I witness the shifting landscape of this body reforming. Nothing to do but leave the shore of my familiar to discover new territory, new shape, new truth. For me, writing is an exercise in integration. Inspired by a particular theme,…
With a death toll of over 1,100 people from a collapsed clothing factory, the Bangladesh government agreed to allow garment workers to form unions without permission from factory owners. If that isn’t startling enough, in this $20-billion US industry the…
What do you see as the greatest source of uncertainty in today’s world? Certainly, driving forces such as digitization, globalization and individuation top most lists as contributors to increased volatility and complexity. However, at the root of human uncertainty is…
Slow down and everything you are chasing will come around and catch you. John De Paola Radical transformation captures the essence of today’s paradox — the need to slow down in order to witness, learn and adapt to the rapid…
Happiness is the new metric for recruiting and retaining innovative employees or so Google espouses. This is good news for those who are currently employed in mind-numbing work within rigidly autocratic bureaucracies. With the support of big data sources (massive workforce surveys,…
Love is an awareness, an attitude and an action. As a human community, have we overcomplicated love or are we only just beginning to understand its full meaning? When I first read the statement, there are only two source emotions…
Over the past six weeks, my meditation circle has reflected on our personal values as inspiration for our writing and personal transformation. This week’s value is higher purpose, which is often defined as our mission in life or our reason for…
I am days away from launching Creating Space: the Practice of Transformation, Vol. 1 – Inspiration — a book I started writing in 2004. My dear friend, Jeff, calls it my opus. Not so long ago, I would hear other…
During my twenties, my life resembled a roller coaster ride with lots of highs and lows. I galloped through life at the speed of light bent on trying everything once and enjoying, even coveting and eventually becoming addicted to, the…
Last week, I blogged about the “sad game” played out in SWOT-based strategic planning, which often gets stuck focusing on the negative (threats and weaknesses). The loss of energy and imagination is directly correlated with attempts to reduce what we…
The purpose of life is to discover your gift. The meaning of life is to give your gift away. David Viscott The past week has been a time for letting go. My sweet Siamese cat, Coco, went off her food,…
With yoga becoming a mainstream wellness practice, I suspect most people today recognize we store or hold unresolved stress and trauma in our bodies as tension. If this tension is not relieved, by that I mean expressed and healed, it…
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