5 Things / Crap
In case you missed it, earlier this week I shared a 3 minute video previewing my new speech:
This speech, which is about the time I missed a speech, is the most vulnerable thing I've ever shared.
Most of us are taught to hide our mistakes, not recover from them. So I wrote this talk about what opens up after the "oh crap!" moment, and how you can flip that mistake into something positive, using CRAP: compassion, regulation, authenticity, and play. Perfectionism isn't a flex for anyone on any team, but authenticity is! As always, this talk brings the good vibes!
I love talking about mistakes…got any you want to share with me?
I'm cheering you on—
Bernadette
This week’s Good Vibes:
Patagonia Turns Voting Into Team Sport
Patagonia will give up to 112,000 customers a $100 credit for helping three registered voters make a plan to vote in the midterms. The 11.2 Million Vote Project launches today.
This is nonpartisan: participants are not asked to back any candidate or party. Patagonia has closed for every federal election since 2016 and co-founded Time to Vote, now including more than 2,000 companies, so workers never have to choose between work and voting.
♐️ Ask your team what makes voting hard, then remove one barrier.
Britain Says Grief Deserves Time Off
Great Britain will add a statutory right to up to two weeks of unpaid bereavement leave in April. It covers workers who lose a spouse, partner, parent, adult child, or sibling, plus step, half, foster, kinship, and adoptive relatives.
Pregnancy loss before 24 weeks counts too, including miscarriage, termination, and an unsuccessful IVF embryo transfer. About one in five women in the UK experience miscarriage, yet no legal right to time off existed.
♐️ Check that your bereavement policy names pregnancy loss and foster, kinship, and adoptive relatives.
Most Americans Still Bet on Diversity
A new Gallup and Bentley University survey of 3,270 U.S. adults finds 71% believe diverse workforces are more profitable, up 10 points from 61% last year.
75% now say diverse workforces produce more innovative products, up from 64%. This is notable given that many companies have scaled back DEI programs, and the Trump administration ended federal DEI initiatives in 2025.
♐️ The public case for inclusion is getting stronger. Bring receipts to your next budget conversation.
A Boxing Gym Actually Listened
Quinn's Gym in Carmichael, California, started with Rock Steady Boxing, a non-contact program for people with Parkinson's disease. Later, a client mentioned the space would make a great sensory gym for people with autism.
The gym listened and launched RISE (Resilience, Inclusion, Strength, Empathy), boxing-based fitness through play for children and adults with autism, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, and other disabilities.
♐️ When someone hands you an idea, ask what it would take to try it.
Zion Rolls Out a National First
Zion National Park has launched a lending program for an all-terrain wheelchair, the first national park to own accessibility equipment for public use. Other parks have similar gear, but nonprofits own it.
The wheelchair is free, first come, first served, and at the Zion Canyon Visitor Center. Four more Utah parks are working on getting their own.
♐️ Ask who is excluded from the experience, and what might be possible to include them.
Good Vibes to Go
Ms. Rachel is doing everything she can to eliminate racist nursery rhymes, including making her own album. Check out I'm So Happy. Good for kids and all humans! She's the opposite of performative.