If talking about yourself and your work feels onerous, you aren’t alone — but that doesn’t mean you’re off the hook. We need you.

It was late on election night 2016 when I stepped into my 4-year-old daughter’s bedroom. There she slept, radiating innocence. I felt dead inside as I whispered, I’m sorry.

“I came to the U.S. at 23 with $20.”

To my fellow white women, I implore you to read "White Women: Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How to Do Better" by Regina Jackson and Saira Rao of Race2Dinner.

Status quo: No. Wakanda: Yes.

Reinventing International Women’s Day

“Our experience of work isn’t about the perks we do or don’t receive, it’s about our emotional, psychological, and physical wellbeing as humans.”

“For the first time in my life, I text my parents using my phone’s Persian keyboard…”

On her conversion to climate leader — and why we all need to join her

“Honestly, I am not great at super-chill. It always makes me feel tired.”

She helps people of color get the money, power, and respect they deserve.

“If you have a vanilla answer to the ‘tell me about yourself’ question, you’re going to get vanilla results.”

“Sometimes the Heroine needs rest and reflection, and there is no shame in ending a chapter.”

“What I saw was that everyone brought their own narrative to our situation.”

Telling your story can be hard work, but it’s more joyful and less overwhelming when you do it with a supportive group of women.

“Storytelling is a process that can help build us as we move into the future.”

“If you don't promote yourself, who the hell else will?”

Everything you share is a breadcrumb that helps other people understand who you are and what kind of work you do in the world.

On HBO’s Hacks, the heroine’s journey, and writing (or saying) it your way — instead of driving yourself crazy trying to fit what you have to say into a male template.

This is a post about trusting our lives, and our stories, to unfold — a kind of allowing that is essential if we are committed to the ongoing practice of sharing our story with the world.