Refocusing When Focusing Is Difficult

After a long hiatus this summer, I relaunched my long-running podcast this morning. I've amended the format and focus a little to steer into the things that I like about it – and more importantly, the things I think that you like about it too. If you want a more detailed explanation of why I took a break, it's here in this episode: Closing Up Shop (Episode 175). But in short, it just felt like it was not that important to hear from me in this moment. That may still be true. There are critical conversations happening right now around racial justice and much-needed social change, the escalating climate emergency, and oh yeah... a pandemic that continues to rage unabated because of failed national "leadership" coupled with our culture of selfishness. My first goal is to not get in the way of those conversations. My voice is not necessary right now. I should be doing more listening than talking. I'm trying to do that. At the same time, what good is having a platform without using it to assist and amplify the voices we should be listening to right now?  I've been learning a lot lately – and it's taken a lot of unlearning as well. What I hope is that this podcast – and this community here on Patreon – will become a series of small actions. I don't purport to have any of the answers. But we have little chance if we don't have the hard conversations that lead to asking the right questions.More to come – I hope you will join me on this journey. Sincerely,Michael