At a recent evening meal, I was surprised to hear one of the female guests say, “People don’t really change, do they?” Given the current organizational ethos — change is the only constant — along with women being the purveyors…
When attempting to define compassion, many begin by describing it as non-judgment. As someone who wishes to focus on what I want in life rather than what I don’t want (negativity), I would much rather describe the experience of compassion…
If little labour, little are our gains: Man’s fate is according to his pains. Robert Herrick, Hesperides (1650) In 1982 when Jane Fonda touted the words, “No pain, no gain,” she was referencing a physical exercise motto intended to build…
There are many paths to integration — that state of wholeness and balance culminating in a life well lived. As this week’s guest blogger discovered, one of the more significant ways to spiritual growth is through intimate relationship. Here is…
From my own experience with addictive behaviour such as smoking, over-achieving, and pursuing money, I recognize how obsessive dependency on any thing or person enslaved me and distracted me from a healthy whole life. In coming to understand my addictions,…
In his 1993 novel, The Celestine Prophecy, James Redfield articulated the following Nine Insights as significant for the then current global experience. A spiritual awakening in human culture, which has been brought about by a critical mass of individuals led…
As leaders in our own lives, our greatest challenge is to own our negative behaviour rather than hold others responsible for what we think, feel or do. No one, I repeat, no one can make us think, say or do…
As above, so below. As within, so without. This week I am somewhat obsessed with simplifying and beautifying my physical surroundings, particularly my home and garden. I knew something was emerging on the horizon last summer when I completely renovated…
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,…
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…
Upon some reflection, I feel the loss of solid ground and the shifting sands of a new beginning taking hold of me. In this case, the often lengthy and useful learning phase between endings and new beginnings was unrecognizable and…
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