Hello, First name / friend, Let us start by expressing our gratitude to you for being a member of our Two Piers community. Here in the US, it's Thanksgiving. This holiday can be a meaningful day, a complicated day, or both. Today, we’re sharing a brief holiday digest with reflections on gratitude, recent podcast conversations, and a few grounding resources for the season. In today's digest: Coaches' Corner 🧭: Sharing Gratitude (and a Thanksgiving Recipe) What We’re Reading 📚: Braiding Sweetgrass & Becoming Kin The Podcast 🔊: Traveling Safely with Sensitivities + Choosing Possibility Where to Find Us 🗺️: Massachusetts Conference for Women P.S. If you're getting this email, it's because you're one of the valued folks we've worked with, collaborated with, or connected with over the years. If it’s not your thing, feel free to unsubscribe at the bottom—no offense taken. But if you’re curious to stick around, we’re glad you’re here! |
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This week's blog article is a deeply personal (and research-backed) reflection on gratitude, leadership, and why this can be complex. It’s a piece about slowing down, noticing what matters, and practicing the same grounding tools we often talk about in coaching. And in a first for Two Piers, we’re including a recipe: a flexible, delicious, vegetarian-friendly savory bread pudding. Even the meat-eaters love this one, and it’s a great way to put post-Thanksgiving leftovers to use. |
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This month, we’re revisiting two books that shaped our conversations in the ICF New England Book Club. They examine reciprocity and community, both written by Native or Indigenous authors. 📚 Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererA lyrical, generous exploration of reciprocity, stewardship, and what it means to belong to a place and community. (This book is a perennial favorite of mine that I continue to revisit.) 📰 Becoming Kin by Patty KrawecA powerful, accessible invitation to understand our histories and responsibilities through an Indigenous lens, and to imagine more relational ways of living and leading. Note: We link to Bookshop.org using affiliate links because they support not only our work but also local bookstores. |
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This November on the Two Piers Podcast, we discussed ways to take care of ourselves and to explore the practice of optimism. ✈️ Traveling with Food Allergies and Sensitivities with Melissa OlivadotiA practical and compassionate discussion about how to stay safe, healthy, and grounded while traveling, especially relevant for anyone navigating holiday trips, overstimulation, or dietary constraints. 🌱 Choosing Possibility with Adam Bouse: Grounded Optimism, Self-Awareness, and Nature-Based CoachingToday’s episode explores the idea of optimism not as arbitrary positivity, but as the deliberate practice of choosing possibility. Adam taps into his own powerful story of grief and uncertainty to share insights on emotional self-awareness, coaching outdoors, resilience, and staying anchored in values when the path is unclear. |
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Registration is already full for 2025, but if you’re local, keep an eye out for 2026. And if you’re elsewhere in the country, there are sister conferences in California, Pennsylvania, and Texas throughout the year, plus a national virtual event on March 4th. Check out Conferences for Women here. |
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We hope that this holiday weekend offers a moment of quiet, a moment of connection, and a moment that reminds you what still feels possible. May you laugh, may you nap, may you show kindness to your digestive track. |
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