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Join date: May 25, 2020
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Trudy Soucoup, MAOL has spent three decades building nonprofits that build better lives. As CEO of Homes First since 2011, she's led the creation of safe, affordable housing across Thurston and Mason Counties. A 2008 Lead Thurston graduate with a master's in organizational leadership, Trudy has served on boards from the Nonprofit Association of Washington to the Washington State Employees Credit Union, the Center for Business and Innovation of the Thurston EDC, and the Alliance for Nonprofit Insurance. She always focused on one goal: helping organizations grow stronger so communities can thrive.
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Apr 13, 2026 ∙ 6 min
You're So Tall! — Why We Need to Stop Treating Height Like an Open Invitation to Comment
Height is visible and immediate. Unlike interests, values, or personality, a person's height registers the second you see them.
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Apr 6, 2026 ∙ 12 min
Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don't: The Impossible Tightrope of Letting People Learn
One of the most disorienting things about accumulating genuine expertise is that it can start to feel like a liability.
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Apr 3, 2026 ∙ 8 min
You've Lost Your Mojo. Now What?
Writing this wasn't just an exercise in sharing wisdom — it was me working through my own reckoning out loud, because that's the only way I know how to do hard things.
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