This post was written October 14th. The photo image is from my office, a gift from my brother nearly 20 years ago. 

As I build this business - deeply focused and devoted to empowering us to decide, declare, and pursue what we really want from this precious lifetime - it is easy to have fun in the lightness and joy of possibility and expansion. Truly, I’ve loved every second of it. 

Yet, as I write this, I have a to-do list that includes preparing a eulogy for my youngest brother, whose unexpected passing has left us in the throes of grief these past few weeks, coming on the back of months of some of the deepest inner work I’ve ever done. So it’s been on my mind, living with fresh sadness and grief, what it looks like to come back to this in a way that feels authentic to me and this mission while meeting me where I am. 

I decided the only way I want to do it now is the only way I want to do it ever, in the spirit of building community while being of...