Emily Ball Cicchini, PhD

Knowing and Not Knowing A reflection on staying grounded when everything feels fluid I was in a meeting last week where a simple question derailed everything for twenty minutes. We were discussing outreach using some new co...

Stop trying to think ahead. Think deeper in the NOW.

Maybe confidence isn't about knowing the outcome—it's about trusting yourself to navigate as you go.

What are you paying attention to lately?

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#leadership #mindfulness #uncertainty #communication

Everyone should put a freeze on their own credit...it's very easy to do and unthaw now, but read fine print, you don't need to pay, just find the right spot in Experian, Transunion, Equifax...

Run for Governor of Texas, sir. See if you like public service and can be effective there. Stop doing anything Washington says and fix school funding and health and social services and the rule of law. We certainly need better leadership, and you're much admired. Start State level. Don't sit it out.

Have you heard about the campaign to support US non-profits? If you have ever been helped, taught, healed, rescued, or entertained by a company that doesn't pay its board or shareholders at all, then check out this site: nonprofitsgetitdone.org

Always proud to be the steward of #BookSpring www.bookspring.org heading into year 51 of building a love of books in young children!

It's nonprofitization of wealth. I'd feel better if the entity holding the shares were independent from the federal government, with an independent volunteer unpaid board. That model has been around 100+ years.

The Sacred Interruption When Time Bends and Priorities Shift

Got another lesson about interruptions yesterday. Involves work, motherhood, keys locked in car, and the Very Large Array. Just another one of my ongoing meditations on #impermanence. No paywall, just more reading. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Stop Framing, Start Seeing In our struggle to contain the situation, we often put on blinders

Can we stop using words like "Woke," "Gen-Z" and "Dictator?" We might notice truths we’ve overlooked, hear perspectives we hadn’t expected, and discover the real purpose in our work and others. open.substack.com/pub/emilybal...

There is buzz about the workplace going hardcore again. This is a mistake. Productivity and impact are only achieved by consistent, compassionate action over time. Consistency is key. @businessinsider www.businessinsider.com/companies-ha...

Sending good wishes to the Texas Democrats...they are showing tremendous courage and commitment to their values to risk pretty much everything against redistricting. www.texastribune.org/2025/08/05/t...

Art Spark TX Radio Hour - KOOP Radio 91.7 FM Art Spark Texas challenges perceptions of how people contribute by creating an arts-inspired, inclusive community of individuals with and without

Yesterday I joined the ArtSpark Radio Hour on KOOP Radio with Celia Hughes. We talked about how the #Austin arts scene has changed over the past 30 years, about my upcoming book on #impermanence, and #BookSpring! 1 hr. of fun reflection. Up for two weeks through this link: koop.org/program/art-...

The struggle I'm having with our current American political turmoil is it feels like a glacier moving uphill. Change doesn't always come like rapid floods. These impossible infrastructure losses result in an agonizing stillness that masks everything being crushed underneath the snow of lies.

Building Institutional "Wabi-Sabi" There's a concept in Japanese aesthetics called wabi-sabi that traditionally refers to the beauty of imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete things. While it's often applied to ceramics or architecture...

Hey, I'm still meditating about Wabi Sabi and how it can help us cope with all the rapid change happening in our institutions. I did a piece about how #publiceducation might be changing. Give it a read, and subscribe if you'd like to follow along.

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