It’s counterintuitive. Like being told to drink hot tea on an even hotter day because it will cool me down. For me, the amount of hope I need to sustain me, is inversely proportional to the level of overwhelm and disillusionment I’m feeling. It should be the other way...
I’ve finally come to own that I love leading, and probably always have, (ask all my younger siblings and cousins who I led - coerced?! - into all sorts of imaginary games of my making). It’s taken me a while to own that thought but I’m starting to claim that love as...
A dear friend and I (Myriam Khoury for those of you who know us both), recently gave a keynote address at a conference for non-profit leaders. The topic centered on bringing strategy to life, and was motivated by a paper that the two of us had written last year called...
This is not the article I sat down to write this morning - it's the article about what I do when I get mentally thrown off balance!I wanted to write a piece this week about values. How if we can articulate our own values it can actually help in relating and being more...
Five simple strategies to help proactively surf the information deluge that many of us live in so that it serves us rather than drowning us. I’m old enough to remember a world before email and before phones that held access to much of the world’s information if I’m...
How do we decide what to share about our lives – with others but also ourselves? How does that help or hurt us?
I’m always looking for easy ways to get new insights into how I am seeing and showing up in the world. I found this five minute practice very powerful for creating a shift.
Sharing reflections on a short video that inspired me to get back in touch with my ‘why’ for anyone looking for a quick and easy reflection to round off January with!
As we close out 2022 and move into 2023 there will be a lot of talk of beginnings and endings but what about those midpoints…?
What was your favorite read of the year and why? That’s not a rhetorical question! I would love to know so that I can add it to my next year’s reading pile? One of my favorite things about moving in to freelance work has been structuring time for reading – for...