Brave. If you go back in time far enough you'll discover that the word we use to describe someone courageous derives from Latin and Greek words meaning "foreign" or "uncivilized." When I think about the moments in my life when I felt brave, I was often in a foreign land or speaking a foreign tongue or doing something completely new to me. Being brave means embracing uncertainty and sorting through uncomfortable feelings. Brave also involves a degree of savageness. Untamed. Ferocious. This next chapter in my life is about pressing forward, radically accepting, and unabashedly claiming my truth. I hope this new year brings new work, a new home, new relationships, and new adventures. I hope you'll join me.