It’s incredibly easy to complain about the decisions other people make, especially people with positional power over us. True, some of those decisions are short-sighted, morally wrong, or even disastrous, and [...]
My last newsletter in July was titled, “Let There be Space.” I had it! I experienced, as I do every August, the immense relief, pleasure, and privilege of taking unpressured time [...]
This is my last newsletter for a month, as I’m about to go offline for my usual August break. By now, all my wonderful clients anticipate it with me. Around June, they start inquiring [...]
I just got back from seeing the Mary Oliver documentary (at the Pickford, of course! Bellingham’s gem indie theater) and wrote this little poem: Mary Oliver Documentary Review If she were alive, she’d never have consented [...]
I’ve just returned from a trip to France with my husband Yancey and our friends Elie, Lisa, and their son Theo. It was such a delicious, memorable time, especially being around [...]
A few years ago I went on a long-awaited pilgrimage to Provincetown, Massachusetts. My aunt has been visiting, working, or seasonally living here for 50 years, and for the last decade [...]
It’s expensive and worth it to get people in the same room together. Whenever I facilitate anything for a team, I’m always aware of the following: They are not doing their regular work when they [...]
I was telling a client today that I’m liable to fall in love with people. I’ve had many friendships in my life that started with a bang. I loved their [...]
The best thing about my job is that I get to see so many other people do their jobs. In the last 20 years, as I’ve been consulting to organizations, [...]
The poet Blake says, “We are put on earth for a little while to learn to bear the beams of love.” The maddening conundrum here is that humans often have a hard [...]