I’ve always been drawn to the idea of having options. From a young age, my father (the late John D. Thompson, Jr. - among the first Black state legislators in Ohio) gave me advice that shaped how I think about freedom and decision-making:

“Don’t let anybody box you into a corner,” he told me. “You ...

We often think that growth is about learning more -- more skills, more knowledge, more strategies. But at a recent training, I heard an education specialist talk about unlearning: letting go of the assumptions, habits, and mindsets that no longer serve us.

Maybe you’ve been carrying an old story ab...

When You Build a Relationship With What You're Afraid Of, You Gain Power 

Someone said that to me yesterday, and I haven't stopped thinking about it since.

It landed deep, because if I'm honest, that sentence brought one of my biggest fears to the surface: the fear of being fully seen.

Seen...

May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.  ~Nelson Mandela

It’s easy to create a long list of reasons to feel downright despondent about the state of the world today.

• The prevalence of gun violence in the U.S.
• The war in Ukraine
• Climate change and its global impact
• Police violence
...