Privilege and Disrupting Our Comfort Zones A week ago I wrote about how to navigate your practice during a public health crisis. Many of my colleagues were practicing business as usual and planning to continue seeing clients in person. It seemed to me that there was a reluctance to think that what was already an … Read more
The Messengers Today I had an exchange with a black woman who is a fellow counselor. In our dialogue she made a statement aligned with a very privileged perspective. My initial reaction was shock. But then when I considered the limited information I had about this fellow counselor and her apparent limited information about me, … Read more
Being a leader isn’t about being perfect. Leading isn’t about always saying the right thing. It isn’t even about always being right. What leadership does require of us is to be fully aligned. Leadership requires authenticity. Leadership requires a capacity to give. It also requires a capacity to receive. Too many people who are in … Read more
