Get Quiet
“Even a wounded world is feeding us. Even a wounded world holds us, giving us moments of wonder and joy. I choose joy over despair. Not because I have my [...]
Doing it for Love
I listened to this amazing podcast this week and wept at some of the stories Jack Kornfield told. One was about the poet, naturalist, and activist Gary Snyder who has been working [...]
We Don’t Heal Alone
“Resilience is best understood as a characteristic of communities rather than individuals. Resilience isn’t personal grit; it’s the capacity of a neighborhood or community to respond, mitigate, and adapt to [...]
Holding on and Letting Go
A few years ago, as I was encountering some bumps in raising my teenage son, I sighed to my therapist, “I guess it’s just time for me to let go.” [...]
Should I Leave my Job
I recently facilitated a team that contained one of my previous vocational coaching clients. When I first met them several years ago, they were miserable in their organization and came [...]
Getting Inspired is our Job
Friends, I am a broken record. I’m here to say—again!—that we can’t go very long without inspiration. And if you can’t see it lying all around you, decide to go [...]
Here to Hang Out
I’m coming back from over a month off, and I was blessed to run into a few readers around the Puget Sound (Julie on Lummi Island, hello!) who asked how [...]
What phase is this?
I listened to this funny takedown of the popular book Atomic Habits recently, and it was such a RELIEF to get out of the self-improvement trap for a few minutes, [...]
A statement I’ve never heard
“That re-org really transformed things around here!” Ha! That’s a statement I have never heard. I’ve been re-reading Geoffrey Bellman’s The Consultant’s Calling, and it’s hitting home in a million [...]
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 [...]