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In the deep breath, I ground myself and inquire about what I want to choose. The pause facilitates my self-awareness and creates the space for a response that is beneficial to me and others
Category: Personal Development
Who are you?
Since I was a child, I have been curious about people. How can people be so different from one another on one hand, and so similar on the other? Maybe it was the experience of sharing the womb with my fraternal twin sister.
Transactional and Transformational
Every time we engage with another, we can make a choice as to whether it is only transactional, or also transformational. Let me provide a real life example. Several years ago, I was on a plane headed back to the OC from San Francisco. I noticed an attractive woman and three boys sitting across the [...]
Addition AND Subtraction
When we subtract the unconscious clutter, and only add what is of value to us, we are back to the basics of intentional living.
Hard work area ahead – Find some great music!
The areas of: thinking, emotions, mindsets, beliefs and behavior have often been given a misleading name in the business world. Naming these areas as “soft” skills was a way of dismissing their importance in relation to the dominant view of more ”measurable” areas like those of accounting and production. From a whole systems perspective, we [...]
A Sustainable Relationship with Time
“If you fight with time, time always wins. Better to befriend it, because time is inseparable from yourself.” Lama Surya Das, New Dharma Talks So, how conscious are you of your relationship with time? What is the relationship that you currently have? What would you like to co-create together going forward? When I was younger [...]
Seeking Rhythm in the Dance of Life
I have been a long time fan of the poet, David Whyte, since I met him in 1992. In his latest work, The Three Marriages: Reimagining Work, Self and Relationship, he addresses the disconnected dualism of the modern conundrum of work-life balance, and instead offers a trinity of relationships – work, self and relationship/other. To [...]