Recently a friend sent me a photo of a slide from a presentation she attended at a conference. The slide shared statistics about joy at work. It got me thinking again about the work I have been doing, the reading I have been doing and the way I have been writing and speaking about joy. As often happens, I found myself reflecting on joy in two ways. What does it look like personally? And what does it look like professionally? As I sat with the professional side of that que

I recently had a meaningful conversation about the idea of belonging, a topic close to my heart and deeply embedded in many of the workshops I create. As we talked, I found myself making notes, eager to capture the nuance of our discussion. Belonging, after all, isn't just a theoretical concept, it's a profound human experience that shapes our interactions, communities, and sense of self. Belonging is also my word for the year and one of the themes in my 2025 calendar , so I