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Conscious Business · Women

Letting Go of “Guys”

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I’m reprogramming my brain, letting go of the use of guys as a generic term.  This is hard.  I’ve used guys frequently in conversation. It’s also controversial. I get it – most of us use guys to mean the entire group. And yet… Guys carries some ugly, old baggage. To me, the term represents outdated… Continue reading Letting Go of “Guys”

Conscious Business

Growing Slowly

Women Writing for (a) Change, Willamette Valley3 Comments

As I enter year two of Women Writing for (a) Change, Willamette Valley, I am grateful for the advice from a mentor to allow this work to “grow slowly.” Granting myself the gifts of thinking, pausing, reflecting and considering – these feel like radical concepts juxtaposed with our culture’s supercharged pace of life. In the past year,… Continue reading Growing Slowly