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Culture Work Studios collaborates with organizations, businesses, and community leaders to transform our world.

Through strategy development, experiential trainings, and performance events, we support people to embody visionary solutions for change.

10/13/2026

Take a moment to notice what you can hear, starting with the sounds farthest away. A passing car, a siren, footsteps, a door opening somewhere down the hall.

Then bring your attention closer. Notice your breath, a machine nearby, a bird, a buzzing light. Let the sounds come and go without needing to change anything. It’s all here with you.

10/09/2026

If I want people to learn, I have to keep learning. Living into this phrase accelerates the impact of my work.

I don't care how successful I am (whatever that means); I can always use help and knowledge from people who know things I don't or simply have other perspectives. So, in a continuation of my growth journey, I'm excited to announce I'm joining The Upside, a community built by CEO Erin Halper.

Thank you to Allison Davis for introducing it to me, Elizabeth Taylor for sharing your experiences, and Lori Patten for your curiosity that revealed more about the opportunities ahead.

I'm excited to experience the growth through community and show up as a peer with dozens of other amazing business owners!

10/08/2026

I used to think of empathy and compassion as basically the same thing. The more I’ve worked with these ideas through Internal Family Systems, the more I’ve come to see a meaningful difference.

Empathy can pull us toward feeling like we need to understand or even carry someone else’s experience. Compassion gives me another option: I can honor what you’re feeling, stay connected to myself, and trust that you have your own capacity to care for yourself.

I don’t have to lose myself to show up for you. I can listen, stay curious, and make room for what I don’t know.

10/07/2026

Singing with the windows down, tears came to my eyes as I drove. Singing love songs to myself. Directing them toward my body.
Years ago, Prentis Hemphill put together a playlist of love songs you could sing about yourself instead of someone else. I loved it.
I realized I had come back around, and made my own version of that practice. Sharing them with you, and inviting you to let SELF love in.
🎵 Listen here: https://www.cultureworkstudios.com/playlist

10/01/2026

When we debrief, it’s easy to start with what went wrong. But when I’m helping a team take risks, I like to start with what worked.

Recently, I asked a team to practice saying something they had been nervous to say out loud. Instead of jumping into feedback, I asked everyone else to name what worked. The shift was noticeable. People started recognizing their own power instead of looking for what they had done wrong.

I heard someone say, “I feel my own power. I feel empowered in this moment.” That’s the kind of moment I want to create more space for.

09/29/2026

Sometimes the reset is simple: bounce.

For this Tranquil Tuesday, I’m inviting you to bounce with me for one minute. Standing or sitting, let your arms go, release your jaw, and let your body move. Make some noise if it wants to.

Then stop. Breathe. Notice what shifts when you let yourself bounce it out.

09/28/2026

Organizations are being asked to adapt constantly. New technology, shifting funding, changing expectations, restructuring, new leadership. It is a lot of change happening at once.

So...what happens when people are asked to change faster than they can actually integrate the change?

We can build another plan. Announce another initiative. Introduce another framework.

Or we can slow down enough to ask what people actually need to move with the change.

That might mean clarity. It might mean conflict work. It might mean space to grieve what is ending before asking people to get excited about what comes next.

Change is not just a strategy problem. It is a human process.

09/23/2026

Being unheard is one of the most demoralizing experiences in conflict. And it happens on both sides.

Sometimes we’re not in a place to hear hard feedback or receive an apology. Other times, we haven’t trusted ourselves enough to fully say what needs to be said.

The work starts with slowing down enough to ask: Can I actually listen right now?

Then we listen, reflect back what we heard, adjust when needed, and commit to what will change in our actions.

Being heard isn’t the end of repair. It’s where the possibility for something different begins.

09/22/2026

Some days, there’s just a lot of “ugh” to let out.

This Tranquil Tuesday, I’m inviting you to breathe in, groan it out, and let your body release a little of what it’s been holding. No need to make it sound good. Just let yourself make some noise.

Take a breath. Let it out. See what shifts.

09/21/2026

SPORTS! Is This Saturday

This Saturday, I’ll be out on the field with LAVA and OBSIDIAN, battling for SPORTS glory while asking the important questions: Are our knees past their prime? Yes. Are we good at SPORTS? Kinda.

This one-time-only, athletically amateur extravaganza is about competition, belonging, and all the things we absolutely could not figure out in middle school gym class.

Come for the SPORTS. Stay for the snacks. Get hyped at the q***r tailgate and co****le tournament with OutLoud Sports, then stick around for Space Jam with
cinéSPEAK.

Saturday, September 26 | 5–7pm
The Lawn at uCity Square, Philadelphia

Buy your tickets here: https://www.obvious-agency.com/sports

Photo Credit: Johanna Austin

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