As we approached a return to four years of - well, who knows what, but it won’t be good - I started thinking about what we can learn from the last time.

1.The manufacturing of crisis and urgency is a tool of oppression.

It’s on purpose. It’s intentional. It keeps us off balance and without energy to plan ahead. Don't fall into the trap. Yes, immigration work often has a quick timeline to follow. Yes, urgency may be a part of that work. But let’s acknowledge that it’s manufactured. That it’s arbitrary. That it comes from somewhere. We can resist by maintaining an awareness of this fact and not letting it take over from the inside out.

This week I had the opportunity to be the inaugural guest on the KOOP Radio show Bodies in Motion. Mindy and I talked about fat liberation, body positivity, the historical construction of fatphobia, my Take Up Space project, and so much more!

Here’s a question I never thought to ask myself until recently: Which of my parts helped me write this song?

How often have you experienced stagnated barnstorming in organizations? Finding external facilitators who can bring new creative brainstorming approaches can totally change an organization’s dynamic and lead to new outcomes and innovation.

We get a lot of messaging from society that we have to “see things through” or “stick with it no matter what.” But here’s the truth: nothing is meant to last forever. I’d like to encourage us all to bust that myth.