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Whether you're facilitating workshops, leading teams, or navigating complex decisions, here you'll find practical tools, frameworks, and lessons drawn from my real-world work with leadership teams and organizations.
I'm Jackie Colburn. Strategist, facilitator, human.
For nearly two decades, I've partnered with teams across industries to navigate complexity, unlock possibilities, and design a better way forward.
Why Being With One Another Matters More Than Ever
Lately, I keep returning to one question: How can we be with one another?
In a time when it feels like so much is unraveling around us, when fear, tension, and uncertainty hang thick in the air, this question feels more urgent than ever. How do we show up for one another in the hardest moments? What does it look like to offer presence, solidarity, and compassion when there are forces that seem intent on pulling us apart?
The burnout guide: Tips and tools to reconnect with yourself
A couple of years ago, I shared the painful but eye-opening moment when I realized I was in the throes of a burnout episode and something had to change ASAP. Here, you’ll find articles, tools, and actionable advice for breaking the burnout cycle. Because burnout is about more than being tired. It’s about disconnection—from meaning, from purpose, from yourself.
Resources to help you walk away from burnout
A few months ago, I shared an honest account of how I got into and managed to walk away from burnout. I never imagined that sharing my story would reach 20K+ people and receive so many replies. In response to all the emails and messages, I put together a list of suggestions and resources for beating burnout. Take what works and leave the rest!
Lessons learned from quitting Facebook and Instagram 3.5 years ago
I quit social media 3.5 years ago and am opening up about the initial change and impact on my brain, some longer-term effects, and practices for eliminating or reducing the use of social media in your own life.
How I walked away from burnout (and 3 tips to help you do the same)
How did a self-care promoting, work-life-balance advocate wake up one day and realize that burnout had gripped my life? And what could I do to escape the cycle and find a new, more sustainable way of being? This is the story of my “burnout intervention” and how I’ve spent the last year of my life making a concerted effort to break free from the toxic cycle.
One woman's remedy for the summer scaries
My remedy for the summer scaries is an entire shift in how we perceive change and letting go. Here, I share my tips and mantras for embracing closure in order to harness the power in choosing what to pay attention to and how to invest our time.
How to support more intentional ways of working: A corporate wakeup call
Now, more than ever, we have an opportunity to act and work differently, creating new ways forward that are authentic and put people first (rather than profits). But doing so can be extremely challenging in environments where being heart centered isn’t easy. Here are 4 steps for cultivating this in your own life and work.
How to prioritize for a sane life: lessons from 7 years as a solopreneur
Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at 6 “secrets” I’ve cultivated over the past 7 years working for myself as a facilitator and strategic workshop leader. They’ll help you manage your day-to-day life in a way that’s organized, enjoyable and sustainable.
A campaign for using exclamation points without shame
Have you ever edited an email or text message before hitting “send” in an effort to trim down your exclamation point use? Most of us have. Where did our obsession with exclamation-point censorship come from, and why are we wasting precious headspace on editing the emotion out of out of our emails? I think it’s time to rewrite the script.
Here’s what happens when you make time for play every single day
If data shows that having fun is critical to our health and wellbeing – and it does – why do we often relegate it to weekends, special occasions and sporadic occurrences Maybe it’s because play time is in constant competition with productivity? It’s time to flip the script on having fun. Here’s why you should make more time for play, along with three easy steps for putting intention into action. I promise the benefits will ripple across the different areas of your personal and professional life.
5 tips for living and working with ease this summer
I’ve made it my mission to bring more ease into more areas of my life this year. I’ve found that it’s difficult to meet challenges with ease at first, but once you get into the rhythm the attitude is contagious and pays dividends, both personally and professionally. Here’s what I’ve been practicing every day.
The best 2022 reads for being better at being human
This reading list is for folks who want to forge deeper connections with the people in their lives, manage personal and professional time differently, and learn about tools that can expand our emotional vocabularies and redefine what it means to rest and relax. I’d be surprised if you don’t experience the positive impacts of these books and their tools across every sphere of your life, from personal to professional, and beyond.