Building hyper-local community starts with a “hi” - and a free slice of pizza helps. 🍕 In my first apartment in Vancouver, I hosted yearly pizza parties in the lobby. I slipped simple invitations under every door (only 44 units, so manageable). Over time, I got to know almost everyone in the building - and they got to know me. It wasn’t just nice to live somewhere friendly. It meant that when the landlord left our only elevator broken for months, we could organize as tenants

I've been thinking a lot about integrity lately - specifically how I confuse it with perfectionism. I'll avoid starting something because I don't have the "right" resources yet. Or I'll push myself past my actual capacity because I think that's what commitment should look like. But overstepping my own limits to care for others? That's not integrity. That's just me abandoning my self-care. Nature doesn't work like this. Trees don't aspire for a perfect "look". They work within

I have been MIA for a few months. The end of last year was full of opportunities to offer workshops (yay!) but I ended up wearing myself down because I wasn’t asking for what I needed (which in this economy what that meant was that I wasn’t charging enough). So here I am taking a drinking my own medicine - asking for what I need. I am feeling icky about it cuz it's money related - but I am leaning on the knowledge that my growth, health, and sustainability is just as import