by Suzy Carroll | Aug 31, 2020
I recently received an email in reply to a blog I had written, that included what it feels like when ‘running hard and fast like a big sweaty racehorse.’ She was sharing how happy she is now to be in version 2.0 – the version that appears when courageously...
by Suzy Carroll | Jul 28, 2020
This is a short story about a heart attack (mine), a bar set too high (most women), and tuning forks (but not the musical kind!). Read on to see how they’re related. Early in May, my husband and I went hiking with a few friends. We were moving along at a good clip,...
by Suzy Carroll | Jul 14, 2020
Someone I know well has been struggling with a lingering childhood wound. They were telling me that they had shared their struggle with a friend, and their response had been, “You’ve just got to get out in front of it.” Now I know this friend meant well, but I am of...
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by Suzy Carroll | Jun 30, 2020
A friend who knows my experience overcoming busyness recently forwarded an email that included this from diversity, equity and inclusion expert Desiree Adaway: “One of the tools of white supremacy is busy-ness. This sense of urgency makes it so we do not connect on a...
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by Suzy Carroll | Jun 9, 2020
I’ve been pondering this: Had George Floyd’s murder happened in a time when people like me were rushing about in their usual busyness – and after pausing to say, “This is horrible,” quickly returned to their comfortable ‘normal’ – would this horrific event have...
