Reading the Room
Weekly essays on what happens when a synesthete enters the chat and can emotionally architect cultural moments, midlife, motherhood, & the rewiring of everything. Come for the laughs, stay for the surprising insights that move you.
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The Risks We Can Take When We're Safe. (opens the original)
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This week, I sat across from a friend of mine virtually and noticed how calm she was. It was the dreaded Monday post-vacation for both of us, the one where kids are shuffling off to camp or daycare and the mountain of laundry is waiting for us between work calls and grocery store trips. We meet every other week to check in on our creativity, our work, our drive, our lives. It’s a very nourishing time, but sometimes that glimmer dims when faced with an Everest-sized to-do list and sunburnt should
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