Connect with your inner fire and vision
Tools & Inspirationactivate
How Do We Move From Despair to Action?
I am so angry with the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade. It’s hard to come up with words to address the intensity of this moment that we’re in.
Small Actions Add Up
Making time in your day for what you value. I've been wanting to give myself a 30-day challenge...
Disarm Your Inner Critic
The Freedom of Contour Drawing One of the most surprising ways to disarm the inner critic when it...
Connect with Your Inner Knowing
How to Use Simple Mark Making to Relax Your Mind & Body One of the things I love about mark...
What does it mean to write into a space of not knowing?
The importance of freewriting and how to do it. I heard myself sigh when I set the clock....
Feeling Your Voice In Your Body
How might you bring awareness of your voice in your body? In my workshop Journaling Your Values,...
Modeling the Way Forward
An Interview with Nwamaka Agbo, CEO of the Kataly Foundation. “Mistakes and failures are natural. It’s part of the work. It’s part of how we get to deeper change.”
What’s the Big Idea?
Creative Ways to Explore Your Values & Vision I recently did a workshop with the mixed media...
The Importance of Supporting Community Leadership
An Interview with Surina Khan
CEO of the Women’s Foundation California. “We know that leading change requires being changed. “
Notice What Matters To You
How to feel happier, savor our good experiences, improve our health, deal with adversity and strengthen our relationships.
Calisthenics for Your Brain
More Ways to Think Differently I just finished up a visual thinking class with Scriberia, a visual...
Make Room for New Beginnings
Pausing, Being Still and Becoming How often do you allow yourself to pause? And by that, I mean,...
How to Make Friends with Your Inner Critic
The power of accepting yourself. My attitude toward the inner critic comes from a combination of...
Why a Commitment to Life-long Learning is so Important
"We can’t solve our problems with the same thinking that made the problems." Someone recently...
An Owner’s Manual to Your Mind
Lately, I’ve found myself recommending the book, The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain by Annie Murphy Paul to…
Thinking Bigger – Visions for the Best Possible Future
How to create time & space for radical imagination. Too often we are caught up in the...
Centering Joy and Connection
An Interview with Emma Mayerson, founding Executive Director of Alliance for Girls in Oakland, CA. “This way of operating is deeply relational, and values people above product at all times.”
Use Mark Making to Connect with Your Senses
How to use paint and color to relax and express yourself. When I’m not sure what to paint, or...
What It Means To Be An Expert
I often hear clients express doubt about their capabilities and identify feeling like imposters....
Tracking your Excitement
I was talking with a client about the things that excite her and drain her. She had a general idea...
How to Make an Impact with Powerful Presentations
Follow these four steps to engage your audience & spark action. One of the things that I do as...
Get Unstuck.
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Sande’s ability to safely challenge me with powerful questions guided me to bring my culture and values to work and to continually act from my fullest self.
