Getting from Weird to Wonder

Getting from Weird to Wonder

Might this headline reflect your life journey? It resonates as part of my own journey growing in wisdom and maturity. Remember being a kid, when the girl with braces seemed weird? How about the boy who brought kimchi in his lunch? Totally weird. And the twins who were...
Money serves us, we don’t serve money

Money serves us, we don’t serve money

This may seem obvious, but it’s easy to fall into the trap of serving money and the things that supply us with money. Greed and anxiety can leave us in a place where we feel we don’t have enough and need to do whatever we can get more. But as humans, we...
How Design Enhances Business

How Design Enhances Business

I recently taught at the Stanford d.school, and was delighted to see that 1/3 the students were studying Design, 1/3 studying Business, and 1/3 came from a variety of disciplines. This certainly showcased the importance and versatility of design thinking! While...
Becoming unbreakable

Becoming unbreakable

Someone recently commented that I seemed particularly resilient. She asked, “Were you born this way?” I don’t think we’re born resilient…in fact, rather the opposite. We are born malleable, entering the world with softness, easily dented… even bruised. So,...