To have simple moments.. we need to interact with similar souls. I recently asked a group of like-minded souls to find someone they don’t know and finish this sentence “what most people don’t know about me is…” I wanted to encourage a place of...
It’s one of the most important spiritual practices of all: the art of being fully present. The greatest most enduring leaders have this ability of making you feel like you are the only one in the room. You feel seen and heard, and your entire...
I couldn’t tell you what authentic connection meant until I found myself taking an on-line writing course 14 years ago. My mind was saying “what are you doing, you’re an accountant?!” That was the beginning of discovering through my own authentic...
Saying “I was wrong” is never easy, but why asking for forgiveness is difficult has several reasons. You’ve had a conflict with a loved one. You know you’re in the wrong at least partly. Despite an innocent intention, what landed was...
I grabbed ‘Care of the Soul’ by Thomas Moore from my pile of books to read for our recent family trip to Sedona. Thomas starts with.. “The great malady of the 20th century, implicated in all our troubles and affecting us...
The way signs show up in my life continue to surprise me – this one on the importance of naming came in so quietly, and suddenly it’s so loud! What’s the Importance of Naming? I looked at the snake necklace my daughter was...
People come into, and out of our lives fostering all kinds of different connections and trying to build healthy boundaries. The closer we get, the more risk you’ll bump up against someone’s toxic parts, and they will bump up against yours...
“How can you eat that, and stay so slim?” “Is staying in shape impossible?” Let’s discuss… We are sitting at a restaurant, and I’ve just ordered the thin crust pizza while my girlfriends (the super health conscious ones)...
Kindness is under-rated. It almost feels boring. But what often gets overlooked came shining through in the Tony award winning musical “Come From Away”: that unmistakable feeling of kindness my girls and I came away with was over the top last...
A client asked me recently “what are your spiritual practices for the year?” We’d been discussing goals, visioning, and the changes she wanted to make for her best year ever. I paused, and wondered how do I explain what’s behind what I practice...
Did you ever try to emotionally connect with your team? Well, you can try these 6 practices. Emotional connection is a 2-way street, but as parents, we tend to be one-way: “What’s going on with you?” “Can you talk to me?”...
And how you can get it right. When I was 14, a friend shared this quote with me: “If you love something, set it free. If it comes back, it’s yours. If it doesn’t, it never was.” That quote was by Richard Bach. I read it...
