Get on the Balcony and Find Your Leverage

Practicing Connection · Oct 15, 2026 · 19m

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It's easy to talk about 'the system' like it's something happening to us. But what if you're already standing inside it - and holding one of the levers?

We often talk about "the system" as something distant - a force acting on us rather than something we're part of. In this episode, Erin and Jessica offer a practice for stepping onto the balcony to see your place inside a system you're frustrated with or curious about, whether that's at work, in your community, or even in your own evening routine.

Building on ideas from a past episode on network mapping and borrowing from…