In Praise of Tinkering
When my daughter was in elementary school, she came home one day excited about her gymnastics unit in P.E. She had barely finished her story when I said, “Well honey, [...]
However Small
Today is my day to bake cookies for the tiny home community that houses low-income seniors. A group of amazing women in my life have been bringing dinner once a [...]
Empowered Disidentification
I was listening to Jeff Warren this week, one of my favorite meditation teachers, and he was talking about discovering his ADHD diagnosis in adulthood and how helpful it has [...]
To the Angry Motorist
Biking from a side street onto a main road this morning, I decided to use the pedestrian crosswalk instead of waiting for an opening in the traffic. I was startled [...]
Your Body is Invited to the Party
Last week, my colleague Laura and I convened a gathering of local Organization Development practitioners. Most of us were meeting for the first time, and a lot of care and [...]
Passion is Overrated
Passion is not a clean-burning fuel. It may help you jumpstart something. It may help you win a race, get through a hard time or change careers, but it’s not [...]
Campus Life
Last weekend, my daughter and I went to visit one of my goddaughters at college—see her dance performance, eat dinner with her in the dining hall, see her dorm room, [...]
The Key Player
In the book “Thanks for the Feedback,” the authors say something profound: The key player is not the giver, but the receiver. Think about it—if we are part of teams, [...]
The Good Stuff is in You
We are remodeling my home office, and step #1 a few months ago was to clean out the monstrous metal filing cabinet. Much of it was training and educational materials [...]
Lessons from a Year of Swimming Outside
It was almost a year ago that I went for my first “off-season” swim in the Salish Sea. My assistant Robin helped me pick out the gear, luck gave us [...]