5 Things / Cheers
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5 Things / Cheers

I’ve been an entrepreneur for over twenty years now and have met so many amazing people along the way—other entrepreneurs, authors, dreamers, and people who advocate for inclusion inside their own organizations. I’m cheering you on.

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5 Things / Hiatus Hiatus
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5 Things / Hiatus Hiatus

To make high-quality, engaging, and practical LGBTQ+ education available to individual learners, we completely overhauled our video on demand eLearning content. We have fresh videos, each averaging 3 minutes, bundled together in certificate tracks for everyone. We host on our LMS or deploy at scale on yours.

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5 Things / Hiatus
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5 Things / Hiatus

I’ve been writing 5 Things for more than six years and have produced nearly 150 podcast episodes. That’s a lot of time spent chasing the good vibes. And now, I’m taking a break.

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5 Things / Outrage
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5 Things / Outrage

I’m angry. But my outrage might look different from yours.

I live just outside Chicago, where ICE has been arresting (and then releasing) brown-skinned U.S. citizens, including nannies at a children’s museum, leaving the kids behind. Imagine that terror.

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5 Things / What’s your deal?
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5 Things / What’s your deal?

My in-laws are visiting this weekend, and we’re close now, but years ago, my mother-in-law was less than enthused when I came into the picture. I’ll never forget my first real conversation with her. She said something to the effect of, “So what’s your deal?”

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