substack archive - kolam creative collective

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How we show up for a Free Palestine

When we are privileged

Photo of blue green water overlooking whiteish beige Scarborough bluff hills, greenery and clear blue sky

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Gender free-fall

What I didn't expect when I got on the transition train

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My business is changing

And you are invited

Woman with white hijab wiping tears of their face, setting behind a desk with papers and pens on it, brick wall behind

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Crying at work

'unprofessional' is a trap

Lit fire in a dark winter forest with tall trees, fire glows orange-red in a stone hearth on the ground, sparks fly

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New beginnings

People skills for tech leaders

close up photo of dandelion against a blurry backdrop of what looks like sky, mountains and greenery

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Skills for Software Engineers

A workshop, a new site, and values

Yellow, White, Blue-grey spiral shell of coiled snail on top of a small mossy lush green mound

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Slowing down

I left my full time engineering manager job a month ago to build my practice, Kolam Coaching. I planned to take a 2 week break before diving in full time into being the boss of my own business. It has been a month, and I’ve been working on my

Close up of root vegetables showcasing a beed, purple yam, carrot and green-yellow skinned squash

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Make It Big

A love poem for the tired and cramped soul

Two Black folks in a kitchen laughing prepping vegetables next to each other, person on the left is fat and femme

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Fat allyship in Coaching

An invitation