It’s All in the Cards

City making, the weaving of city building and city caring, only happens when we have a social habitat in which we choose to weave these perspectives together.

Social Proximity, Civic PracticeBeth SandersOctober 25, 2023Social Habitat, Social proximity, Art of Hosting, Facilitation, city making, city caring, city building Comments

Community Learning

We only organize together if we are in the push and pull of conversation, wrestling with the action we feel we need to take. If not, we are being organized, passive participants in the status quo doing others’ bidding.

Social Proximity, Art of Hosting, Civic PracticeBeth SandersAugust 24, 2023Connection, Conversation, Community, Art of Hosting, Social Habitat, Social proximity, Conversation bypassingComment

Stepping into Vulnerability

An impromptu check-in invited awe in self, others and a beautiful place.

Civic practice, Social ProximityBeth SandersJuly 17, 2023Check-in, Social Habitat, Mountain, #lakeohara, yohonationalpark, backcountry, sacred mountain, Art of HostingComment

Radical Reflection

Receiving a big award made me notice how integrity and values shape my life and work, from the scale of me to the scale of communities, neighbourhoods and cities.

Civic Practice, My WorkBeth SandersJune 6, 2023Civic Practice, Values, work Comments

Do it Scared

Radical honesty with my ski patrol colleagues makes me feel less scared. And more capable, too.

Civic Practice, Work, Social ProximityBeth SandersApril 27, 2023Ski patrol, Radical honesty, civicComment

The Inconceivable Inconceivable

There are two kinds of inconceivable: 1) the one I tell myself isn’t possible and 2) the one I can’t imagine.

Civic Practice, Work, Be the Best Citizen You Can BeBeth SandersMarch 21, 2023Ski patrol, Mountain, Skiing, Conversation, dream, Marmot Basin, Jasper Comments

Change as a Verb

Beth has landed in perimenopause, asking herself the question she asks others everywhere she goes: How do I make my way through this transition with care and compassion? The answer is in thinking not of The Change but of changing. Change as a verb.

Civic Practice, Social ProximityBeth SandersFebruary 27, 2023Change, Art of Hosting, Perimenopause, Thresholds, Transition, transition-making, Transition thinking Comments

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