With Joy
In a powerful scene from the movie Gandhi, portrayed by Ben Kingsley, he asks his wife Kasturba, played by
What’s Working
There seem to be many worries and concerns in our world. Alongside the global and national issues that absorb

Resilience in Remembrance
Last week, marked the 5th anniversary of the tragic Tree of Life shooting, a day that is remembered forever