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In good company #flowersfordays #bundleofjoy 🌞🙏🏽 (at Manhattan, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CotKXR5ttn3/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Sometimes rest comes in all shapes and sizes. 🌎🙏🏽 (at Selina Tulum Los Lirios) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoFLDeBu0TD/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Transitions are the best, albeit always fleeting. Today’s transition: A “just right” morning breeze. A hypnotic chorus of waves on repeat. Standing still in Tulum this morning before joining the tempo of NYC again tonight. (I love both!) And grateful for getting to learn more about conflict resolution, about others, and about myself through the advanced facilitation training the past few days. #levelingup #becauseofhatch (at Selina Tulum Los Lirios) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoFJMHoLTU0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Sunrise routines and post sunset reflections feel pretty different here in Mexico. And I just learned from a Shaman that the wind carries information to us. Is that why the breeze feels so good here? #tropicaltraining #levelingup #becauseofhatch (at Chemuyil Quintana Roo) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn3Xk4WNp63/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Some people are soulful. Some conversations are good for the soul. Yesterday, I got a hit of both. 🙏🏽 For the millionth time, so grateful to @lawabr for following his gut and pulling me into a meeting last minute with @thalygermain at the tail end of 2017. Thaly’s friendship is a gift that keeps on giving. (And I’m not even nodding to the important body of work this amazing human is dedicated to.) Mainly marking the moment as we step into a new year. #gratitude #makingtime #thalyrocks #spaciousconversations (at West Village) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnPAq2DuArq/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Note to self: should I be dialing up how I enter and exit a room in 2023? :-) #wingspiration #birdsofinstagram #birdsphotography #featheredflair #hudsonriver (at Hudson River Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnH_ylhOjUx/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Had the best white Christmas in 2022, thanks to @fdbrave and @dky.__ for their hospitality. Many firsts. Many fabulous meals. Many conversations to be grateful for with such interesting people. (And a nice change of scenery before ringing in the New Year back in NYC. It had been a while since I’d been upstate). #latergram #solastyear #bovina #christmas2022 #itwasprettydamncold (dropped to about negative 8 degrees Fahrenheit) #🙏🏽 (at Bovina Center, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm5CtwcO-rv/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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New Orleans December 2022, Post 2 of 2. So much fun in such a short trip. Got to meet a great new-to-me human: Zach (pictured a couple times with ostensibly my niece Soph.) I was *giddy* when we walked by a lovely dose of improv/freestyle rap on the street. Such talent and so damn joyful. (They make it look so easy!) (Swipe right to hear them, and a couple more swipes to hear one of many awesome bands performing for an eclectic multi mixed age crowd. (Another thing I love - braces and silver hair enjoying the same space!) And besides getting attached to Mr. Big and Honey (featured spooning in this set), I feel grateful to have spent time with one of two “sister cousins” Shirine. We all should just legally change to sisters but that’d be weird, I know. My life is better with them in it. (And my brother too). #neworleans #livemusic #spooning #changeofscenery #grateful #latergram (at New Orleans, Louisiana) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm2RaluOntV/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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New Orleans, December 2022, Post 1 of 2. In the spirit of “better late than never,” I wanted to track a couple of my more recent quick trips for the books. Maybe in 2023 I’ll be more timely with the breadcrumbs here?! They help me track what the heck I’ve been up to in some ways. *Great* visit to see family, friends, and then mix family and friends. Bonus pic of myself about to inhale a ginormous fried baloney and chips sandwich from Turkey & the Wolf. “When in Rome” tends to give me the carte Blanche to go for it! #neworleans #latergram #theseladiesrule #wfhlife (when you can change scenery and still get done what you need to) (at New Orleans, Louisiana) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm2NCCrOS67/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Some “meetings” are the best - especially when you get introduced to a new interesting human through an interesting human you already call a friend… Kudos to our beaming “bridge” for seeing the potential in our connection before making it happen. Can I be grateful for what’s to come?! #solastweekend #latergram #becauseofhatch #introductions (at Tin Building by Jean-Georges) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmfJXKyOgO5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Job Security. Honey is protecting me as I get work done out on the deck here in New Orleans. #dogsofinstagram #todaysoffice #onthelookout #guarddog #sunnysideup #changeofscenery 🌞#workingfromsomeoneleseshome (at New Orleans, Louisiana) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl4gPa0uwAY/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Me, trying to get a morning workout in at my cousin’s (more of a sister TBH) place. :-) #ingoodcompany #dogsofinstagram #morningvibes #mrbigandhoney (at New Orleans, Louisiana) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClykHDNOpqM/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Stu-ing in Soho. #earlybirdbreakfast #whenfriendscomethroughNYC #suchagoodhuman #nyc #becauseofhatch #streetsofsoho (at SoHo, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cll1LHbuIgr/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Party crasher, kind of. When your friends from SF come to NY for the thanksgiving break, you break bread with them. And then some… Sweet potato mascots courtesy of the all grown up kiddos! #thankful #friendsgiving #grilledturkey #thanksgivingimprov (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClZXCHzuMxH/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Shadow Dancing in Salt Lake City #saltlakecity #shadowdancing #levelingup(insidereference) #latergram (at Red Butte Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClGif7pLnME/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Shadow Dancing in Salt Lake City #saltlakecity #shadowdancing #levelingup(insidereference) (at Red Butte Botanical Gardens) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClGhzuqriG5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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… so that the government does too. (Photo taken within eyeshot of my place in New York. Never expected to see something like this…) #mahsaamini #supportiranianwomen While we’re at it, freedom for all humans! (at Manhattan, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkxEKG3NIS0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=