It is almost the Summer Solstice. Peak light amidst dark times. I’m not a fan of bypassing and would rather embrace what is and transform from there, knowing that the process of transforming structures both intrapersonally and collectively is messy and something that occurs over time. It is, as anonymously quoted by the psychologist Ira Progoff, “this solitary work we do together.”

I think about this quote a lot as it captures a specific dynamic of our professional lives. We are often in a room, just us with one other person doing our work and yet we also need a community of colleagues with whom we can share the totally weird and unique dynamics our job involves. Seriously, what other job is like ours?