Miranda Cozzone and Natalie Terry began and continue to facilitate a group, which focuses on Brene Brown’s celebrated Dare to Lead. The Washington Post calls this “a practical playbook…providing specific, practical ways to ‘live authentically.'” I call it good stuff. Dare to Lead had been a catalyst for a group of amazing professionals to come together in support of one another.
       Initially, I joined the Dare to Lead group because I have FOMO (fear of missing out). I knew that with Miranda and Natalie leading this project people from our faculty and staff whom I respect would sign up, and I knew that I would want to be a part of anything these people are involved in. However, I was not really that excited to put something else on my plate, but this group has sort of been a Godsend for me. The meetings are therapeutic, and I’m not being funny here. I left last week’s group (I’m even calling it group), and I told Miranda that I feel like I’ve been to group therapy. The people involved are extremely intelligent, thoughtful professionals who actively work to be good humans and to make Carondelet a positive place, not only for the students, but for the adults as well. I sort of believe that making a school a positive place for the adults should be the priority. It’s like the airplane analogy: Put your mask on before you put on your child’s mask. Same thing.
       I don’t really know what inspired Miranda and Natalie to start the Dare to Lead group, but I am thankful they did.