For the last 10 years I’ve owned and run a business and for the decade prior to that I had been in management and leadership roles. Fundamentally, communication is the most important tool and skill I have and one which I continue to grow. I make it a standard to talk...
Showing Up - I often use this phrase to describe my relationship to someone or to my commitments. I use it to ask myself if I’m willing to show up for them or keep my promises. I also use it to describe how others show up for me, or make good on their promises to me....
When I first moved to my mountain town, I found that the winters were difficult. The darkness felt heavy but the snow-covered mountains brought me an enormous amount of enjoyment. It was a paradox for me, feeling both good and bad. During those days I learned to dig...
Over the years, I've witnessed friends and family members get more settled in their beliefs and become less willing to see new perspectives and different points of view. I've watched as they choose to feed or hold on to anger rather than to forgive and let go. I've...
We tend to associate our own or others’ baggage as a bad thing. We often use it to describe other people, characteristically to describe why we don’t want to be close to them. Maybe this is because we associate a person with ‘baggage’ as someone who is unstable....
Trust. Big word. Big Meaning. Big emotion behind the word. I think trust is built. Within. It is a journey of learning to trust yourself. To trust yourself to make the right decisions for you. To trust that you can pick yourself up after heartache. To trust in your...
Do mindfulness practices make you better than someone else? The simple answer is no; the more complex answer is that with time and practice you will become a better version of yourself — but that doesn’t make you better than anyone. There have been, and I’m certain...
The more isolated we become, the less opportunity there is to be of service to our friends, family and community. The more we hibernate in our own worlds, the more we fixate on ourselves and become absorbed by our own processes. What makes healthy homes, communities...
From what I witness, humans have a strong need for certainty. Generally, we want to know what’s coming, and we want to have control. In order to have control, we need to know that things will come to fruition based on the way we have them mapped out in our minds. When...
From the time we are little children, people start asking, "What do you want to be?". Eager ears listen and expect answers like ‘firefighter, dog walker, doctor, swimmer, teacher, etc.’ From an early age we get fixated on measuring success by our accomplishments...