May the Doors of your Heart be Open
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 to a documentary about her [...]
Side by Side Looking Out
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 10-year-old naturalist on a [...]
Find Your Beach
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 has been living in a [...]
Expensive and Worth It
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 are with me We’re working on the business [...]
In Praise of the Slow Burn
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 outfit and told them so, [...]
Celebrating Survival
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, facilitating teams, and coaching leaders, [...]