by Deb | Jul 17, 2020 | Change, Transition and Transformation, Coaching, Equity and Justice, Healing, Learning
Exploring Racism Through Self-Discovery: A Coaching Group for White People I’m going to be facilitating a group for white people to provide space for us to explore our own racism through self-discovery and reflection to help...
by Deb | Jul 23, 2019 | Leadership/Leadership Development, Learning, Mindful and Intentional
I had a few interesting experiences with birds and a butterfly recently that left me thinking about assumptions we make. The first experience was with a foundling, fledgling bird that reminded me that often when we think we are rescuing, we are in fact hindering:...
by Deb | Sep 26, 2016 | Change, Transition and Transformation, Coaching, Learning, Mindful and Intentional, Spirituality and Reflection
“Last night as I was sleeping, I dreamt—marvelous error!— that I had a beehive here inside my heart. And the golden bees were making white combs and sweet honey from my old failures.”-Antonio Machado Why are we so afraid of failure? As toddlers, we lost...
by Deb | Apr 11, 2016 | Change, Transition and Transformation, Learning, Mindful and Intentional, Spirituality and Reflection
About a year ago, I decided to try to live my life similar to the way improv actors practice their art. In improv, this means saying “yes and” – never disagreeing with your fellow actor and instead accepting their ideas and adding to them. My approach is a...
by Deb | May 7, 2015 | Change, Transition and Transformation, Learning, Mindful and Intentional, Spirituality and Reflection
When I was much younger, there was a TV show called, To Tell the Truth. In it, three people would come on the show and present themselves to a celebrity panel. One of the three people had a unique story to tell – they had an unusual occupation or experience – while...
by Deb | Jan 6, 2015 | Balance, Change, Transition and Transformation, Coaching, Learning, Mindful and Intentional, Spirituality and Reflection
Burning the Old Year “So much of any year is flammable, lists of vegetables, partial poems. Orange swirling flame of days, so little is a stone. ”¦ Quick dance, shuffle of losses and leaves, only the things I didn‘t do crackle after the blazing dies.” -Naomi Shihab...
