It’s Friday afternoon. The winter sun has me scrunching up half my face. I’m caffeinated, drum and bass in my headphones, sitting at my laptop writing an update for my newsletter. It’s a tricky post to write. I want to simultaneously give a personal update on my life, and I also have to make a

The last few months I’ve been working with Gabe Broussard (@VividVoid_), training habitual people-pleasers to be more confrontational. It’s been so fascinating to learn the logic of conflict-avoidant people and to find strategies that support them to stand up for themselves. Our Fight Wise program is a series of role-play exercises where people practice navigating