June 2023 Edition
June the 9th? I barely even know her!
Happy birthday to me, and a happier day for you since you get this newsletter! Here are your updates:
Blog Post: The Fountain of Youth Runs with the Blood of Your Ego - What does it mean to be young? In this blog post, I explore the hypothesis that staying young means killing your ego and embracing a Growth Mindset in all aspects of your life.
Project Warrior Podcast: Life in (our) Color - In this episode, we discuss how showing an attraction or preference to something beautiful has a basis in survival - and how complicated that can be!
The Buzz: May seems to be a retreat month! Towards the beginning of the month, I co-facilitated a workshop at the Grow with Google Team offsite, which was certainly a learning experience. Thinking about Values, Trust and Boundaries can evoke many complicated feelings if you are in an ambiguous place.
At the end of the month, I was at the North Carolina A&T student affairs retreat to lead a session on Fear of Change (twice). It is really special to work with a down to earth group, with strong personal values, and giving them the space to connect and reflect in a low stakes, fun environment. The highlight for me was getting them to do a “Tallest Tower” challenge, but having each team member have a secret role they had to play - either embodying a growth mindset, or that of a saboteur!Recommendation: This tiktok that discussed studies on sleep masks convinced me to buy this WAOAW one. Since I have started using it, I have been so surprised at how deeply I sleep and how I wake up early, feeling refreshed.
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Enable 3rd party cookies or use another browserOlive: What a precious sleeping face!!! I wish we all could sleep as nicely as this:
And… as a bonus. Here is a picture of Olive’s foe who likes to come by and hassle her. As you can see, this little face is nothing but trouble:
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