Every year I walk through the live portion of the writing journey in awe. So much happens in the world around us during the time that we set aside to explore, reflect, and write! The past few years have very much felt like a blur, filled with challenges of all kinds. Some challenges we anticipated, and others that felt as […]
Write My MAP Reflections: Week 15
At the beginning of this year, I created a statement for myself that helped me focus my energy. Because the political climate and the strategies of “move fast and break things” and “flood the zone” there’s so much that is clawing at our attention at every moment. The point is to overwhelm things to the point of breaking, where literally […]
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Write my MAP Reflection: Week 14
Week 14 reflectionsAs I reflect on the last week and everything that has happened, and all the work that was done, I found myself contemplating a question. I cant get it out of my mind, and as I witness the attempts at erasure and see yet another story of spiteful and hateful murder of another beautiful human being, I just […]
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Write My MAP Reflection: Week 13
Though the tasks I laid out for myself this week were fairly simple, I found myself overwhelmed by them. Maybe it was more just a general feeling of overwhelm. This past week was a lot, and I needed to use my skills in mindfulness and self regulation more than I usually do. I know much of it has to do […]
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Write My MAP Reflection: Weeks 10, 11, & 12
The last few weeks have been tough, and this reflection is unedited because of that. Alongside the general chaos of returning to routines after the holidays and attempting to wrap up everything from last year, things around the world have been dicey and more so than usual. The vast majority of the shifts and actions that have caused what may […]
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Write My Map Reflection: Weeks 7, 8 & 9
The annual check in. This is a process I participate in every year, and of all the practices I engage myself in this is probably the one that is the most important for me. I usually take an entire month to go through this part of the process, and there’s a good reason for that. Every year I wonder if […]
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Write My Map Reflection: Weeks 5 & 6
It is hard to slow down this time of year. Even as someone who has immensely more control over my schedule than most people do, there are a lot of pressures and activities happening all around me. I have to work extra hard to filter what needs my attention and what can be left alone, and to determine how to […]
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Write My Map Reflection: Weeks 3 & 4
This part of Write My Map has been about exploring mission, specifically our own missions. And as I was writing in response and reflection to the prompts, I couldn’t help but also reflect on how my understanding of mission has changed over the years. When I was a kid, I heard about missions all the time. The way everybody talked […]
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Write My Map Reflection: Weeks 1 & 2
It was hard to get back into the swing of things this year. Just a matter of fact, not a judgement or even an excuse, there was so much going on it was hard to allow myself to pause at all. I kept thinking about how less is more, and that sometimes the biggest flex is simply to stop and […]
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Annual Notice & Reminders
I am so grateful for the partnership, support, and participation in working towards a world free from power-based violence, a world where survivors are supported fully in leading change, a world where the humanity that binds us to each other is protected and celebrated. A world where the hard work of healing belongs to us all, a world where love […]
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