Plan, Design, Do or Is Trusting the Process Enough?
With so much of our global experience made visible on a daily basis, I think we can all agree on one thing — life, as we experience it today, is complex. But is this the natural way of things or…
Reflect & Redirect — From Doing to Undoing
Each January, in order to take stock of how I am choosing to live my life, I take time to reflect on the past and present, and potentially redirect myself for the future. At this time last year, I sensed…
Integration — Complementary Skills for Meaningful Change
This blog is one of a three-part series on the health impacts of integration (wholeness) in our self-esteem, relationships and ability to enact meaningful change in our lives. Each of us is the next step in evolution along the lineage…
Integration — Complementary Skills for Healthy Self-Esteem
This blog is one of a three-part series on the health impacts of integration (wholeness) in our self-esteem, relationships and ability to enact meaningful change in our lives. Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need…
Inside-Out Change – Our True Contribution to Life
Adults or kids alike, many of us enjoy dressing up on Hallowe’en in our superhero or super funny costumes. Dress-up is a wonder-filled way to activate the imagination by pretending we are someone or something else. Not only do we…
See with Intuition — not Illusion
Having a new perspective alludes to using all six senses — intuition as well as taste, touch, smell, sound and sight — to deduce what is real. Intuition, our sixth sense, is our brain’s and body’s ability to sense truth and make good decisions without having to rely solely on using empirical evidence (observation or experience) and analytical reasoning (theory or logic).
Chaos and Contentment — Two Sides of the Same Coin?
As I virtually witness outer world chaos materializing into global terrorism and other seeming madness, like Donald Trump’s ascendancy to presidential candidate, I wonder where this is leading. On the one hand, I feel far removed physically and psychologically from…
Never-ending Construction
Image courtesy of Toa55 FreeDigitalPhotos.net In January, I felt within me a growing sense of impending change. As each month unfolded, some event emerged to affirm this knowing amidst my uncertainty. Such is the paradox of life.
Keep On Keeping On
Whenever life invites me to participate in change — which is pretty much every day — I am excited to dive into these new adventures. For someone whose attention and energy can get distracted by “little shiny bits,” the beginning stage of any change easily draws me in. Of course, these little shiny bits of inspiration are the drawing card for most of us.
Everyone & Everything is Connected
There are no bad people, only bad systems frustrating good people from doing good work. In 25 years of supporting individuals and organizations to move from Now to WOW in their growth and development, the default reaction of blaming another…
Universal Principles of Change
As you may have reasoned from reading past blogs, my mind constantly seeks to draw out of life what I call universal principles. It’s my way of seeing the world from a simpler, less busy perspective. As an example, when…
Collaboration — Do You Express Anger Positively?
It has been a long journey from World War I and II where competition and compliance were the reigning values and skills of the day. As I wrote last week, community living and collaboration (living and working alongside each other…