You might have noticed from all the rainbow flags in your social media feeds that we are well into Pride Month. In this week’s episode of the Coworking Out Loud Podcast, I dive into the deeper meaning behind community pride, share a somewhat embarrassing story of trying to find community as a young, queer person, […]

I recently found myself at a gathering of introverts. It was new territory for me, but I learned a lot about myself…and about how important it is to find ways for everyone to contribute to conversations. It’s not always the people who are talking the loudest that have the most interesting stories. Coworking space operators: […]

My worst interview ever was with Erika Wennerstrom from the Heartless Bastards. I was a mess, everything was going wrong, and it was not great. At all. Recently I had the opportunity to change the ending to that story when I re-interviewed Wennerstrom. The experience proved to be absolutely amazing. Here’s the story. Links: Erika […]

I think of my grandparents pretty much every day. Bud and Ethel were great role models. They were loving, accepting, committed and fun. Grandma and grandpa taught me a lot […]

Whew, last week’s episode on vulnerability was a doozie. As you might recall, I waited days to publish it because I was not at all sure that I wanted to […]

Heads-up: This episode is emotional, raw and real. If that’s not your thing, or if you’re not in the space to go there right now, better skip this one.

This episode of the Coworking Out Loud Podcast terrifies me.

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I come from a family of storytellers and bookworms.

Stories were an everyday part of my childhood, especially stories about our family.

The stories helped us understand who we were and where we came from.

Storytelling is an important part

At GCUC Canada in October I found myself unexpectedly singing and crying among hundreds of coworking friends.

It was a flawed, human moment brought on by beauty, sadness, loss and a collective spirit of vulnerability.

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When I was in my early twenties, I moved by myself to Santa Cruz, California.

I was doing some soul-searching at the time, trying to figure out what I wanted from life.

One day I was walking, asking for clarity,

Expanding our comfort zone only makes sense if we’re expanding it in ways that bring us closer to our goals and vision.

In episode 001 of the Coworking Out Loud Podcast, I share a story of trying, in vain, to