Thoughts From The Edge
One Choice: The first of the One Talks to Catalyze Your Potential!
It was an amazing privilege to share One Choice, the first of the One Talks series! Taking our space between stimulus and response, being proactive with our power of choice, inevitably moves us closer to what we truly want. I am looking forward to sharing One Truth on Friday, March 23rd at 12:00p at Akari. R.S.V.P. to...
Read MoreCatalyze Your Potential: Join Krista at the ‘One Talks’
The One Talks: A Serial Exchange of Ideas to Catalyze Your Potential: One choice. One truth. One gift. One breath. One edge. One life. One person: you.
Read More“What’s in a Name?”: The Beauty of a Shared Erotic Language
Juliet wistfully proclaims to Romeo, “What is in a name? That which we call as rose, by any other name, would smell as sweet.” Her point that her lover is still her lover regardless of his name overlooks the fact that “Rocky and Juliet” just doesn’t convey the same elegance and romance. (Although it does bring to mind a fascinating cultural mash up…I digress.) Our word choice can and does have an effect on how the sentiment we are sharing is received. It’s the difference between hearing: “Wow, you look beautiful today,” and “Wow, you look bootylicious today.” No judgment there. The words just convey different sentiments and maybe bootylicious is, in...
Read More“Come Give Auntie a Kiss!”: Cultivating Consent Skills in Children
Many of us have been there. You were a kiddo hanging out with the family and Great Aunt Bea walked in. All the adults moved to greet her with hugs, love, maybe some kisses. And there you sat, unmoving. At which point you were noticed and one of the aforementioned adults walks over takes your arm and says, “Come give your auntie a kiss!” Coerced into overcoming your resistance you reluctantly walk over, half-hug your aunt and scurry away before she can get her pinchy hands to your cheeks. As cliché and humorous as this situation presents, there are real issues at play and lessons to be learned. As wonderful and loving as Auntie is and as excellent a relationship...
Read MoreIn Support of the Tomgirl
We are born unique. We are born with innate knowledge of ourselves. We are born with limitless potential. We are born into a world that has expectations of us. Those expectations vary from culture to culture. One facet of those expectations is being a boy or being a girl. Look like it. Act like it. Pick one. Be one. Enforcing gender conformity in behavior does nothing to serve the children. What it does is make those around them who buy into the cultural construction of gendered behaviors more comfortable. The decision between making others (read: the adults) more comfortable or cultivating an authentic, fulfilled and happy child should be a no-brainer for all of us. For...
Read MoreVines Intertwined
A number of friends and clients recently shared with me that, after learning that my partner and I go out on regular date nights, they began making date night part of their schedules as well. What a happy occurrence! It makes me smile to know that these couples are out chatting over dinner and enjoying each other instigated by my partner and I enjoying a regular date night. With that said, I thought it worthy of taking this opportunity to share some food for thought about why fun habits like date night are not an indulgence, but a necessity. Before we hone in on our personal experience as partners, a broad sociological perspective sheds some light on the state of...
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