If you’re an independent professional, I imagine you have an “elevator speech” that is the organizing principle of your marketing brand. It consists of one to three sentences that can be delivered in 30 seconds, as if you only had someone’s attention between the lobby and the 5th floor. Even if you never attend a business networking meeting, what do you continue reading…
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The Brain Science of Stillness in the Midst of Chaos
These are definitely trying times – I know for myself, each time I think the political and global situation can’t get any worse, it does. It’s very easy and natural to feel reactive in response! Yet, if we allow ourselves to get thrown into reactivity, we cut ourselves off from the very resources we need to respond with what will continue reading…
Resurrecting a Quieted Voice
As we move more and more into living our purpose, it is not uncommon to begin to experience resistances and a stronger level of fear, especially those arising from our childhood wounding. Things begin to or continue to trigger us, situations arise that make us angry, put us into despair, cause inertia, and throw us into judgement about someone else’s continue reading…
The End of Leadership
When I was a commanding officer in the Navy, part of my job was training junior officers and senior non-commissioned officers who had recently been promoted to positions of authority. Enlisted sailors who had attained a rank that enabled them to give orders were shocked to find that their juniors didn’t necessarily do what they said. If you’ve spent any continue reading…
What is Yours To Do in the Midst of So Much?
My heart aches with the increasing amounts of suffering, unmet need, and dysfunction being revealed every day around the globe. It’s painful to see how little we have evolved as a society, and eye opening to recognize that the Western World can no longer pretend to hold moral authority in so many ways. In deep conversations with both liberals and conservatives, continue reading…
How to Act on a Calling That Scares You
Do you feel a calling that’s been tugging more and more strongly on your heart and soul, yet totally spooks you at the same time? It’s that funny paradox — you wouldn’t be so moved by this calling unless it did involve something bigger than what you think you can do right now. When something feels this big, it’s natural to feel overwhelmed at continue reading…