by | | Practices for You, Self Awareness, Success
Why Insight isn’t Enough I’m a book lover. Beside my bed, is a pile of (mostly) non-fiction work. Depending on my mood, I’ll gravitate to a passage or chapter, often landing somewhere random. Reading is a habit I have, when I’m looking for insight. Especially,...
by | | Activism, Emotional Agility, Practices for You, Self Awareness
Listening to Krista Tippett and Rev. Lucas Johnson talk racism on the On Being podcast, I realized I’m living the question: how can I deepen my commitment and practice of anti-racism? My question feels both inadequate and true. Inadequate, because it seems that no...
by | | Emotional Agility, Mindfulness, Resilience, Self Awareness
Can you bear this Great Pause If you can bear this Great Pause, a little longer than you can stand it, equality and sustainability might just have a chance. In other words, if you can resist ‘trying to make sense of it all’ by giving the Great Pause a...
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...
by | | Emotional Agility, Practices for You, Self Awareness
An Open Letter to Excitement Heya Excitement (“You”), I hope you don’t mind that I’m addressing you publicly. You’re the type of emotion that doesn’t seem to mind. You go by these: magnetic. effervescent. dynamic. enthusiastic. giddy. Words big enough in meaning...
by | | Conflict + Power, Practices for You, Self Awareness
The birth of “I statements” I can’t remember the first time I realized that using “I statements” in heated conversations were helpful. It was probably in my early 20s- that period of growth and awareness that’s only slightly less awkward than the teens. “I...
