natalie

On August 5th, I woke up with intense ringing in my right ear, hearing loss, and numbness in my ear and underneath my right eye. I made an appointment with an audiologist for later that afternoon, but by 8:30 that morning, waiting until 3 p.m. felt irresponsible. Urgent care? But I kept wondering: what if this was actually urgent? Emergency room? My mind went back to the last time that same emergency room dismissed me during a health crisis. Fifteen minutes later, I ran into the ER and told...

Celebrating ten years of Factuality means honoring a decade of impact, growth, and service. Over the past decade, Factuality has reached more than 66,000 people across six continents. Building it has completely transformed my life, allowing me to turn my purpose into my profession while helping others better understand themselves and one another. As Nelson Mandela said, “What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that...

Today is Equal Pay Day. It marks how far into the current year women have to work to earn what men made the previous year. According to U.S. Census data , women working full-time, year-round earn about 83% of what men earn. In some industries, that drops to nearly 74%. After sharing key facts about the wage gap, I begin to instruct the players to pay each male. In this clip, the room erupts before I can finish my directive. “What… each one!?” Shock, laughter, disbelief. It hits all at once....