04/17/2026
Today, I’m thinking about how the work — good work, fulfilling work — happens.
It doesn’t have a timeline or a schedule. It doesn’t happen by accident either. 💡The work happens because people who care about outcomes keep doing what they are doing. 🙋🏽♀️
Today, I’m thinking about the way that work happens when we are carrying a lot from the non-work spheres of our lives. You know — physical and mental health (for ourselves or someone we care about), grief, anger, worry, for instance. I call this working with 🎲.
Often with work, we find ourselves having to leave that part of ourselves at the door when we walk into the workplace, not necessarily because our jobs demand it, but because we do need to park some things — if even temporarily — so we can remain functional.
So having a system for parking, decompressing, or letting go of the life stuff so you can continue to function is a vital component of any mental wealth toolkit.
We don’t need to solve every problem or diffuse every 💣 we encounter. Sometimes the effort is in taking care of yourself while you manage only the highest priority until things make their way to equilibrium.
High-functioning entrepreneurs and team leaders who work with me at know that learning, practicing and retreating with us is as much about working with the life things we don’t get to make time for when we are in the workspace, but still impact how we work.
I tend to find myself meditating more frequently and I do a lot more ‘people watching’ — especially at coffee shops and in open spaces like I am doing today) — as I commit to moving through my day in an ‘un-rushed’ way. I have a whole system (some call it ritual) built around that.
I’m curious how others practice working with🎲.
