PinnedLesli WoodruffBringing down the circus tent (or not): a lesson in equanimityA middle ground between throwing your laptop out a window and running away screaming and letting the chaos eat you alive. That’s…·3 min read·Feb 1, 2023----
PinnedLesli WoodruffWhat’s your superpower?I’m in awe of people who can capture a crystal-clear shot of a short-eared owl hunting a vole at 100 metres; of a friend’s ability to speak…·3 min read·Nov 21, 2022----
PinnedLesli Woodruff5-year-plan: what not to tell your manager. Maybe.Last week at work, my manager sent an email, asking for a 5-year plan. My gut response to where I want to be in 5 years was “not here”, but…·4 min read·Jun 8, 2022----
PinnedLesli Woodruff15 Minutes of yoga: making the commute from life to work (and back) more meaningful15 Minutes of yoga. That’s what I promised myself I’d do every day, save Sunday, in order to heal and stay sane and separate this thing…·4 min read·Feb 3, 2022----
PinnedLesli WoodruffTin: On celebrating 10 years of resilience and durabilityMy Master’s capstone project was a course called Being vs Doing, a deep dive into the art of using yoga teachings to deal with what life…·4 min read·Nov 11, 2021----
Lesli WoodruffThoughts on the season: Why I say “Merry Christmas” and not “happy holidays” most of the time.It’s late December of any given year and the sides begin arguments around why or why not one should say happy holidays, why Merry Christmas…·3 min read·Dec 27, 2023----
Lesli WoodruffPraying to the shrubberyWhenever I think of the word shrubbery, the voice in my head pronounces it in a distinctly Monty Python-esque tone, Knights of the Round…·3 min read·Aug 27, 2023----
Lesli Woodruff9855 YesterdaysOn the (day after) the 27th anniversary of my dad’s death.·3 min read·Aug 10, 2023----
Lesli WoodruffJust like riding a bikeLife lessons from my first ride on a vintage mountain bike given new life·4 min read·Apr 23, 2023----
Lesli WoodruffA Schrödinger’s ChristmasDear dad, Happy birthday, on the 25th Christmas since you’ve been gone. It’s like Schrödinger’s Christmas: it’s on but it’s not...·3 min read·Dec 25, 2021----