Resources
I write regularly on topics and resources that inspire me, disturb me, invite me to see the world differently… I post them here to invite a conversation with others in my community – whether friends, colleagues, peers, clients… I believe that by entering into dialogue and sharing more of what matters with each other we will become more connected, more resilient and ultimately find better solutions to the world’s challenges. Please read and join me in conversation. I will respond to everyone who writes back.
Books of the Year – Top 5!
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...
Regret vs Anxiety – Who Would Win?
How do regret and anxiety compare and contrast for you? Which feeling is most familiar to you and most likely to suck you into it's whirlpool? Which do you have more often? What do these emotions have to teach? A whole host of these questions have surfaced for me as...
When Your Mindfulness Machinery Needs a Service
Tonglen is an ancient meditation practice that originates in Tibetan Buddhism focused on the idea of turning towards and receiving suffering and pain, ‘breathing it in’ and then on the out breath breathing out love and compassion. Pema Chodron writes in a recent...
Metaphorical Waymarkers
When do we need to remember? When do we need to forget? The logo of my business is a cairn - historically a pile of rocks used in celtic and other northern cultures as way-markers to show travelers the path when traversing unfamiliar landscapes. Legend has it that as...
Muddy Boots
Have you ever come back from a hike, maybe in the middle of spring when the rain torrents still come out of nowhere and the ground is turned to thick gloopy mud? You come back to the car or your house and look down at your boots. They are not so much ‘muddy’ as...
