Tiny Little Cosmos
Because your biggest ideas deserve TLC ✨
Higher Education Career Strategy
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![A graphic illustration of a professional editing an upward arrow to veer up and to the left, indicating that they are taking control over their career.]()
“How to Turn an Unstable Higher Ed Environment into Career Leverage” is now live on the HERC Career Advice Blog.
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![A photo of an employee in higher education communicating in person with her team, illustrating some of the factors involved in building supportive, neuro-inclusive department cultures.]()
“Leading a Team With Neurodivergent Members” is now live on the HERC Jobs Career Advice blog.
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![The Champion's Guide to the Higher Education Job Market in the US]()
"The Champion's Guide to the Higher Education Job Market" eBook is now available to download for free from the HERC website.
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![An illustration of human figures on a hexagonal board with game strategies mapped out, representing the process of defining career strategy]()
"Interdisciplinary Career Paths: How to Expand Beyond Your Department" is now live on the HERC Jobs Career Advice blog.
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![A young man at a computer looks distressed as he contemplates his professional life, symbolizing the need for setting professional boundaries.]()
"The Art of Saying No: Setting Boundaries in Higher Education" is now live on the HERC Jobs Career Advice Blog.
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![An illustration of someone using a laptop sitting on top of a block labelled AI.]()
"Using AI in Your Job Search: Ways to Use and What to Avoid" is now live on the HERC Jobs Career Advice blog.
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![An illustration of an overwhelmed job seeker with their head buried in the laptop on the desk in front of them. They are surrounded by symbols of a long job search process, including a speech bubble, an @ sign, a scribble, an envelope, and a hashtag.]()
"Career Stagnation: Sometimes It’s Not Effort, It’s Framing" now live on the HERC Jobs Career Advice blog.
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![Woman in a gray sweater working on a laptop at a wooden table with papers and a pen, in a room with a window and curtains, symbolizing a job seeker looking for a career in higher education.]()
"How to Spot a Real Higher Ed Job Posting" is now live on the HERC Jobs Career Advice blog.
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![A diverse group of five academic professionals sitting around a conference table, engaged in a serious but collaborative discussion. This image illustrates the "human side" of a search committee working together to review candidates.]()
"Decoding the Search Committee Experience" is now live on the HERC Jobs Career Advice blog.
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![A chalk drawing of a head profile filled with a collection of multi-colored sticky notes, all featuring hand-drawn lightbulbs. The image illustrates creative idea generation and the process known as design thinking.]()
"Reframing Rejection with Design Thinking: From No to Next Step" is now live on the HERC Jobs Career Advice blog.
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![Two men sitting at a table engaged in an informational interview, smiling, in a modern indoor office.]()
"Why Informational Interviews Can Open More Doors Than Applications" is now live on the HERC Jobs Career Advice blog.
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"Micro-Credentials & Certifications Can Power Your Career" is now live on the HERC Jobs Career Advice blog.
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![Empty auditorium with rows of wooden chairs facing a large screen on a stage.]()
TLC's blog features a new piece on the importance of saving higher education and how university leaders should move forward.
Custom Websites
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SoLA Food Cooperative supports a healthier, more equitable South Los Angeles through collective access to fresh food, education, and collective ownership.
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MUSTARD & miel is an online store offering handcrafted goods from the bees, land and community of Northern Catskill Mountains of Upstate NY.
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Vesi is a neighborhood development trust that aligns purpose and stewardship with real assets, investments, and community capacity to advance the promise of an open and free society for all.
Music Videos
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![The Berlin Video Music Awards' official Badge of Honor emblem with laurel branches, a shield with a gavel, and the text "Badge of Honor BMFA 2026."]()
Disparition music video "Wood" receives Badge of Honor from the 2026 Berlin Music Video Awards.
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Dark Spring Thunder music video “My Home Is A Mountain” is an official selection of the 2026 Cal Film Festival.
Resources for Activism
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![A city street covered in snow with a yellow and white tram moving through the intersection, red traffic lights, and a few people walking on the sidewalks during a snowstorm at dusk.]()
Minnesota's first general statewide strike in nearly 100 years planned for January 23, 2026 in response to ongoing ICE attacks.
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![Street scene with pedestrians under an overpass, with a poster of Nelson Mandela dressed in a suit with one arm raised.]()
TLC releases a short overview of the new federal policies encouraging White Supremacist immigration to the South.
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TLC founder Deepthi Welaratna joined an AIGA-hosted conversation on combatting disinformation in GOTV efforts.
Now Available for Purchase
Healing Childhood Sexual Trauma - Part One, a digital zine by Morgan Fogarty, is now available on Gumroad.
Dark Spring Thunder T-shirts available in two designs and multiple colors and sizes in the TLC Shop.
Sight by Dark Spring Thunder available on Bandcamp.
How to Make Change Through Government – Matte Horizontal Poster now available in the TLC Shop.
Behind The Wall by Dark Spring Thunder available on Bandcamp.
Disparition vinyl stickers are 30% off now through Winter Solstice in the Disparition Store.
Client Testimonials
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![Portrait of Dr. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, PhD—healthcare startup founder and former client—who brought Deepthi on to lead a collaborative innovation program.]()
"Deepthi is an accomplished business leader who demonstrates integrity, capability, and determination to do quality work in every situation. I would hire her again in a heartbeat."
- Dr. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, HyperVigilant
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![Tatiana Zwerling is a Senior Security Assurance Lead at Datavant]()
"A great team-player who is simultaneously able to take a decisive leadership position with grace, Deepthi has my highest recommendation."
- Tatiana Zwerling, Datavant
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![Andy Maas is a Partner at Kekst CNC]()
"Deepthi and I worked together closely. I found her to be an excellent strategist and writer, and her grace under pressure was without equal. I look forward to the time we can work together again."
- Andy Maas, Partner, Kekst CNC
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![Meegan Denenberg is the Founder and Chief Strategist of JEME Agency.]()
"The needs for our exhibit on redlining ‘A Dream Deferred’ were fairly complex. Deepthi was refreshingly innovative and approached our initiative with the necessary nuance and empathy to craft solutions specific to our needs."
- Meegan Denenberg, JEME Agency
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![Gina Rembe is a Project Lead at ProjectTogether]()
"Your openness to working on this with us across continents, oceans and time zones has been great. Your incessant drive to improving the output to the best it can be has been amazing."
- Gina Rembe, ProjectTogether
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![Mark Taylor is a filmmaker and visual artist.]()
"Love Deepthi. She's a really wonderful writer who has on more than one occasion turned me on to interesting cultural information that I would have otherwise been oblivious to. She's fun to work with, creative and has great style and energy."
- Mark Taylor, Imaginary Lamp Empire
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![Kim Edwards, Staff Analyst at Life360]()
"Working with Deepthi was a wonderful experience! She was able to efficiently and effectively manage market research projects with ease. She is a creative thinker and could quickly come up with great solutions to complex problems."
- Kim Edwards, Life360
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![Michael Funk is Director of the Expanded Learning Division of the California Department of Education]()
"Deepthi was a pleasure to work with. Very personable, very sharp and very productive! I would recommend her highly!"
- Michael Funk, California Department of Education
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![Laurie Kappe, founder and principal of San Francisco Bay Area-based i.e. communications.]()
"Deepthi brings value to every project she touches. Excellent researcher and thoughtful writer. I highly recommend her."
- Laurie Kappe, i.e. communications
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![Kimberley Schwede is a brand and experiential designer based in San Francisco.]()
"Deepthi was wonderful to work with and gave excellent direction. Her creativity and strong work ethic made it a joy to work with her. She is flexible, reliable, and full of great ideas. I hope to work with her again."
- Kimberley Schwede, Brand & Experiential Designer
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"I've seen Deepthi leverage her expertise and vision to build a game changing product that I believe has the potential to transform strategic decision making."
- Rhea Alexander, Parsons School of Design
