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Righteous Indignation
I’ve read this paragraph from Pema Chodron’s book “Start Where You Are” every morning for a week. Given the amount of aggression we see all around us – not just wars, but in day-to-day politics, and...
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Never Mind
In Natalie Goldberg’s silent writing retreats, she has a bowl next to her seat, where students leave questions and comments. “Often they don’t sign them, but deposit anonymous thoughts folded up on a...
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Courage
I’ve been thinking a lot about courage during this year’s sabbatical. I’ve been thinking about the courage it takes to ask for what I need – something most of us are pretty horrible at doing. I’ve been...
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4 Steps to Letting Go
If there are two phrases that have led this year’s sabbatical for me, they are “Stepping Into” and “Letting Go.” What I’m learning is that we can’t step into what’s next until we figure out how to let...
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Climbing Back on the Wagon
It sounds so idyllic – a 3 month sabbatical of learning, expanding, stepping into, letting go. Mountaintop aha’s, seaside calm, early morning café revelations… Here’s the truth. The real test of those...
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3 Questions About Love
Question #1: If today was your last day on earth, who would you call, to tell them you love them? Question #2: How can you be sure today is not your last day on earth? Question #3: What will you do...
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Compassion Overload
After publishing this post on moving from compassion to action at Huffington Post, a colleague wrote to ask me this: What do we do when our desire to be compassionate outweighs our true capacity for...
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Judging a Book By Its Cover
On June 3, I walked out of a hair salon with a whole new me. In my younger days, this would have been no big deal. At 22 I had a crew cut. Three years later, my wedding announcement displayed long...
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Happy Year of Scribbling in the Margins!
Today begins a new year. I am feeling the potential of that fact with every breath. A large part of that force of energy is coming from notes I have scribbled to myself, in the book I happen to be...
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Does Anger Motivate Change?
What part does anger play in creating change — personal change, organizational change, social change? In a year that I’ve committed to exploring my own anger, this question just keeps...
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