by Deb | Nov 1, 2007 | Balance, Change, Transition and Transformation, Change, Transition, and Transformation Series, Connections, Healing, Learning, Spirituality and Reflection
As James Baldwin stated: Any real change implies the breakup of the world as one has always known it, the loss of all that gave one an identity, the end of safety. As we undergo change, even desired change, we do temporarily lose ourselves we lose the identity that we...
by Deb | Nov 1, 2007 | Equity and Justice, Quilt of Humanity, Quilt of Humanity ModelTM
My ex-husband is Caribbean-American of African descent (from Barbados) so even though I am white, I know what it is like to raise two children of color. My almost twenty one year old son (he is my ex-husband’s child from a prior relationship, but since I raised...
by Deb | Nov 1, 2007 | Balance, Change, Transition and Transformation, Change, Transition, and Transformation Series, Connections, Learning, Spirituality and Reflection
My experience with Dr. Lou, my chiropractor, led to another interesting insight. After having experienced a great deal of relief, I noticed that my shoulders were getting tense again. I was concerned because despite my efforts to correct my posture and the way I was...
by Deb | Oct 17, 2007 | Change, Transition and Transformation, Coaching, Connections, Learning, Quilt of Humanity, Quilt of Humanity ModelTM, Spirituality and Reflection
Over the last few months, I have been facilitating a monthly Learning and Support Group for executive directors of New York City nonprofit organizations with the support of the Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York. I developed this series after having...
by Deb | Oct 1, 2007 | Connections, Culture, Quilt of Humanity, Quilt of Humanity ModelTM, Spirituality and Reflection
What is it about human nature that, unlike Divine nature, finds it so easy to focus on differences and make those who are different into the “other” (and often an other who is considered in some way less than)? I was distressed to read an article in the...
