Archive - Katie’s Substack

Creating psychological safety for myself and others takes a lot of self-awareness

Or, how that one boss being vulnerable shifted the way I think about leadership forever

Jul 30 •

Help me retitle this substack

I'm thinking of renaming my Substack to better reflect the spirit of the writing.

Jul 23 •

Meditation in real life

Managing how I experience things that are taking as long as they take

Jul 22 •

Sleep, Creep, Leap

Letting things take as long as they take

Jul 14 •

Deliverables are like garlic - sometimes you measure them with your heart

Practicing self-sovereignty means changing your relationship with accountability, systems, and goals

Jul 4 •

May 2025

Five years later and so much work left

This isn’t my first blog.

May 27 •

This list of redundant workers is not bringing me joy

Office closet cleanout reveals hidden gems and opportunities to let go

May 21 •

April 2025

March 2025

Finding self-sovereignty in my training to be a coach

How do you "show up empty" if you're determined to add value and prove you're an expert? Maybe don't try so hard at the expert thing.

Mar 25 •

Shoot (for) the moon and (you fail if you miss) you might land among the stars

Can we be reasonable with ourselves when we miss on our big, hairy, audacious goals?

Mar 14 •

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