by | | Emotional Agility, Personal Fulfillment, Relationships
From Strangers to Friends I carefully watched us dissolve the idea of “strangers”, one bucket-full of oranges at a time. Nelson was the 65 year-old farm-hand at the coffee finca, who spoke a thick dialect of Spanish. We’d both be up at 6:30am,...
by | | Emotional Agility, Personal Fulfillment, Relationships, Self Awareness
The weight of inspiration (for an Ennea 7) Thomas King reminds us that no-one actually wants to hear about your easy-breezy travel story in his novel Indians on Vacation. The ones that go like this: oh yeah, weather was hot, everyone got along, got all bronzed with...
by | | Confidence, Personal Fulfillment, Self Awareness
You become yourself, when you become unrecognizable. Let me explain. After three long years I found myself on a dance floor again- Alaska style. I was at the South East Alaska State Fair this past weekend. It’s an annual pilgrimage of northerners...
by | | Personal Fulfillment, Practices for You, Relationships
The Art of Being Good When I was about nine years old, I wrote a letter to God and asked, “Help me to be a nice person”. There is nothing unremarkable about that hand-drawn note. I was socialized in a culture that liked kids quiet, studious, and helpful. Women...
by | | Navigating Uncertainty, Personal Fulfillment, Practices for You, Resilience
The cost of bracing Are you in the midst of massive change- one that’s visionary and maybe even confusing? It could be a cool project, scaling up a business, or fundamentally re-orientating how you live life. Either way, you’re likely in new territory. And...
by | | Personal Fulfillment, Practices for You, Self Awareness
You really have two choices. To harden or open up and grow. Of course between these two polarities, there are hiccups and swings. But let’s not kid ourselves. The upcoming decade of 2020s will yield some of the most challenging and complex problems of our...
