What does it take for a collective to wake up? Is it even possible for a collective to wake up? A bunch of people shuffling in the same direction does not an intelligent organism make. If the individuals are not present, mindful and awake, putting a large number of them together does not increase intelligence but in truth, decreases it. The fine art of ... Continue Reading >>
creating change
Audacity: A salute to the women who dare…
It is not easy to be authentic in the living of your Life. The pressures to conform; to not stand out; to be reasonable and appropriate (whatever that means); to find the comfortable and acceptable middle ground that does not disturb… these override the inner drive to be fully present to and expressive of all that brings joy and meaning into your life! In ... Continue Reading >>
Imagining Your Life
I recently had an email exchange with a delightful young woman I have come to cherish. As I read her words, it occurred to me that the past continued to be the context within which the ability to choose had become 'frozen' in the face of imagined consequences. So, with that awareness in mind, I offered her a different perspective from which to consider ... Continue Reading >>
Impact
That we know, allows us to have opinions. That we engage, allows us to have impact. ... Continue Reading >>
Denial
Denial is a treacherous comfort. That it is denied does not mean it will not have consequences. ... Continue Reading >>
Pandemic… of Shame
I know of no one who has been spared the drama and its attending impact from the last three years of constant pressure to capitulate and conform. To do what you're told. To not question. To be silent if not in agreement. To trust external authorities rather than your own internal cues. Over and over... day after day... pummelled by the talking heads, ... Continue Reading >>
How the body works
The magic of a small child lives in their unquestionable trust of the deep intelligence that is their own body. There is no filter between the inner cue and external engagement. It takes pain - chronic and applied over time or intense, in a single burst - and from that pain descends the silencing of the natural, intuitive inner joy... replaced with a ... Continue Reading >>
Redefining ourselves
Somewhere between rage, outrage and silence is the opportunity for us to redefine ourselves! ... Continue Reading >>
Perspective
Over my many years of living this way, perhaps the greatest irritation/frustration/annoyance/anger from clients/participants has been in the recognition that the answer is always ‘yes’. The answer is always ‘yes’ in the seeming contradictions of the need to have boundaries and collapse boundaries. In the need to speak and be silent. The need to stay and the ... Continue Reading >>