The Starting Point

The Starting Point

What are you willing to lose?

On the art of shifting positions, letting go of the roles that hold us captive – and daring to stand where change truly needs you

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Anna Branten
Nov 01, 2025
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Everything is moving. And not in ways we’re used to. Climate, technology, war, nature, relationships, power, work – the world is reshaping itself, and we’re trying to do the same. Yet we cling to what we know. Perhaps more tightly than we care to admit.

Places where we’ve been seen. Positions and roles we’ve fought hard for. That still reward us, even as…

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