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Up all night
Up all night
PoetryJennifer PhillipsSeptember 19, 2024hope, sleep, uncertainty, wildness, unknowing, unfolding
Creative teams are bendy, with a solid core
Creative teams are bendy, with a solid core
Work, StrategyJennifer PhillipsAugust 8, 2024creativity, leadership, change
Braid me in
Braid me in
Poetry, NewsletterJennifer PhillipsFebruary 8, 2024poetry, florilegia, work, love, dreams
The doctor is in
The doctor is in
Poetry, NewsletterJennifer PhillipsJanuary 24, 2024poetry, florilegia, change, attention, life, process, neighbor love, imperfection
What's on your mind?
What's on your mind?
NewsletterJennifer PhillipsJanuary 10, 2024advice that rocks, advice, questions
Ties that bind
Ties that bind
Poetry, NewsletterJennifer PhillipsJanuary 9, 2024poetry, florilegia, stillness, breath, change, interdependence
Middle East conflict: perspectives I appreciate
Middle East conflict: perspectives I appreciate
JusticeJennifer PhillipsOctober 25, 2023conflict, peace, justice
Compassion, defined
Compassion, defined
Life, Justice, PhilosophyJennifer PhillipsOctober 25, 2023compassion, mindfulness, kindness, common humanity, love
A container for what matters most
A container for what matters most
LifeJennifer PhillipsOctober 25, 2023religion, spirituality, practices
Orbiting the giant hairball
Orbiting the giant hairball
Work, BooksJennifer PhillipsOctober 6, 2023creativity, change, systems change, bureaucracy, creative process
Syllabus: cognitive energy, burnout, and rest
Syllabus: cognitive energy, burnout, and rest
Creativity, WorkJennifer PhillipsSeptember 27, 2023rest, energy, creativity, knowledge work, productivity, burnout
Living as if
Living as if
Climate, Justice, Life, WorkJennifer PhillipsSeptember 12, 2023transformation, change, goals, otherwise possibility
Emergent strategy
Emergent strategy
Strategy, Work, JusticeJennifer PhillipsAugust 31, 2023emergent strategy, adrienne maree brown, change, systems change, transformation, strategy
Riding the wave
Riding the wave
Poetry, LifeJennifer PhillipsAugust 17, 2023poem, baseball, water, waves, ambition, neighbor love
Reading deprivation
Reading deprivation
Books, Work, CreativityJennifer PhillipsJuly 6, 2023The Artist's Way, Julia Cameron, Reading, Distraction, Discernment, Divergence
Resource List: Navigating Conflict at Work
Resource List: Navigating Conflict at Work
Work, LifeJennifer PhillipsJune 7, 2023conflict, crucial conversations, presence
There will be days
There will be days
Life, PhilosophyJennifer PhillipsMay 25, 2023love, awe, unknowing, not knowing, noticing, grief, death, life, life cycle, uncertainty
Gathering of the Vibes
Gathering of the Vibes
Life, WorkJennifer PhillipsApril 27, 2023practices, journaling, time management
Holding on and letting go
Holding on and letting go
Ecology, LifeJennifer PhillipsApril 11, 2023change, trees, letting go, transition, seasons
Learning to lament
Learning to lament

I'm talking to you about racial justice today, and it's the most important work I'm going to do. Thanks for hearing me (and Bob Marley) out. 

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Justice, MusicJennifer PhillipsMarch 16, 2023bob marley, sarah bessey, nadia bolz-weber, butterflies, justice, healing, lamentation, black lives matter, cop city, nic stone
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How was your week? I talk about this check-in practice, procrastination, why a grinding focus actually limits us, trees, books, happiness and more in this week’s Helping Friendly Newsletter. Featured teachers include: Jeff Chu, Annie Murphy
Loving this one. Also loved *Small Things Like These*. Claire Keegan is quickly becoming one of my faves. #fiction
This party never stops. Inspired by MLK and the Tennessee Three. “To guard ourselves from bitterness, we need the vision to see in this generation’s ordeals the opportunity to transfigure both ourselves and American society.” - ML
Analog session at my local #library, #scratching for ideas. “It’s a way of saying to the gods, ‘Oh, don’t mind me, I’ll just wander around in these back hallways…’ and then grabbing that piece of fire and ru
Psyched to start this one. From the intro: “This book is more than a book. It is an invitation. We are making a flying carpet here to carry us through our lives as contemporary mystics masquerading as ordinary people – people who hear the
Experimental collaboration with @stuartgunter. We traded art last month, and each added a new layer to the other person’s original sketch. Such a fun practice! (1) Finished piece, daydreams. (2) Stuart’s original, serene trees. I adde
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