In their new self-help book, author Laurie McGinley instructs readers how to notice their self-sabotaging habits and embrace transformation. Fittingly, the process of writing the book was also an exercise in pattern-breaking for Laurie… and for me, the book’s ghostwriter.

I walked away with optimism for next year’s event: I’m looking forward to seeing the separate yarns between so many disciplines and industries become even more knitted together. But—and this is my bias—I crave authenticity and creativity in those intersections.