by Deb | Apr 23, 2024 | Healing, Leadership/Leadership Development, Mindful and Intentional, reflection, respite, Spirituality and Reflection
“be softer with you. you are a breathing thing. a memory to someone. a home to life.” -nayyirah waheed How often do you criticize yourself? In how many different ways are you hard on yourself? Imagine what it would be like if you appreciated yourself instead....
by Deb | Nov 23, 2022 | Change, Transition and Transformation, Healing, Spirituality and Reflection
“And only where the forest fires have sped, Scorching relentlessly the cool north lands, A sweet wild flower lifts its purple head, And, like some gentle spirit sorrow-fed, It hides the scars with almost human hands. And only to the heart...
by Deb | Apr 1, 2020 | Healing, Spirituality and Reflection
… It is a paradox that experiencing pain releases pain. It is a paradox that keeping still can lead us so fully into life and being. Our minds do not like paradoxes. We want things to be clear, so we can maintain our illusions of safety…. We each possess a...
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 | Dec 28, 2015 | Creativity, Mindful and Intentional, Spirituality and Reflection
Hoarding your joys and despairs As if they were clothes You brought but never wore Look at this bright shirt: A possibility you glimpsed But feared to seize. The beloved is waiting. You have a date. Put on that shirt before it fades.” -Gregory Orr, from How Beautiful...
