Trathen’s Blog

Foxes, Robins and Reasons for Hope By Trathen Heckman June 8th, 2026 I love spring in the garden — the endless procession of blossoms popping, nature’s verdant emergence, and the countless critters coming and going. Last night after a head-spinning day of navigating leadership and financial complexities, I needed to water the [...]

Why Gathering Matters So Much By Trathen Heckman November 6th, 2025 Happy Fall Good Friends, First, I want to share a huge dose of gratitude for those who contributed to our Fall Campaign. We’ve raised $90k of our $100k goal, so close! If you haven’t donated yet, please do. Second, I hope to see [...]

An Update from Daily Acts' Executive Director, Trathen Heckman Twenty-three years ago on May 25th, Daily Acts launched our first program. Since then, we’ve done an incredible amount of transformative work, powered heavily by YOU, our community. Even with all the difficulty right now, there’s so much blooming - in our gardens, our [...]

DOWNLOAD PDF Take 5 Minutes to Watch Our Newest Video! "Having Daily Acts doing what we dream we could do is letting us know we're not in this alone". - Fiona Wong, Mustang Acres’ Executive Director A [...]

Happy September Daily Actors! Fall is a potent time to pull in, to reflect, reconnect and replenish our spirits. It’s when Daily Acts was born out of heartbreak and tragedy with a vision of supporting you to reclaim the power of your daily actions as a pathway to wider transformations. And holy smokes [...]

It is with great pleasure that ​we​ introduce you to the new Daily Acts logo. After 20 years of rockin’ those playful ripples with a font hand-drawn by founder Trathen Heckman himself, it was time to freshen our look and feel as well as do a better job of conveying the vital work of connecting [...]

Happy spring daily actors! Powered by recent rains and spring’s verdant emergence, Daily Acts is again taking our inspiration, education and acts of transformation to the next level. And as always, we need you by our side to do so! PLEASE join us by donating to our May Matching Campaign, attending one of our [...]

Thank you for 20 years of Daily Acts! Read on for the report of some of the highlights. Download Full PDF Report "It's because of the passion that Trathen and the entire team demonstrates that I actually have hope - I have hope that we can tackle this [...]

By Trathen Heckman, Executive Director Happy fall daily actors! Wowza, I’ve missed you all. In addition to not seeing folks, I haven’t been writing for our newsletters. Though the good news is that I’m close to finishing Daily Acts’ book, which will be out next year. While there are more specifics below in my [...]

by Trathen Heckman, Executive Director Dear Daily Actors, As I write this blog, fire ash is gently raining down with an eerie PTSD-inducing familiarity and the Bay Area has some of the worst air quality in the world.  In the last week, we’ve had fire tornadoes, rolling blackouts, and global temperature records highs with [...]