Stay open and curious.

How do you practice vulnerability? As an Educator, I watch adults on a weekly basis be brave and learn something completely new. They may have jobs where they are experts in something, but in the studio, there are novices learning how to teach for the very first time. They are learning a new skill, which means they might feel like they are bad at it at the start, but they watch themselves learn, grow, progress, and a whole new person stands before my eyes by the end of the program. It is an amazing transformation to witness.


As we get older, it’s so easy to get stuck in our ways and stuck in the same mindset, the same routine, the same habits, the same story. So, what are you proactively doing to practice being new at something? It helps to build new neural pathways in our brain and it allows us to stay more open, more curious, to not be afraid of our vulnerability.


Last month, I challenged us to purposefully be bad at something. So, my May challenge for us - practice being new at something and not being the know-it-all. Practice the art of being open to new possibilities and learning something that might just break you open and set you free.

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This month, 20% of our proceeds will be contributed to Oceana.


Oceana is campaigning around the globe to protect and restore the world’s oceans.


The oceans connect us all. They cover two-thirds of our blue planet and contain most of the life on Earth. They are as important to us as they are vast.  


But the oceans face many threats — from overfishing, habitat destruction, oil and plastic pollution, and the killing of threatened species like turtles, whales, and sharks.


What does Oceana do? They win science-based policies in important coastal countries that rebuild abundant and biodiverse oceans. With more than 325 victories, Oceana’s campaigns are delivering results.  


A restored, healthy, and abundant ocean can help fight climate change, sustain livelihoods, and feed more than 1 billion people a healthy seafood meal every day, forever. Together, they can save the oceans and help feed the world.  


After a 1999 study discovered that less than 0.5% of all resources spent by environmental nonprofit groups in the United States went to ocean advocacy, a group of leading foundations — The Pew Charitable Trusts, Oak Foundation, Marisla Foundation (formerly Homeland Foundation), Sandler Foundation, and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund — banded together.


To fill the gap, they created Oceana: an international organization focused solely on oceans, dedicated to achieving specific, time-bound policy victories that help protect and restore the world’s oceans.


The Ocean Law Project — also initiated by The Pew Charitable Trusts — was absorbed into Oceana in 2001. In 2002, Oceana merged with American Oceans Campaign, founded by actor and environmentalist Ted Danson, to more effectively address our shared mission of protecting and restoring the world’s oceans.


Since its founding, Oceana has expanded its campaigns to nine coastal countries and the European Union and protected over 4 million square miles of ocean.  


Oceana identifies practical solutions that will help our oceans and they make them a reality. They create strategic campaigns that make measurable progress to protect and restore our oceans. Their campaigns are specific, targeted, and designed to be won in a three- to five-year timeframe.


They rely on scientific research to help them understand the ocean’s problems and identify practical, effective solutions. They conduct research on many issues that affect the oceans and marine life. This research helps inform their policy campaigns.


They get on the water with scientists, divers, photographers, campaigners, and artisanal fisher allies to bring important marine places to life and help make a stronger case for their protection. Oceana’s expeditions have powered their campaigns and resulted in victories across the globe.  


Their scientists work closely with their teams of economists, lawyers, communicators, and advocates to achieve tangible results for the oceans.


Oceana has over 9 million supporters, including 1.5 million Wavemakers, who help them contact decision-makers, spread the word, and make real change happen.  


To learn more about their incredible work, visit their website: https://oceana.org/

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