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Listening: The Struggle Is Real
I struggle with listening. I experience hearing loss. So hearing, and by extension listening, are difficult for me. Really listening means I am absolutely present to a situation. Honest to goodness presence (which is a true gift we can give one anot...
read moreFinding Funny
From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere. Dr. Seuss I wish I was funny. I love to laugh, though I don't do it enough. I love jokes, though I don't tell jokes very well. I love to be around funny people. They just seem to ...
read moreMy Favorite Excuses
In general, I am not an excuse person. Excuses are lies we tell ourselves when we are scared, embarrassed, ashamed, and/or angry. Excuses are the exact opposite of results. Excuses are like dessert, when you eat too many of them the results are evid...
read moreMy Invisible Knapsack
Our current times have gotten me questioning my white privilege. I remember reading Peggy McIntosh in graduate school. Her work introduced me to the idea of an Invisible Knapsack. She explains, "White privilege is like an invisible weightless knapsa...
read moreAbout Katie
Born in Louisville. Live in Atlanta. Curious by nature. Researcher by education. Writer by practice. Grateful heart by desire.
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