💎 A jewel of an invitation (or 3)
The other morning I was listening to this fabulous interview between Ezra Klein and Priya Parker, author of one of my favorite books, The Art of Gathering, and it made me want to reach out with a few of my own invitations and ideas for gathering.
You’ve heard me talk about The Portal, which exists to foster connection: between you and your business, and between local wellness, spiritual, and creative business owners.
Each Portal includes a guided activity — sometimes a meditation, sometimes writing a letter to your future self, sometimes something playful like making your business a valentine. The activity is designed to deepen your relationship with your business.
Then there’s the “networking” piece — though I hesitate to even call it that, because it’s so much richer than swapping contact information. It’s really about fostering genuine connection and relationship with one another. It’s a big “How can I support you?” vibe.
There’s a reason people say, “This is what every Monday should be like,” and “This is the perfect way to start the week.”
So, if you’re nearby, mark your calendar: we gather on the second Monday of every month. Our next event is this Monday, March 9, and I have an extra sweet activity planned.
It’s completely free as my gift to the local entrepreneurial community.
If this is sounding delicious to you, and you don’t live nearby, I have two invitations.
First: host one yourself.
I promise you can do this. I’m lucky to have a dear friend with a beautiful space who opens her doors because she’s also committed to building community. But before that, I hosted brunches in my little house about once a year. And I wanted more — so I created more.
Second: join conversations about messy questions.
I’m noodling on how to bring something like this into a virtual format. I’m imagining round table discussions — spaces for deeper discussion, for grappling with the more complicated questions facing us as entrepreneurs in 2026.
Questions like:
How do you divest from toxic structures inherent in capitalism while running a business that needs to make money — because we live under capitalism?
How do we build wealth without replicating harm?
What does ethical growth actually look like — beyond bigger launches and louder marketing?
Where have we internalized hustle culture without realizing it?
I don’t have all the answers. But I would love to gather with some of you to explore them together.
So consider this a triple invitation:
Join the Portal if you’re local (hit reply or sign up here)
Host your own version, however that looks
Let me know if you’d be interested in a virtual round table to tease apart these questions
I’d love to have you and your brilliant brain here.
P.s. I have a few spaces left for the April 15 CEO Day. Will you join us?
