"It is in the knowledge of the genuine conditions of our lives that we must draw our strength to live and our reasons for acting." -Simone de Beauvoir When Hope Ain' t Enough. Woooooowww, wooooooooooowwwww, and wow (Flava Flav voice). I have confidence the holiday season did what it needed to do! Has everyone had a chance to get much-needed rest, reflection, and reconnection this past holiday!?! Whatever the season has brought forth for you all — I’m here for it! With the confidence I find in...

It's time to do Grief Work differently. We are living in a time saturated with grief. Not only the grief of death, but the grief of disconnection, displacement, broken promises, eroded trust, unfinished revolutions. Yet so often, this collective weight is handed back to individuals as a diagnosis, a symptom, a private burden to manage quietly. Anxiety. Burnout. Depression. As if the problem lives solely inside our bodies rather than in the systems that shape our lives. At OSE, we believe this...

What small or BIG thing have you asked for today? Let’s be real: We’ve been sold the lie that independence = strength. That needing nothing is a flex. That vulnerability is a liability. But what if asking is the most radical act of trust we can offer our community? Every time we say “I need…” or “Can you…?”*, we’re not just reaching for help—we’re inviting others to practice the sacred work of care. We’re dismantling the myth that we must carry everything alone.