Meghan O'Malley

Learning the difference between agency, control, surrender, and the capacity to navigate uncertainty. For much of my life, I’ve done a LOT of dancing (and, if I’m honest, wrestling) with the tension between being “responsible” and actually trusting life. For many years, being responsible meant showing up. Working hard. Thinking ahead. Anticipating what could go wrong. Doing my part. . . and sometimes trying to do everyone else’s part, too. Hellooooo, codependency and martyrdom! I was very...

A birthday reflection on trust, managing disappointment, releasing control, and becoming available for more joy, connection, and possibility Birthdays have become a season of reflection for me. Not just a time to look at what happened over the past year, but an opportunity to notice what it taught me, what I released, and who I became along the way. And this year, one realization keeps rising to the surface: I have spent a lot of my life protecting myself from the good stuff (attempting to...

What if meaningful change does not begin with one person saving the day? We aaalll want the magic. We want to know that the work we are doing matters. We want to believe that the problems we are facing can be transformed. We want to contribute to a better future, create meaningful impact, and leave something better than we found it. At the same time, many of us are living with a very real question. Where do we even begin? The world is changing quickly. Artificial intelligence is reshaping how...