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# Guiding Change

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- [Beauty and Transformation](https://guidingchange.com/beauty-and-transformation/) - Imagine a space where beauty opens doors within you. Join us in a global contemplative gathering where expressive arts - poetry, painting and music - become pathways to personal transformation. Over six monthly 2-hour gatherings, we reflect, explore, and grow together - guided by creativity, moved by beauty. Who We Are: Michele Fattal, PCC Coach,
- [Find the Light in the Darkness](https://guidingchange.com/find-the-light-in-the-darkness/) - In the current dark state of the world, it can be difficult to find light. Surrounded by violence and chaos, we can feel hopeless. And for those of us who are privileged enough not to experience the violence firsthand, we may also feel guilt. But hopelessness and guilt only pull us deeper into the
- [Notice What's Around You Journey: Final Day](https://guidingchange.com/final-day-of-notice-whats-around-you-journey/) - Today ends my 30-day journey of noticing. I’ve enjoyed the journey and hope those of you who accompanied me enjoyed it as well. This last photo of my journey was taken just as the sun was rising this morning, again in Newburgh, NY. It was raining so the clouds look dark. But, if you look
- [Notice What’s Around You: Day 29](https://guidingchange.com/notice-whats-around-you-day-29/) - Today’s photo is of some roses in someone’s front yard. It is 39 degrees out and these roses still look as if they are in their prime. They seem to be bearing up well despite the cold. I wish I could say the same for myself.
- [Notice What’s Around You: Day 28](https://guidingchange.com/notice-whats-around-you-day-28/) - I took today’s photo in Newburgh, NY, a few hours north of New York City. These trees are an invasive species that I normally don’t like. But, now that they are decked out in their Fall colors, they are kind of nice looking, although they still block my view of the Hudson River and the
- [Notice What's Around You: Day 27](https://guidingchange.com/notice-whats-around-you-day-27/) - Today’s photo is of some plants right outside Mount Prospect Park in Brooklyn. The photo captures a mixture of color and texture In the center is a plant with soft, fuzzy, velvet-like, silvery green leaves. On either side of it are plants with shiny green leaves and red and pink flowers, respectively. Surrounding all of
- [Notice What's Around You: Day 26](https://guidingchange.com/notice-whats-around-you-day-26/) - Today’s photo is of clouds. I thought the two lines coming down looked as if someone had taken a paint brush to the sky. I don’t think I’ve seen a cloud formation like this before.
- [Notice What’s Around You: Day 25](https://guidingchange.com/notice-whats-around-you-day-25/) - Today’s noticing requires your imagination. It’s an auditory noticing. If you sit in what’s called the Vale of Cashmere in Prospect Park, a favorite place for bird watchers, you can hear a symphony of bird calls. So, imagine you are sitting comfortably on a park bench. You will hear the chirp of sparrows, the caw
- [Notice What's Around You: Day 24](https://guidingchange.com/notice-whats-around-you-day-24/) - Today’s photo isn’t something I’ve just noticed. In fact, it draws my attention and curiosity whenever I see it. This vehicle (space mobile?) has been a staple in my neighborhood of Prospect Heights in Brooklyn for ages. I see it frequently. And I know it’s driven, because I see it in different places. I have,
- [Notice What's Around You: Day 23](https://guidingchange.com/notice-whats-around-you-day-23/) - Today’s photo is of a branch from an oak tree with some acorn caps attached. What struck me about this is that, until today, I have never seen acorns still on a tree, only strewn all over the grass underneath them. And even this branch doesn’t have the acorns, just the caps. I wonder why
- [Notice What's Around You: Day 22](https://guidingchange.com/notice-whats-around-you-day-22/) - I didn’t take a photo for today’s noticing but have “noticings” to share. I took the subway in New York City this morning for a meeting I had in Manhattan. As I was walking down the platform to the Exit, I saw the digital sign that announces when the next trains are due to arrive.
- [Notice What's Around You: Day 21](https://guidingchange.com/notice-whats-around-you-day-21/) - Today’s noticing was once again while I was practicing yoga. At the end of the session, as we were lying in shavasana, my teacher spoke about giving gratitude to my heart, which is always beating. It brought home to me how amazing it is that our hearts never stop the whole time we are alive.
- [Notice What's Around You: Day 20](https://guidingchange.com/notice-whats-around-you-day-20/) - Today’s photo is of the water running in Prospect Park from the pond as it forms a stream that runs through a large part of the Park. I took it because I was struck by the black reflection of the tree trunks in the water. Looking at it now, there is so much more to
- [Notice What's Around You: Day 19](https://guidingchange.com/notice-whats-around-you-day-19/) - Todays’ photo is of what’s left of one of the grandest trees in Prospect Park. It was one of my favorites. I probably have a picture of it somewhere the way it originally looked. I remember the first time I passed by after it had been cut down. In place of this majestic tree was
- [Notice What's Around You: Day 18](https://guidingchange.com/notice-whats-around-you-day-18/) - Today’s photo is of a crescent moon I took a few nights ago. I love looking at the moon and the way it changes from full to crescent and back again. Whenever I try to photograph it, however, there is always a halo around it. While it’s lovely to look at, it’s not what I
- [Notice What's Around You: Day 17](https://guidingchange.com/notice-whats-around-you-day-17/) - Today’s photo is of some of the first red leaves of the season. While the leaves have started to turn, most of them have been yellow so far. I was pleasantly surprised, therefore, to see these red leaves. I love the ways the color stands out against the background of the green ivy and the
- [Notice What's Around You: Day 16](https://guidingchange.com/notice-whats-around-you-day-16/) - Before I tell you what this is, take a guess? It’s a photo of lichen growing on the trunk of a tree in Prospect Park. If you look closely at it, it could almost seem like an arial view of a mountain with deep crevasses. What did it
- [Notice What's Around You: Day 15](https://guidingchange.com/notice-whats-around-you-day-15/) - Today’s photo is of another plant in my neighborhood. In some ways it’s similar to the one I shared a few days ago (on day 8), in that the leaves are a mixture of green and purple. And they are also so different: the shape of the leaves, the texture, and the way the colors
- [Notice What's Around You: Day 14](https://guidingchange.com/notice-whats-around-you-day-14/) - Today’s photo is of a streetlamp along the path in Prospect Park. I realized that even though I walk in the park early enough in the morning for the lights to be on, I don’t usually notice them. Today, because I was paying attention – intentionally noticing – I saw this one. These streetlamps replaced
- [Notice What's Around You: Day 13](https://guidingchange.com/notice-whats-around-you-day-13/) - This morning when I went out, it was rainy and windy and still dark. When I was trying to take this photo, the wind grabbed my umbrella and I had to run after it. I persisted and got this photo. I love the contrast of the yellow leaves against the dark grey of the wet
- [Notice What's Around You: Day 12](https://guidingchange.com/notice-whats-around-you-day-12/) - Today’s photo is of a plant in someone’s front yard near my house. What I like about it is that if you loosen your gaze, it looks like snow on the leaves. What does it look like to you?
- [Notice What's Around You: Day 11](https://guidingchange.com/notice-whats-around-you-day-11/) - If you have lived in New York City, you know about the ubiquitous “Bodega cat” - the cat you find lounging around the corner store whose job it is to keep the mice away. Well, today is a photo of what I am calling “Cannabis cat.” This cat comes with its owner to the Saturday
- [Notice What's Around You: Day 10](https://guidingchange.com/notice-whats-around-you-day-10/) - Today’s photo is of a manhole cover! I just thought there was something funny about a New York City manhole cover – something that is so “New York” - being made in India. And it made me wonder, how many zillion times I have walked past this and never noticed that before. What is something
- [Notice What's Around You: Day 9](https://guidingchange.com/notice-whats-around-you-day-9/) - When I think of hibiscus flowers, I think of lush tropical environments. However, I took this photo on my block in Brooklyn in a “rain garden.” Rain gardens have been planted on City streets here in New York City to catch and manage storm water. Most of them are filled with non-descript plants but this
- [Notice What's Around You: Day 8](https://guidingchange.com/notice-whats-around-you-day-8/) - Today’s photo is of the deep purple and green leaves of a plant in a nearby front yard. The variety and richness of Nature’s colors never cease to amaze me. It looks like someone painted the lines of purple onto the green leaves. What comes up for you when you look at this?
- [Notice What's Around You: Day 7](https://guidingchange.com/notice-whats-around-you-day-7/) - What do you see in today’s photo? Answer before you read anymore. Is it the sun? Is it the moon? Is it sunrise? Is it sunset? It's the moon taken at sunrise this morning. It may look like the sun because the circle appears to be yellow. When I looked at it and decided to
- [Notice What's Around You: Day 6](https://guidingchange.com/notice-whats-around-you-day-6/) - I took this photo last Thursday night. Whenever I try to take a photo of the moon at night, it rarely comes out looking anything like a moon or is too blurry. But this photo came out beautifully. When I took the picture, I was trying to capture the brightness of the almost full moon
- [Notice What’s Around You: Day 5](https://guidingchange.com/notice-whats-around-you-day-5/) - These leaves caught my attention because it seemed as if the yellow leaves were hiding under/being protected by? the larger green leaves. What do you notice?
- [Notice What's Around You: Day 4](https://guidingchange.com/notice-whats-around-you-day-4/) - When you look at this photo, what do you see? A furry caterpillar? A spiky porcupine? It’s actually a squirrel. I tried to get a picture of it as it was climbing a tree, and this is what I got. Sometimes things look nothing like what you expect them to.
- [Notice What's Around You: Day 3](https://guidingchange.com/notice-whats-around-you-day-3/) - Notice What’s Around You: Day 3 When most people think about New York City, they picture concrete and skyscrapers. Many of them have no idea that there is a beautiful oasis of nature in Brooklyn: Prospect Park. There are places in the Park where you can go and feel like you are in the middle
- [Noticing What's Around You: Day 2](https://guidingchange.com/noticing-whats-around-you-day-2/) - Today’s photo is of the sun coming through the curtains in one of my windows. Through the fabric you can see the outline of the glass decoration with dried flowers that I hung there. I love the way the shadow creates a totally different piece of art. What does this image bring up for
- [Noticing What's Around You: Day 1](https://guidingchange.com/becoming-present-appreciative-and-grateful/) - I was doing yoga this morning and as I turned my body in one of the poses, I saw the shadow of the plants on my windowsill projected on the wall. Seeing it made me want to take a photo. I didn’t. I continued with my yoga class and the projection is now gone. However,
- [Create Space for What Matters Most](https://guidingchange.com/create-space-for-what-matters-most/) - Do you find yourself: -Leaving one meeting and rushing onto the next, without taking time for lunch and your mind is racing -Always doing, rarely reflecting -Striving to be perfect and feeling pressured to constantly achieve -So busy caring for others that you rarely take time to nourish and replenish yourself What if there was a different way? Creating Space for What Matters
- [The Paths That Shape Us](https://guidingchange.com/the-paths-that-shape-us-2/) - “I have walked through many lives, some of them my own, and I am not who I was…” -Stanley Kunitz Looking back in time, I realize that while the core elements of who I am remain the same, I have changed dramatically over time. I’ve made mistakes, faced painful experiences, and found myself in (and
- [New Virtual Art-Based Workshop: Coloring Outside the Lines: Awakening Creativity for Coaches](https://guidingchange.com/new-art-based-workshop-coloring-outside-the-lines-awakening-creativity-for-coaches/) - Coloring Outside the Lines: Awakening Creativity for Coaches ($175) March 4, 2025 from 9:00am – 12:00pm EST Unlock the true essence of your coaching style in this journey of self-discovery designed for coaches who are hungry for change and want to ignite their creativity. This workshop is designed to awaken the creative spirit within every
- [New Virtual Art-Based Workshop: Journey of Awakening and Transformation for Women](https://guidingchange.com/journey-of-awakening-and-transformation-for-women/) - Journey of Awakening and Transformation for Women ($175) - DATES AND TIMES TBD Step into a sacred and supportive space created just for women. As women, we often put ourselves last, constantly doing for others, leaving little or nothing left for ourselves. Within a circle of trust and nurturing, we will embark on a journey
- [New Virtual Art-Based Workshop: Breaking Through Barriers: Overcoming Limiting Beliefs](https://guidingchange.com/new-art-based-workshop-breaking-through-barriers-overcoming-limiting-beliefs/) - Breaking Through Barriers: Overcoming Limiting Beliefs – Dates and Times TBD Unlock your potential and break free from beliefs that have been holding you back. Sometimes we keep ourselves from living fully because of limiting beliefs that leave us prisoners of our mind. Embrace this opportunity to break free. This workshop will enable you to:
- [New Virtual Art-Based Workshop: Becoming a Creative Leader](https://guidingchange.com/new-art-based-workshop-becoming-a-creative-leader/) - Becoming a Creative Leader - Dates and Times TBD Leaders who embrace their creativity can imagine new possibilities and encourage their teams to find unique, innovative solutions. Come to this workshop designed for executives and team leaders eager to explore and enhance their creativity. This workshop will enable you to: Tap into your creativity Gain
- [Clearing and Letting Go](https://guidingchange.com/clearing-and-letting-go/) - One of the things I’m good at is clearing clutter and letting go of things. Some people have trouble getting rid of or giving away things they own for fear that they might need them later. If anything, I tend to err on the side of over-clearing. But I’m OK with that. At first, my
- [Define Yourself](https://guidingchange.com/define-yourself/) - “If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive.” Audre Lorde Are you constantly worried about how others view you? More important than asking yourself how others view you, is asking yourself who and how you want to be in the world. Are
- [Be Gentle With Yourself](https://guidingchange.com/be-gentle-with-yourself/) - “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. What would it be like if you were
- [Standing in Grief](https://guidingchange.com/standing-in-grief/) - When we feel grief over the loss of a person or a relationship, others often tell us to move past it. Sometimes we try to run away from it. But grieving is a process that we have to move through, not move around. It is like any other life transition.To find
- [Overcoming Fear](https://guidingchange.com/overcoming-fear/) - “There came a time when the risk to remain tight in a bud became more painful than the risk it took to blossom” – attributed to Anais Nin So many of us live our lives in fear. Fear keeps us from moving forward and growing and leaves us feeling small
- [Alchemy](https://guidingchange.com/alchemy/) - "Last night, as I was sleeping I dreamt-marvelous error!- that I had a beehive here in my heart. And the golden bees were making white combs and sweet honey from my old failures.” –Antonio Machado There are times when I look back and obsess about what I see as my “failures.” Nothing
- [Blossoming After COVID](https://guidingchange.com/blossoming-after-covid/) - “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 that knows of grief, Of desolating fire, of human pain,
- [Respite and Reflection for Coaches](https://guidingchange.com/respite-and-reflection-for-coaches/) - Would you enjoy a space to be heard and nourished, and to develop your highest potential as a coach? As a certified Coach Supervisor (a coach who helps you achieve SUPER-vision in your coaching work), I will: provide you with time and space for reflection and nourishment, be a second pair of eyes (and a shoulder
- [From Untethered and Uncertain to Clarity and Connection: A Rejuvenation Retreat](https://guidingchange.com/from-untethered-and-uncertain-to-clarity-and-connection-a-rejuvenation-retreat/) - Our experience of COVID and social disruptions over the last two years has left many of us feeling untethered, uncertain, fearful, and unable to move forward. Using a combination of writing, walking in nature and expressive arts, this Retreat will give you the opportunity to: Reflect, Recalibrate, Re-align, Renew, and Rejuvenate
- ["Find Your Voice" Writing Workshop](https://guidingchange.com/find-your-voice-writing-workshop/) - “Sharing our stories can also be a means of healing. Grief and loss may isolate us, and anger may alienate us. Shared with others, these emotions can be powerfully uniting, as we see that we are not alone, and realize that others weep with us.” -Susan Wittig Albert As the author of
- [Exploring Racism Through Self-Discovery:  A Coaching Group for White People](https://guidingchange.com/exploring-racism-through-self-discovery-a-coaching-group-for-white-people-blog/) - 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 each other unlearn and heal from it. This group is for you if
- [Unlearning and Healing from Racism](https://guidingchange.com/unlearning-and-healing-from-racism/) - “If you have come to help me you are wasting your time. But if you recognize that your liberation and mine are bound up together, we can walk together.” Lila Watson Racism, like COVID, is a deadly virus. White people need to be fighting for racial justice for our own liberation and humanity. Ever since
- [Times of Crisis : Who Are You? Who Are We? ](https://guidingchange.com/times-of-crisis-who-are-you-who-are-we/) - In a crisis such as the pandemic we are experiencing now, how do we see ourselves and others? Do we see each other as fellow community members or as dangerous predators? These are the questions at the beginning of Rebecca Solnit’s powerful book, A Paradise Built in Hell. During Hurricane Katrina there was a clear
- [We Need a New Normal](https://guidingchange.com/return-to-normal/) - “Nothing could be worse than a return to normality. Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break with the past and imagine their world anew. This one is no different. It is a portal, a gateway between one world and the next. We can choose to walk through it, dragging the carcasses of our prejudice
- [Experiencing Pain Releases Pain](https://guidingchange.com/feeling-pain-through-love/) - … 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 deeper level of being, however, which loves
- [Create a Safety Net for Those Without One](https://guidingchange.com/creating-a-safety-net-for-those-without-one/) - I live a privileged life. The privilege I am most advantaged by during this COVID19 Crisis is my economic status (which of course, is in part a result of my race, educational background, etc.). I am able, therefore, to “shelter at home” without being in immediate economic distress. I have a safety
- [Panic vs. Presence](https://guidingchange.com/panic-vs-presence/) - How should we be responding during this virus pandemic? We can react by spreading panic. Or, we can respond by spreading presence. We can do this even as we strive not to spread the Corona Virus. Some of us are panicking. Their response to this threat is to engage in a
- [Birds and Bees and Assumptions Part 3](https://guidingchange.com/birds-and-bees-and-assumptions-part-3/) - In Part 1 and Part 2 of my Birds and Bees and Assumptions Series, I wrote about experiences involving birds. This post involves a butterfly and the incident occurred the same day as the one I described in Part 1. In that instance, I watched a fledgling bird fly off onto a branch. Soon after, I walked
- [Birds and Bees and Assumptions - Part 2](https://guidingchange.com/birds-and-bees-and-assumptions-part-2/) - In my last post, Birds and Bees and Assumptions, I talked about how providing what we see as “help” may actually be creating a hindrance. In this post, I want to talk about assumptions. I was walking down the street and heard a tapping noise. I looked up and saw a small bird repeatedly collide
- [Birds and Bees and Assumptions-Part 1](https://guidingchange.com/birds-and-bees-and-assumptions-part-1/) - 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: Someone found a tiny fledgling tree swallow in Prospect Park.
- [Launching a New Podcast Series](https://guidingchange.com/launching-a-new-podcast-series/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.0.74″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”]I’m delighted to announce the launch of a new Podcast series based on my memoir, Mystery of Memory: Telling My Truth, Standing My Ground. As many of you know, I am an organizational consultant and certified coach who helps
- [Self-Care and Joy](https://guidingchange.com/self-care-and-joy/) - “Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.”- Audre Lorde In the face of today’s state of the world, many women I know are either giving in to negativity and hopelessness, or working nonstop at their own expense to make
- [Alchemy: Turning Suffering Into Gold](https://guidingchange.com/alchemy-turning-suffering-into-gold/) - “I am beginning to comprehend the mystery of the gift of suffering. It is true as some have said that it is a crucible in which the gold of one’s spirit is rendered, and shines.” Alice Walker, The Long Walk Home, from Taking the Arrow Out of the Heart I had the
- [Who Gets Believed?](https://guidingchange.com/who-gets-believed/) - I understand the pain of not being believed, having my truth denied and my voice silenced. Difficult as it was for me to come forward to my family, I can only imagine how hard it has was for Doctor Christine Blasey Ford to testify in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday. Even before Ford
- [Single Women Across the Globe](https://guidingchange.com/single-women-across-the-globe/) - In November of this year, I will be co-facilitating a workshop with Convenor Uma Jain and co-facilitator Heather Berthoud, entitled, Single Women Across the Globe, in Jaipur, India. Our hope is to gather together single women (any women who have been single for a significant part of their lives, even if not single currently) from
- [Bearing Witness](https://guidingchange.com/bearing-witness-2/) - Last month, in my role as an organization development consultant, I co-facilitated a team retreat with my dear friend and colleague, Tony Bennae Richard. The team had experienced a painful and chaotic transition that left them feeling demoralized and distrustful. We provided a space for them to talk candidly with each other, share stories, and
- [#WakandaForever, Lesson #3](https://guidingchange.com/wakandaforever-lesson-3/) - Still more learning from the Black Panther movie. Looking at the incredible, strong, and confident characters from Wakanda, one can see what is possible for groups and individuals who grow up in a society where oppression does not exist. No one is left with the unconscious feelings of inferiority and self-doubt that come hand-in-hand with
- [#WakandaForever, Lesson #1](https://guidingchange.com/the-lessons-of-wakanda/) - Ever since seeing the movie Black Panther, I’ve been fascinated by all the lessons one can take away from it. I was delighted, therefore, to learn about what the Ron Clark Academy did with their students. This nonprofit middle school, located in Atlanta, set up a three-day event in which they created classes and presentations
- [Projecting Terrorism is Deadly](https://guidingchange.com/projecting-terrorism-is-deadly/) - One of the main reasons police officers give when they engage in violence against Black people and people of color is that they “felt threatened.” What’s devastating is the number of instances in which, despite the complete lack of real danger, police officers nonetheless equate a Black or Brown body with threat and proceed to
- [#WakandaForever, Lesson #2](https://guidingchange.com/lessons-of-wakanda-2/) - One of the many things I loved about the movie Black Panther was the complexity of the relationship between T’Challa and Killmonger. This relationship and the history behind it illustrates the way that no one is all good or bad and that we cannot truly understand someone without knowing their “backstory” - the life experiences
- [Junot Diaz is Not a Villain](https://guidingchange.com/junot-diaz-is-not-a-villain/) - I recently wrote about how heart-wrenching it was for me to read Junot Diaz’s article in which he broke his silence about being sexual abused as a child. It has now come out in the news that a number of female writers are accusing Diaz of unwanted kissing, mistreatment and misogynistic verbal abuse. I believe
- [What Many People Misunderstand About Depression](https://guidingchange.com/what-many-people-misunderstand-about-depression/) - In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, I want to focus on depression. For anyone who hasn’t experienced depression, it can difficult to understand how devastating it is. They say, “Try to be positive,” or “There’s nothing to be sad about, so what’s the problem?” As someone who experiences depression, I can tell you that
- [A Clear Picture of Privilege](https://guidingchange.com/a-clear-picture-of-privilege/) - The other day, I left the house and realized, once I had arrived at the subway station, that I had forgotten my wallet. If I went back home, I would have been late for an appointment with a client, so I was stuck. I had about $1.50 in my purse and it cost $2.25 to
- [Junot Diaz Broke His Silence and It Brought Me to Tears](https://guidingchange.com/junot-diaz-broke-silence/) - “The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” Rumi In his article in the April 16, 2018 issue of the New Yorker, Author and Pulitzer-Prize winner Junot Diaz breaks his years of silence about being sexually assaulted as a child. His heart-rending account, which details the toxicity of keeping experiences like these secret
- [From Outrage to Forgiveness and Healing](https://guidingchange.com/from-outrage-to-forgiveness-and-healing/) - Wispy memories: My father fondling me when I was a toddler. Dragging me around my room by my ankles when I was twelve while, in my mind’s eye, my mother is downstairs in the kitchen calmly drinking a martini. I had no voice, no protection, no power. Sexual abuse tears at the psyche, soul, and
- [Make the Invisible Visible](https://guidingchange.com/make-the-invisible-visible/) - In honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, I want to highlight the #SayHerName Campaign, which focuses on the need to call attention to police violence against Black women and women of color. This violence remains largely invisible and ignored in the media coverage of the #MeToo Movement, which has focused mainly on sexual assault and
- [Embrace Your Voice for Sexual Assault Awareness Month](https://guidingchange.com/embrace-your-voice/) - The National Sexual Violence Resource Center has announced that the theme for this year's Sexual Awareness Month is “Embrace Your Voice.” For all women and girls to be able to embrace their voices, however, we have to break the taboo on talking about sexual assault that occurs in the privacy of the home: incest. As
- [Own Your Life](https://guidingchange.com/own-your-life/) - Tracee Ellis Ross gave a powerful speech at Glamour's 2017 Women of the Year Summit. She spoke about how writing the words “My life is mine,” in her journal brought tears to her eyes. Writing those words, she realized she hadn’t been living her life as if it was her own. She recognized that when
- [Breaking the Silence](https://guidingchange.com/breaking-the-silence/) - I send gratitude to the women who have stepped forward (and been stepping forward), breaking their silence about being sexually assaulted by Harvey Weinstein, Bill Cosby, Roger Ailes, Bill O’Reilly and Donald Trump. Their stories demonstrate how difficult it is for women and girls (and individuals from marginalized groups in general) to break the silence
- [Take a Moment of Reflection: Clarity, Confidence and Completion](https://guidingchange.com/take-a-moment-of-reflection-clarity-confidence-and-completion/) - What is the truth that you want to speak? I spoke mine in my just-published memoir, Mystery of Memory: Telling My Truth, Standing My Ground. The following quote describes what propelled me to move forward and complete this difficult journey: "Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness.
- [Take a Moment of Reflection: A Larger Life](https://guidingchange.com/take-a-moment-of-reflection-a-larger-life/) - It is true I was created in you. It is also true That you were created for me. I owned your voice It was shaped and tuned to soothe me. Your arms were molded Into a cradle to hold me, to rock me. The scent of your body was the air Perfumed for me to
- [Take a Moment of Reflection: Turning Failure into Sweet Honey](https://guidingchange.com/take-a-moment-of-reflection-turning-failure-into-sweet-honey/) - "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 our balance and fell, over and over until we learned
- [Take a Moment of Reflection - Saying No](https://guidingchange.com/take-a-moment-of-reflection-saying-no/) - “‘No‘" is a complete sentence.” - Anne Lamott I have written in the past about the value of saying “yes” to new ideas, experiences and perspectives. As with anything, however, there is always the other side of the coin: the value of saying “no.” Many of my coaching clients, find themselves overworked, overwhelmed and completely
- [Take a Moment of Reflection - Saying Yes](https://guidingchange.com/take-a-moment-of-reflection-saying-yes/) - 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 little different in that my goal was
- [Take a Moment of Reflection: Put on Bright Clothes in the New Year!](https://guidingchange.com/take-a-moment-of-reflection-put-on-bright-clothes-in-the-new-year/) - 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 the Beloved Do you have dreams
- [Take a Moment of Reflection: Believe in a Love Being Stored up for You](https://guidingchange.com/take-a-moment-of-reflection-believe-in-a-love-being-stored-up-for-you/) - “Believe in a love that is being stored up for you like an inheritance, and have faith that in this love there is a strength and a blessing so large that you can travel as far as you wish without having to step outside it.” - Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
- [Take a Moment of Reflection: To Tell the Truth](https://guidingchange.com/take-a-moment-of-reflection-to-tell-the-truth/) - 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 the other two
- [Take a Moment of Reflection: Burning the Old Year](https://guidingchange.com/take-a-moment-of-reflection-burning-the-old-year/) - 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 Nye, excerpted from Burning the Old Year As
- [Getting Unstuck and Moving Forward](https://guidingchange.com/getting-unstuck-and-moving-forward/) - If you are feeling stuck and unable to move your goals and dreams forward, you might be interested in the online course Dr. Herukhuti and I co-created entitled, Getting Unstuck and Moving Forward which will help you tap into your inner power and reservoir of potential. Peace and joy, Deb
- [Take a Moment of Reflection: Transition and Identity](https://guidingchange.com/take-a-moment-of-reflection-transition-and-identity/) - “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.” - James Baldwin, Nobody Knows My Name Any kind of change can be hard but the hardest changes are the ones that impact
- [Balance, Alignment, and Support](https://guidingchange.com/balance-alignment-and-support/) - 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 knew and that was familiar
- [Interconnections: Injuries at the Systemic Level](https://guidingchange.com/interconnections-injuries-at-the-systemic-level/) - In Part 1 of the Interconnections: Injury, Reparation, and Realignment Series, I wrote about the way physical injury to one part of the body can result in misalignment and injury to other parts of the body resulting in the need to repair more than simply the original injury. Looking at the national level, we as
- [Interconnections: Injuries at the National and Global Level](https://guidingchange.com/interconnections-injuries-at-the-national-and-global-level/) - Part 2 of the Interconnections: Healing, Reparation, and Realigment Series In Part 1 of the Interconnections: Healing, Reparation, and Realignment Series, I wrote about the way physical injury to one part of the body can result in misalignment and injury to other parts of the body. Total healing requires a holistic view of the body
- [Interconnections: Injuries and Healing at the Micro Level](https://guidingchange.com/interconnections-injury-and-reparation-a-series/) - I continue to be amazed at the intricacy of connections both at the micro (human body) and the macro (global) levels. In my Change, Transition, and Transformation Series, I wrote about the ways our physical, emotional and mental selves are interconnected and need to be aligned and in balance. And, I wrote specifically about how
- [Why is it so Hard to Take a Vacation?](https://guidingchange.com/why-is-it-so-hard-to-take-a-vacation/) - In the January 2009 meeting of my monthly Executive Director's Roundtable for Women, we talked about the work-related benefits of taking a vacation. Most of the participants had just come back from having taken time off work over the holidays. They came back feeling fresh, focused, and re-energized. They saw a noticeable difference in their
- [Take a Vacation - You Need One ](https://guidingchange.com/take-a-vacation-you-need-one/) - There is nothing like a vacation to help you feel rejuvenated. In fact, taking time away from work enables you to be more effective when you get back to work. It is only by taking time away from work that we are able to clear our heads, gain perspective and refresh our creativity. In an
- [Take a Moment of Reflection: Speak Your Truth](https://guidingchange.com/take-a-moment-of-reflection-speak-your-truth/) - Speak Speak, your lips are free.Speak, it is your own tongue.Speak, it is your own body.Speak, your life is still yours.See how in the blacksmith's shopThe flame burns wild, the iron glows red;The locks open their jaws,And every chain begins to break.Speak, this brief hour is long enoughBefore the death of body and tongue:Speak, 'cause
- [Global Change: Barack Obama‘s Capacity to Change the World](https://guidingchange.com/global-change-barack-obama’s-capacity-to-change-the-world/) - In earlier posts, I have written about the capacity for one individual to change the world. The first one is about the impact of individual actions. The second one is about Barack Obama's capacity to bring about change at the national level through his authentic presence. In that post I wrote: "What Obama brings is
- [Take a Moment of Reflection: Let Go of the Struggle](https://guidingchange.com/let-go-of-the-struggle/) - I had an epiphany in my yoga class this morning that seems like a great metaphor for life. It's about being able to better move through life and achieve your goals if, instead of struggling, you simply let go and allow your energy to flow so you can move more easily and be more satisfied
- [Take a Moment of Reflection: True Wealth](https://guidingchange.com/true-wealth/) - “Want to know how rich you are, find out how many things you have that money can‘t buy.” -Kushandwisdom Two people very dear to me passed away in the last few months: Lewis Merrick and Joan King. I considered them not only dear friends but spiritual guides and leaders as well. Having them in my
- [Allow Time for the Process](https://guidingchange.com/allow-time-for-the-process-and-let-go-post-7-in-change-transition-and-transformation-series/) - While I was working on aligning all parts of me, I still didn't feel motivated to work and was getting worried. Whatever transition I was in the midst of, I told myself, it was taking too long. But, then I realized, I couldn't rush the process. I needed to have faith, let go, and allow
- [Change, Transition, and Transformation for Executive Directors](https://guidingchange.com/change-transition-and-transformation-for-executive-directors/) - 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 conducted a few roundtable discussion meetings with these organizational leaders. What became apparent during
- [Where are the Artists?](https://guidingchange.com/where-are-the-artists/) - My colleague, Yvette Hyater-Adams and I have been in Singapore for the last few days having come to present a workshop on Creative Leadership at the NTL Festival of Learning. On our first morning here, Yvette woke a few hours earlier than me and I found her sitting on the terrace searching the web to
- [Fear is the Root of All Evil-Part One](https://guidingchange.com/fear-is-the-root-of-all-evil/) - Fear is the root of evil. Well, if not evil the root of a lot of ineffective and non-constructive behavior. When we are afraid, we find ways, mentally, emotionally, psychologically (and in certain instances even physically) to protect ourselves. In circumstances in which our survival is at stake, we utilize defense mechanisms that serve the
- [Fear is the Root of Evil - Part Two](https://guidingchange.com/fear-is-the-root-of-evil-part-2/) - What would happen if we looked past the delusions created by our fear? An article in the New York Times on December 31, 2009, A Mideast Bond, Stitched of Pain and Healing, demonstrates this. The article describes the friendships developed between an Israeli boy, injured by a Hamas rocket, and a Palestinian Muslim girl, injured
- [One Day My Heart Just Opened Up](https://guidingchange.com/one-day-my-heart-just-opened-up/) - One Day My Soul Just Opened Up is the title of a fabulous book by Iyanla Vanzant that takes the reader through a 40-day process of spiritual and personal growth. I had an experience recently that gave me an understanding of how Iyanla must have felt when she came up with the title of that
- [Authentic Voices of Youth](https://guidingchange.com/authentic-voices-of-youth/) - I had the privilege of attending the finals of the NY Knicks Poetry Slam, a competition among poetry performance artists. The Knicks Poetry Slam is a five-year old program designed to use hip-hop and poetry as a vehicle to motivate and inspire high school students to express themselves through written and spoken word. The poems
- [R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Find Out What it Means to Me](https://guidingchange.com/r-e-s-p-e-s-t-find-out-what-it-means-to-me/) - As Aretha Franklin so aptly sings: "R-E-S-P-E-C-T find out what it means to me" showing respect for another person requires taking the time and effort to learn what "respect" means to that person - what are the words and actions that they see as a demonstration of respect. Receiving respect requires time and effort as
- [Using Creativity to Achieve Personal Innovation and Transformation](https://guidingchange.com/using-creativity-to-achieve-personal-innovation-and-transformation/) - I want to let you know about a unique workshop I will be co-facilitating with my colleague Yvette Hyater-Adams. We are offering individuals the chance to access a forgotten source of knowing: the creative connection. We will guide participants in using story-writing, poetry and textile arts to access core priorities, form trustworthy relationships, and uncover
- [Fabulous Learning And Discovery Opportunity in Mumbai](https://guidingchange.com/fabulous-learning-and-discovery-opportunity-in-mumbai/) - In November 2011, I will be co-presenting a workshop on Creative Leadership with my colleague and friend, Yvette Hyater-Adams as part of the ten-day NTL Festival of Learning. It is a great opportunity for personal and professional development. The Festival was conceived as a means to connect a diverse global network of learners in various
- [Violence and Its True Sources - Part One](https://guidingchange.com/violence-and-its-true-sources-part-one/) - An article in the New York Times in October of 2006, An Elephant Crackup? provides a stark illustration of the need to view violence and dysfunctional behavior in its historical context to understand its true source. It also demonstrates the ever-expanding impact of violence and oppression. The article discusses the rise of violent behavior by
- [Violence and Its True Sources - Part Two](https://guidingchange.com/violence-and-its-true-sources-part-rwo/) - In Part 1 of the Violence and Its True Sources Series, I discussed the context for increased violent and dysfunctional behavior by elephants. Ugandan born animal ethologist and wildlife management consultant, Eve Abe, did her doctoral research on the parallels she saw between the experiences of Uganda's orphaned male elephants and the young male orphans
- [Class Privilege: Local and Global](https://guidingchange.com/class-privilege-local-and-global/) - Two articles in the New York Times illustrate the impact of class differences and the vast economic inequities that exist both in the U.S. and globally. There is a continually growing divide between those who live richly and lavishly and those who barely make a living. One article, Shop Stewards on Fantasy Island?, by Mimi
- [Stories as a Means to Enhance Mutual Understanding](https://guidingchange.com/stories-as-a-mean-to-enhance-mutual-understanding/) - Since stories are the way we make sense of our lives, story telling is an important vehicle for gaining mutual understanding. It is by telling our stories and hearing and understanding their differences that we can begin to create larger more inclusive and fully integrated stories. Like quilters, story-tellers piece together what is otherwise unconnected.
- [Reflecting On the Process](https://guidingchange.com/reflecting-on-the-process/) - 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 holding my shoulders, I felt as if I were backtracking.
- [ Positive Transformational Change](https://guidingchange.com/change-transition-and-tranformation-series-post-1/) - All of us have at some time experienced a major change in our lives that leaves us feeling off-balance and scared. Each of these experiences presents us with an opportunity for positive transformational change. As with all experiences, how we perceive and respond to them has an enormous impact on the eventual outcome. It can
- [Being Present](https://guidingchange.com/being-present-post-6-in-change-transition-and-transformation-series/) - I began to consciously change my behavior in other ways. I began to pay closer attention to how I spent my time. I realized how much of my time was spent multi-tasking driving while talking on the phone, walking while checking my email, reading while eating, etc. All of this constant activity, kept me from
- [Being Mindful of Physical Sensations](https://guidingchange.com/being-mindful-of-physical-sensations/) - While I was at the retreat center, I decided to pamper myself. I had a kink in my neck and shoulders that had been there fore a few weeks. I assumed that taking a few yoga classes would alleviate the pain, they didn't. So, I decided to take advantage of the massage services available. I
- [Being, Not Doing](https://guidingchange.com/being-not-doing-post-4-in-the-change-transition-and-transformation-series/) - In order to let the mud settle, I needed to start being instead of constantly doing. But, old habits are hard to break. Even though I didn't feel like writing, I decided to check my voicemail and email. There were no phones or Internet access in my cabin. So, I tried to check my voicemail
- [Sitting in Ambiguity](https://guidingchange.com/sitting-in-ambiguity-post-3-in-the-change-transition-and-transformation-series/) - Reframing my experience as a transition left me with a more positive outlook. But I was nonetheless uncomfortable with the uncertainty of not knowing where the transition was taking me. I wanted to end the discomfort by trying to analyze, define, and force an explanation of it immediately I wanted it to be over. As
- [Reframing the Experience](https://guidingchange.com/refaming-the-experience-post-2-in-the-change-transition-and-transformation-series/) - My experience started when I found myself feeling lethargic, without energy, motivation or a sense of purpose. As someone who is usually self-directed, motivated, and focused, I was distressed. At first, I tried to force myself to work but that only intensified my sense of inertia. The more I tried to work, the worse I
- [Everything's Connected](https://guidingchange.com/everythings-connected/) - When my neck was in pain, I knew that my muscles had tightened up and locked into place. According to Dr. Lou, my chiropractor, the massage had not been effective because my muscles were not the source of misalignment. Rather, the muscles had tightened up in response to the misalignment of my vertebrae. I continued
- [Take A Moment of Reflection: We Live Forever in Memory](https://guidingchange.com/we-live-forever-in-memory/) - I Would Not Be Remembered to the Sun "I would with memory in befriending lips, Fond lips that loved with love to speak my name. May they speak pledge to immortality, May they speak quietly my name to fame." - Kenneth Benne My 91 year-old father passed away in his sleep last week. He had
- [Take A Moment of Reflection: Facing Fear-Moving Into the Waves](https://guidingchange.com/facing-fear-moving-into-the-waves/) - Recently, I was visiting a close friend of mine in Jacksonville, Florida who lives mere blocks from the beach. I decided to get up early in the morning to go for a bracing swim. Typically, when I go to a beach with waves, I love to get out beyond the breakers where the water is
- [Take A Moment of Reflection: Stand Firm](https://guidingchange.com/stand-firm/) - Be strong then, and enter into your own body; there you have a solid place for your feet. Think about it carefully! Don't go off somewhere else! just throw away all thoughts of imaginary things, and stand firm in that which you are. -Kabir Sometimes the hardest thing to do is stand firm. This has
- [Take A Moment of Reflection: Leaving A Legacy](https://guidingchange.com/leaving-a-legacy/) - Within seven weeks almost to the day that my father passed away last November, my mother followed. In some ways it was a surprise, and in other ways, it made complete sense. They were both 91 years old and had been married 62 years. An image that remains ingrained in my mind is a time
- [Take A Moment of Reflection: The Shape of Your Mind](https://guidingchange.com/the-shape-of-your-mind/) - Your mind is like water. In whatever cup you put water, that water assumes the shape of that cup. In the same way, in whatever thought you engage your mind. your mind becomes like that. -His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar What are the thoughts in which you are engaging your mind? Are they limiting
- [Take A Moment of Reflection: Being an Authentic Leader](https://guidingchange.com/being-an-authentic-leader/) - And in the end we follow them not because we are paid not because we might see some advantage, not because of the things they have accomplished not even because of the dreams they dream but simply because of who they are: the man, the woman, the leader, the boss standing up there when the
- [Take A Moment of Reflection: Cherish Your Dreams](https://guidingchange.com/take-a-moment-of-reflection-cherish-your-dreams/) - The Thief Will Enter matter what plans you make, no matter what you acquire, the thief will enter from the unguarded side. Be occupied, then, with what you really value and let the thief take something less. -Rumi Do you find yourself focusing your time and energy on people and activities that do not bring
- [Take A Moment of Reflection: Find Your Soul](https://guidingchange.com/take-a-moment-of-reflection-find-your-sou/) - You can wander in the wrong classroom, And hear great poems lovingly spoken By the wrong professor. And you find your soul -Robert Bly You can take no wrong turns. Every path you take in life is the right one. It just may not be the path you intended, or wanted, or thought you were
- [Take A Moment of Reflection: Space Between the Logs](https://guidingchange.com/space-between-the-logs/) - Fire What makes a fire burn is space between the logs, a breathing space. too much of a good thing, too many logs packed in too tight can douse the flames almost as surely as a pail of water would. So building fires requires attention to the spaces in between, as much as to
- [Take a Moment of Reflection: What Matters](https://guidingchange.com/take-a-moment-of-reflection-what-matters/) - In the end only three things matter: How much you loved, How gently you loved, How gently you lived, And how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you. - Buddhist saying The New Year is a time for reflection and new beginnings. As you start the New Year, how much will you
- [Take A Moment of Reflection: Expand into Your Greatness](https://guidingchange.com/expand-into-your-greatness/) - We have been raised to fear the yes within ourselves, our deepest cravings. - Audre Lorde What would happen if you had the courage to say yes to your deepest cravings and your greatest dreams? Take a moment to breath slowly and deeply, and ask yourself what you need to be saying yes
- [Making Up Stories ](https://guidingchange.com/making-up-stories/) - It never ceases to amaze me how quickly we human beings are to find ways to create "in" groups and "out" groups - how quickly we are able to connect with some individuals and simultaneously disconnect with others based on the smallest of differences.It is so easy for us to assume that those who share
- [Take a Moment of Reflection: Your Precious Life](https://guidingchange.com/take-a-moment-of-reflection-your-precious-life/) - "Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" -Mary Oliver As we prepare to end this year and enter the next, it's a good time to do some reflection on how you want to live. Are you treating your life as precious? Are you giving it the
- [Take A Moment of Reflection: Doubt Your Limitations](https://guidingchange.com/doubt-your-limitations/) - "You never doubt your anger, your depression, your sadness, your sorrow, your misery; but you doubt all the positive qualities that you have. You doubt in your capabilities - You don't doubt your incapabilities. Doubt the incapability in yourself, doubt your limitations, Then the faith in your capabilities grows." -The Honorable Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
- [Take A Moment of Reflection: Gratitude for Last Year and Blessings for the New Year](https://guidingchange.com/gratitude-for-last-year-and-blessings-for-the-new-year/) - Barn's burnt down Barn's burnt down -- now I can see the moon. - Mizuta Masahide The end of the year is a great time to take stock of all there is to be grateful for - the people in our lives, the experiences we have had, the learning we have gained, and the times
- [Take A Moment of Reflection: Clear the Water](https://guidingchange.com/clear-the-water/) - Do you have the patience to wait till your mud settles and the water is clear? Can you remain unmoving till the right action arises by itself?" -Lao Tzu So often when I feel overwhelmed or confused, I spend time and energy trying to think things through. However, the only way that I am eventually
- [Take a Moment of Reflection: The Peace of Wild Things](https://guidingchange.com/take-a-moment-of-reflection-the-peace-of-wild-things/) - Â When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children‘s lives may be. I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds. I come into the
- [Take A Moment of Reflection: Are You Living Your Life?](https://guidingchange.com/take-a-moment-of-reflection-are-you-living-your-life/) - When it‘s over, I want to say: all my life I was a bridge married to amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms.  When it‘s over, I don‘t want to wonder if I have made of my life something particular, and real.  I don‘t want to find myself sighing
- [Take a Moment of Reflection: Deep Listening](https://guidingchange.com/take-a-moment-of-reflection-deep-listening/) - When Someone Deeply Listens to You When someone deeply listens to you it is like holding out a dented cup you've had since childhood and watching it fill up with cold, fresh water. When it balances on top of the brim, you are understood. When it overflows and touches your skin, you are loved. When
- [Take a Moment of Reflection: Manifestation](https://guidingchange.com/take-a-moment-of-reflection-manifestation/) - "We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts we make the world." -The Dhammapada Our thoughts and intentions are so much more powerful than we know. I know that when I focus on the negative, my life moves in the direction of the negative. When I focus
- [Take a Moment of Reflection: Pure Courage](https://guidingchange.com/take-a-moment-of-reflection-pure-courage/) - "Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity, and change." -Dr. Brene Brown, TED Talk (Listening to Shame) In her second TED talk, Dr. Bren Brown talks about the myth that vulnerability is weakness. In fact, when she asked the audience if they think of vulnerability as weakness when they envision themselves being vulnerable, the majority
- [Take a Moment of Reflection: Your Internal Wisdom](https://guidingchange.com/take-a-moment-of-reflection-your-internal-wisdom/) - Two Kinds of Intelligence There are two kinds of intelligence: one acquired as a child in school memorizes facts and concepts from books and from what the teacher say, collecting information from the traditional sciences as well as from the new sciences. With such intelligence you rise in the world. You get ranked ahead or
- [Take a Moment of Reflection - Seeing Life's Miracles](https://guidingchange.com/take-a-moment-of-reflection-seeing-lifes-miracles/) - Fueled Fueled by a million man-made wings of fire the rocket tore a tunnel through the sky and everybody cheered. Fueled only by a thought from God the seedling urged its way through thickness of black and as it pierced the heavy ceiling of the soil and launched itself up into outer space no one
- [Take a Moment of Reflection: Seeing the Horizon](https://guidingchange.com/take-a-moment-of-reflection-seeing-the-horizon/) - Trough There is a trough in waves, a low spot where horizon disappears and only sky and water are our company. And there we lose our way unless we rest, knowing the wave will bring us to its crest again. There we may drown if we let fear hold us within its grip and shake
- [Take a Moment of Reflection: Follow Your Thread](https://guidingchange.com/take-a-moment-of-reflection-follow-your-thread/) - The Way It Is There's a thread that you follow. It goes among things that change. But it doesn't change. People wonder about what you are pursuing. You have to explain about the thread. But it is hard for others to see. While you hold it you can't get lost. Tragedies happen; people get hurt
- [Take a Moment of Reflection: Abundance](https://guidingchange.com/take-a-moment-of-reflection-abundance/) - "Abundance can be had simply by consciously receiving what already has been given." -Sufi Saying We often seek abundance by looking for material things but when we take the time to look, we can see that we are surrounded with abundance: friendships, laughter, joyful moments, etc. What abundance have you already been given? What abundance
- [Take a Moment of Reflection: Wherever You Are is Here](https://guidingchange.com/take-a-moment-of-reflection-wherever-you-are-is-here/) - Stand still. The trees ahead and bushes beside you Are not lost. Wherever you are is called Here, And you must treat it as a powerful stranger, Must ask permission to know it and be known. The forest breathes. Listen. It answers, I have made this place around you. If you leave it, you may
- [Take A Moment of Reflection: Break Free](https://guidingchange.com/take-a-moment-of-reflection-break-free/) - You must learn one thing. The world was made to be free in. Give up all other worlds except the one to which you belong. anything or anyone that does not bring you alive is too small for you -David Whyte (excerpted from Sweet Darkness) The worst limitations we live with are the ones we
- [Take a Moment of Reflection: Open the Door](https://guidingchange.com/take-a-moment-of-reflection-open-the-door/) - Do you think this world was only an entertainment for you? Never to enter the sea and notice how the water divides with perfect courtesy, to let you in! Never to lie down on the grass, as though you were the grass! Never to leap to the air as you open your wings over the
- [Take A Moment of Reflection: Where Are You Going?](https://guidingchange.com/a-moment-of-reflection-where-are-you-going/) - Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here? That depends a good deal on where you want to get to, said the Cat I don't much care where said Alice Then it doesn't matter which way you go, said the Cat -so long as I get somewhere, Alice added as
- [Take A Moment of Reflection: Surrendering for Higher Dreams](https://guidingchange.com/moment-of-reflection-surrendering-for-higher-dreams/) - Any real change implies the break up of the world as one has already known it. The loss of all that gave one identity, the end of safety. And at such a moment, unable to see and not daring to imagine what the future will bring forth, one clings to what one knew; to what
- [Take A Moment of Reflection: Seeking the Truth](https://guidingchange.com/take-a-moment-of-reflection-seeking-the-truth/) - If you want the truth to stand clear before you, never be for or against. The struggle between for and against is the mind's worst disease. -Sent-ts'an, c. 700 C.E. One of the greatest challenges I have with my own teenage daughter is trying to seek the truth the common ground between us without taking
- [Take a Moment of Reflection: Beyond Right or Wrong](https://guidingchange.com/take-a-moment-of-reflection-beyond-right-or-wrong/) - "Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there." -Rumi, Sufi poet When we name things as right or wrong, we leave no room for a meeting of the hearts. When I find myself in disagreement with someone, I can get into a place of fierce self-righteousness. Instead of
- [Being Vulnerable = Strength and Courage](https://guidingchange.com/strength-and-courage-vulnerability/) - Many of us have been taught a dysfunctional view of what it means to be strong and courageous. We teach our boys that being strong means never crying and never acknowledging their feelings with the exception of anger, of course. Real men don't cry or show pain. They are supposed to appear strong, rather than
- [Mindless vs. Mindful](https://guidingchange.com/mindless-vs-mindful/) - Why are we so attracted to being mindless? Today's technology has made it easier and easier for us to remain completely mindless. Walking down the street on the way to the subway station. Why allow my mind to have some quiet time to reflect when I can send an email or make a quick phone
- [Index of Postings](https://guidingchange.com/index-of-postings/) - The following is an index of postings: Who Worries Ab system. Being Present vs. Being Out of Our Minds About the value of and obstacles to remaining present. Take Time to Dance This post links to a wonderful, heart-warming video. The Shoe Makers Children Go Without Shoes Describes the way many of my clients put
- [Expanding Your Dreams to Fit Your Capacity ](https://guidingchange.com/expanding-your-dreams-to-fit-your-capacity/) - What if you could do more than you believe you are capable of? You can, if you start with believing that you can. I know this sounds simplistic, but it is. It is simple, although not easy. If you think about it, all inventions that at one time were believed to be impossible, were made
- [The Ties that Bind?](https://guidingchange.com/the-ties-that-bind/) - 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 New York Times (Harsh Words Amid the
- [Who Worries About What? - The Impact of Race](https://guidingchange.com/who-worries-about-what/) - 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 him from the time he was five years
- [Perpetuating and Spreading America's Myths](https://guidingchange.com/perpetuating-and-spreading-americas-myths/) - A few months ago, I found myself watching the TV show, "Extreme Makeover." This show is ostensibly about granting individuals their dreams. In most cases, the makeover involves providing individuals with plastic surgery and other procedures to change their appearance. Micha is legally blind and suffers from a severe over bite. In addition to the
- [Tangled Threads and Cultural Beliefs that Damage the Quilt of Humanity](https://guidingchange.com/tangled-threads-and-cultural-beliefs-that-damage-the-quilt-of-humanity/) - Part of the process of repairing the quilt of humanity involves mending the damage caused by such things as racism, sexism, heterosexism and classism, to name just a few. To be effective in this mending process, we need to recognize that the threads of races, gender, sexual orientation, and class in particular are tangled up
- [Stories As a Means to Make Sense of Our Lives](https://guidingchange.com/stories-as-a-means-to-make-sense-of-our-lives/) - When I was undergoing my personal transition (see the Change, Transition, and Transformation Series), I had to find ways to pay attention to, see and understand the connections between my mind, body and spirit to tap into a new sense of focus and creativity. Another vehicle for becoming aligned and integrated as individuals involves stories.
- [Weapons of Disconnection and Inattention](https://guidingchange.com/weapons-of-disconnection-and-inattention/) - The very tools that are supposed to make us more productive and effective have become weapons of disconnection and inattention. Cell phones and email are wonderful when used in moderation. Cell phones can help us stay connected with our children. Email can help us stay in touch with friends who are thousands of miles away.
- [Simplicity vs. Consumption](https://guidingchange.com/simplicity-vs-consumption/) - Consumerism has reached a new low with the trampling of a man in a Wal-Mart Store by shoppers eager to obtain deep discounts on the day after Thanksgiving. While shocking, this kind of behavior is a consequence of the messages in the United States we all receive about buying things. The "Holiday Season" has become
- [The Impact of Individual Actions](https://guidingchange.com/the-impact-of-individual-actions/) - We often underestimate the power of our own individual actions. We may not realize how much impact we have on others. An experience a good friend of mine shared with me illustrates this perfectly. My friend, who is Japanese, was crossing the street when, out of the blue, a man crossing in the other direction
- [March 2008 Book Reading and Discussions](https://guidingchange.com/come-to-my-book-reading-and-discussion/) - If you are in the New York City or Holyoke, Mass. areas, please come to the reading and discussion of my book, Repairing the Quilt of Humanity: A Metaphor for Healing and Reparation. It has been described as: "A rare account of one white woman's journey to understanding some of the issues that perpetuate racism
- [Change Has Come](https://guidingchange.com/change-has-come/) - In the words of the immortal Sam Cooke: "It's been a long, a long time coming, but I know A change gon' come, oh yes it will." Change has come. Yesterday, as I campaigned in Philadelphia for Barack Obama, I had the honor and joy of a special experience. In a small concrete island at
- [Leading Effectively](https://guidingchange.com/leading-effectively/) - People follow leaders because of who they are more than because of what they do. Developing self-awareness, engaging in self-reflection, acting with integrity, and being able to develop and maintain authentic relationships are what make individuals effective leaders. More and more people are coming to understand the role that narratives can play in leadership development
- [The Shoe Makers Children Go Without Shoes](https://guidingchange.com/the-shoe-makers-children-go-without-shoes/) - Many of the clients I work with are from nonprofit organizations - people in some form of helping/service profession. One of the themes that run through the work I do with individual coaching clients or when working in groups is: helpers give to others without taking adequate care of themselves. Whether they are executive directors
- [The See Saw: A Metaphor for Yin and Yang](https://guidingchange.com/the-see-saw-a-metaphor-for-yin-and-yang/) - Last week I participated in a fabulous writing workshop. After four days of constant writing, I found myself feeling a strong sense of nervous energy - kind of the way it feels when you've drunk too much coffee. Since I hadn't had much coffee and wasn't feeling nervous or anxious about anything, I wasn't sure
- [Structural Integration Therapy and Deep Tissue Massage](https://guidingchange.com/81/) - For more information about structural integration therapy and deep tissue massage or to make an appointment with Scott, you can contact him by phone at: 646-246-1146 or by email at: scott.baker1@att.net. Tell him Deb sent you. :)
- ["Growing Young"](https://guidingchange.com/growing-young/) - In Japan, when a person turns 60 years old, it is believed that they then begin their second childhood. This is because they are old enough to have been around the Chinese zodiac calendar with its 12 animal years (rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog, and boar) five times. And,
- [Why The Ocean is a Spiritual Place](https://guidingchange.com/why-the-ocean-is-a-spiritual-place/) - I have always been drawn to beaches. Not so that I can lie down in the sun, but so that I can take in the sight and sound of the waves. Watching the waves come in and rollback out, and feeling the soothing regularity of their rhythm, is entrancing. I instantly find myself in a
- [Intent and Focus: Making Things Happen](https://guidingchange.com/intent-and-focus-making-things-happen/) - Most of us don't realize how powerful our intent is. I woke one morning after a late night. It was a damp, rainy, dark day. The last thing I wanted to do was get up and run errands. What I wanted more than anything was a day of rest inside napping. But, I was completely
- [Seeing and Being Seen](https://guidingchange.com/seeing-and-being-seen/) - One of the most basic of human desires is the desire to feel "seen." We want to be seen for who we are and have the unique gifts that we bring to the world appreciated and valued. An incident that took place with my daughter about a year ago helped me realize how easy it
- [The Magic of an Apology](https://guidingchange.com/the-magic-of-an-apology/) - One of the worst consequences of our increasingly litigious society in the United States is the growing obsolescence of apologies. Many people live and act from a fear of being sued, leading them to take actions to cover up their mistakes rather than take responsibility for them, apologize and try to help in the healing
- [Stories and Context](https://guidingchange.com/stories-and-context/) - Stories can differ completely depending on who is narrating them as well as the point in time that is seen as the "beginning" of the story. In her book, The Thirteenth Tale, a mystery about a family, Dianne Setterfield speaks to this: "I shall start at the beginning. Though of course the beginning is never
- [The Power of Stories to Build Connections and Create Change](https://guidingchange.com/the-power-of-stories-to-create-change/) - In the book, The Lemon Tree: An Arab, A Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East, Sandy Tolan artfully tells the story of two individuals who grew up with dramatically different cultural stories. Bashir Khairi, a Palestinian man, was six years old in 1948, when his family was expelled from the home his father
- [New York City Executive Director's Roundtable](https://guidingchange.com/new-york-city-executive-directors-roundtable/) - I run a monthly Executive Director's Roundtable in New York City (in conjunction with the Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York). This Learning and Support Group, open to executive directors of nonprofit organizations only, is designed to provide non-profit leaders with: (1) peer support to reduce isolation, (2) best practices to improve effectiveness, and (3)
- [Being Present vs. Being Out of Our Minds](https://guidingchange.com/being-present-vs-being-out-of-our-minds/) - I had a number of experiences recently that confirm the importance of being present and engaged. In one, I was walking down the street when a beautiful leaf caught my eye. The leaves all around had been in the process of changing color (late this year). This leaf was red with green and yellow around
- [Stories About Ourselves and Stories About Others](https://guidingchange.com/stories-about-ourselves-and-stories-about-others/) - I had an experience recently in a long-term learning group that I was in. All the participants had made a commitment to attend six 3-day sessions over an 18-month period of time. At the last session, however, one of the participants did not come. He left a message stating he was unable to come without
- [Difficult Conversations](https://guidingchange.com/difficult-conversations/) - Many of my coaching conversations center around difficult conversations. These are the conversations that my clients least want to have and, paradoxically, most need to have. We tend to avoid and disconnect from the individuals with whom we need to have a difficult conversation when instead we need to be engaging and connecting with them
- [Repairing the Quilt of Humanity: A Metaphor for Healing and Reparation](https://guidingchange.com/place-an-order/) - The book, Repairing the Quilt of Humanity: A Metaphor for Healing and Reparation, uses the metaphor of a quilt to examine the ways that racism impacts all of us at the psychological, group and systemic levels. It has been described as: "A rare account of one white woman's journey to understanding some of the issues
- [Forgiveness](https://guidingchange.com/forgiveness/) - I saw a wonderful documentary recently, Forgiving Mengele (2006 directed by Bob Hercules and Cheri Pugh). This film follows Auschwitz survivor Eva Mozes Kor. Eva, along with her twin sister, was one of the many twins subjected to inhumane experiments by Dr. Mengele. The film focuses on her decision to forgive Mengele as part of
- [Forgiving the Past vs. Being Able to Empathize in the Present](https://guidingchange.com/forgiving-the-past-vs-being-able-the-empathize-in-the-present/) - In my recent post on forgiveness, I wrote about the film Forgiving Mengele. This documentary follows Eva Mozes Kor, a survivor of the inhumane experiments of Dr. Mengele in Auschwitz, who decided to forgive Mengele as part of her own healing process. Eva is a woman who is strong in her convictions about the importance
- [Having the Courage to Express Our Fears](https://guidingchange.com/having-the-courage-to-express-our-fears/) - In my earlier post, Fear is the Root of All Evil, I have written about fear as the root of all evil. After meditating this morning, I realized that fear itself is not evil. How could it be? It is a natural instinctual response that serves as a survival mechanism. If we do not
- [Depression as a Gift?](https://guidingchange.com/depression-as-a-gift/) - I have suffered from depression on and off all my life. For anyone who has never experienced depression, it is difficult to describe. It is like having no skin to protect your emotions so that the slightest comment, thought or situation can have a huge negative impact that is completely out of proportion. It's like
- [Feeling Stuck vs. Letting the Fields Lay Fallow](https://guidingchange.com/feeling-stuck-vs-letting-the-fields-lay-fallow/) - Because of a variety of challenges that had been taking place for me personally, I found myself in that scary but familiar place of transition - the place you are in when an ending of some kind has occurred, but the new beginning has not yet fallen into place. Transition, as William Bridges explains so
- [Take a Moment of Reflection](https://guidingchange.com/take-the-time-for-a-moment-of-reflection/) - In various spiritual practices, the world as we experience it with our senses is considered an illusion. It is not reality. Reality is the internal place at the core of our being the place our inner wisdom, inner calm and sense of well being reside; the place that contains the essence of our energetic life
- [We Need to See the Connections](https://guidingchange.com/we-need-to-see-the-connections/) - So often, we fail to see the connections in our life. In some cases, this can be life threatening. In the New York Times Magazine article, Perplexing Pain, Lisa Sanders writes about a woman who suffered for years from attacks of abdominal pain, rapid heart rate, fever, and a variety of other symptoms. Despite seeing
- [The Power of One Person's Authentic Presence: Barack Obama](https://guidingchange.com/the-power-of-one-persons-authentic-presence-barrack-obama/) - Barack Obama's campaign for president is a example of how one person's authentic presence can change the world. Obama's way of being in the world is in stark contrast to that of George Bush. Ever since 9-11, George Bush has played on people's fears as a way to increase his power and control. Fear, while
- [We Need Healing that Works](https://guidingchange.com/we-need-healing-that-works/) - I've been reading Deepak Chopra's book, Quantum Healing: Exploring the Frontiers of Mind/Body Medicine, in which he talks about the body's capacity for healing itself. It's interesting how what he says about healing cancer rings true for healing nations. Chopra describes cancer cells as engaging in "wild, antisocial behavior" which overwhelms vital organs, crowds out
- [Finding Balance: The Great Challenge](https://guidingchange.com/finding-balance-the-great-challenge/) - In my ongoing Learning and Support Group for executive directors of NYC nonprofit organizations (in conjunction with the Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York), a recurring topic is finding and maintaining balance. One of the reasons these organizational leaders continue to come to these group meetings is because they have come to understand that maintaining
- [It's What We Don't Talk About](https://guidingchange.com/its-what-we-dont-talk-about/) - Americans are socialized not to speak about race. We are taught that discussions that involve race are taboo. White people do not talk about race because they are afraid they will say the wrong thing and prove themselves to be racist. Or, they are afraid that surfacing the fact that they notice race is in
- [Story Telling: A Space for Race](https://guidingchange.com/story-telling-a-space-for-race/) - Recently, I did a book reading at Brownstone Books in Brooklyn, NY of my book, Repairing the Quilt of Humanity: A Metaphor for Healing and Reparation. The book uses the metaphor of a quilt to examine the ways that racism damages all of us (albeit some more than others) at the psychological, group and systemic
- [Returning to Wonder](https://guidingchange.com/returning-to-wonder/) - I am sitting in my hotel room in Singapore realizing how long it has been since I've traveled internationally. It's been so long that I forgot how wonderful travel can be. For a while now, travel has meant packing, going to the airport, dealing with more and more tedious security procedures, getting on a plane,
- [Radio Show Interview](https://guidingchange.com/radio-show-interview/) - I am going to be interviewed about my book, Repairing the Quilt of Humanity: A Metaphor for Healing and Reparation, at 11:00 am this Saturday, March 1 on Pittsburgh Radio Station AM 860 hosted by LaVerne Hotep Baker. LaVerne hosts both Well Woman Radio Retreat and Peace it Together Pittsburgh. You can listen to it
- [Take Time to Dance](https://guidingchange.com/take-time-to-dance/) - A friend of mine sent me a link to a wonderful video. Watching it just made me smile and realize how important it is for us to remember to dance. Please take a look - I hope it makes you smile too.
- [Wonderful Article About Obama](https://guidingchange.com/wonderful-article-about-obama/) - Frank Schaeffer, author of CRAZY FOR GOD-How I Grew Up As One Of The Elect, Helped Found The Religious Right, And Lived To Take All (Or Almost All) Of It Back, wrote a fabulous article about why Obama will be one of the greatest and most loved presidents. Definitely worth a read.
- [ What is True Courage?](https://guidingchange.com/what-is-true-courage/) - There are different ways of viewing "courage". To some, courage is appearing fearless, strong and invincible when faced with conflict. To me, courage is more about being willing to acknowledge my fears and show my vulnerability. This is the courage that's necessary to build connections across conflict and differences. Sometimes I am able to be
- [The Power of Intention](https://guidingchange.com/the-power-of-intention/) - Most of us don't realize how powerful our intent is. I woke up one morning after a late night. It was a damp, rainy, dark day. The last thing I wanted to do was get up and run errands. What I wanted more than anything was a day of rest inside napping. But, I was

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- [Mystery of Memory](https://guidingchange.com/mystery-of-memory/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ fullwidth=”on” next_background_color=”#d95e03″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”0px||0px|” bottom_divider_style=”ramp2″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_fullwidth_image src=”https://guidingchange.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/mystery-of-memory-header.jpg” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_fullwidth_image][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ next_background_color=”#ffffff” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_color=”#d95e03″ bottom_divider_style=”ramp2″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,2_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”5%|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_testimonial author=”Lena Alhusseini” job_title=”Former Director of Child Welfare” company_name=”Oregon Department of Health and Human Services” quote_icon_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.2)” font_icon=”||divi||400″ _builder_version=”4.25.0″ body_font=”–et_global_heading_font||||||||” body_font_size=”18px” position_font_size=”14px” company_font=”||||||||” company_font_size=”14px” use_background_color=”off” background_layout=”dark” animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”left” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]“A powerful
- [Repairing the Quilt of Humanity](https://guidingchange.com/repairing-the-quilt-of-humanity/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ fullwidth=”on” next_background_color=”#d95e03″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”0px||0px|” bottom_divider_style=”ramp2″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_fullwidth_image src=”https://guidingchange.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Repairing-Quilt-Humanity-header.jpg” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_fullwidth_image][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ next_background_color=”#ffffff” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_color=”#d95e03″ bottom_divider_style=”ramp2″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,2_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”5%|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_testimonial author=”Frederick A. Miller” job_title=”CEO The Kaleel Jamison Consulting Group, Inc.” company_name=”co-author of The Inclusion Breakthrough and managing editor of The Promise of Diversity specializing in fostering an inclusion mindset for
- [Books](https://guidingchange.com/books/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ fullwidth=”on” next_background_color=”#d95e03″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”0px||0px|” bottom_divider_style=”ramp2″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_fullwidth_image src=”https://guidingchange.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/books-by-deborah.jpg” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_fullwidth_image][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ background_color=”#d95e03″ bottom_divider_style=”ramp2″ global_colors_info=”{}” next_background_color=”#ffffff”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”0px||0px|” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ header_font=”|700|||||||” background_layout=”dark” global_colors_info=”{}”]Books by Deborah Howard[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”2″ make_equal=”on” _builder_version=”4.16″ animation_style=”zoom” global_colors_info=”{}” column_structure=”1_3,1_3,1_3″][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ background_color=”#ffffff” custom_padding=”3%|3%|3%|3%” custom_css_main_element=”border-radius:8px;” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Mystery of Memory” _builder_version=”4.16″ animation_direction=”bottom” global_colors_info=”{}”]Mystery of Memory: Telling
- [Become a Powerful Coach](https://guidingchange.com/become-a-powerful-coach/) - Dear Fellow Coaches, Do you want to become more effective, confident, and powerful as a coach? Do you want: time and space for reflection and nourishment, to be challenged to develop your potential and be the best of yourself as a coach, support as a new coach or a "tune up" as an experienced coach, help dealing with
- [Team Transformation Process](https://guidingchange.com/team-transformation-process/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ fullwidth=”on” next_background_color=”#d95e03″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”0px||0px|” bottom_divider_style=”ramp2″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_fullwidth_image src=”https://guidingchange.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Team-Transformation-header.jpg” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_fullwidth_image][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ next_background_color=”#ffffff” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_color=”#d95e03″ bottom_divider_style=”ramp2″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,2_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”5%|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_blurb title=”Our clients include organizations such as” use_icon=”on” font_icon=”||divi||400″ icon_color=”#ffffff” icon_placement=”left” image_icon_width=”40px” admin_label=”Our clients” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_layout=”dark” animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”left” icon_font_size=”40px” use_circle=”off” use_circle_border=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”] HealthPlus Hebrew Union College The Nature Conservancy New York
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- [Transformative Coaching Packages](https://guidingchange.com/transformative-coaching-packages/) - [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ fullwidth=”on” specialty=”off” next_background_color=”#d95e03″ _builder_version=”3.0.106″ bottom_divider_style=”ramp2″ custom_padding=”0px||0px|”][et_pb_fullwidth_image _builder_version=”3.0.106″ src=”https://guidingchange.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/transformative-coaching-packages.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” /][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ fullwidth=”off” specialty=”off” _builder_version=”3.0.106″ background_color=”#d95e03″ bottom_divider_style=”ramp2″ prev_background_color=”#ffffff”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.106″ padding_top_2=”5%” padding_right_2=”5%” padding_bottom_2=”5%” padding_left_2=”5%” background_color_2=”#ffffff” padding_top_1=”5%” custom_css_main_2=”border-radius:18px;”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_blurb admin_label=”Our clients” _builder_version=”3.0.106″ title=”Our clients include organizations such as” url_new_window=”off” use_icon=”on” font_icon=”%%305%%” icon_color=”#ffffff” use_circle=”off” use_circle_border=”off” icon_placement=”left” use_icon_font_size=”on” icon_font_size=”40px” background_layout=”dark” animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”left”] HealthPlus Hebrew Union College
- [Home old](https://guidingchange.com/about-this-blog/) - [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ fullwidth=”off” specialty=”on”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ specialty_columns=”2″][et_pb_row_inner admin_label=”Row” custom_padding=”||0px|” use_custom_gutter=”off” make_equal=”off” parallax_1=”off” parallax_method_1=”off”][et_pb_column_inner type=”4_4″ saved_specialty_column_type=”2_3″][et_pb_text background_layout=”light” use_border_color=”off” _builder_version=”3.0.106″]Are You Ready to Move Forward? Guiding Change Consulting provides transformative leadership coaching and consulting services to help leaders and teams access their inner wisdom and tap into their creativity, passion and potential to bring about desired changes in
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- [Deb's Philosophy](https://guidingchange.com/debs-profile/) - Deb is a change catalyst — helping leaders and their teams transform themselves and the world by tapping into their wisdom and creative potential. She creates opportunities that enable her clients to reflect on themselves, their work, their interpersonal dynamics, and their mission and vision. Her consulting work involves designing and facilitating experiential activities that
- [Testimonials from Consulting Clients](https://guidingchange.com/testimonials/testimonials-from-consulting-clients/) - "Deborah Howard is an amazing bundle of energy, very bright and one of the most pleasant people you ever will work with. She knows her subjects and works tirelessly to satisfy her clients. I have worked closely with her in the English Speaking Union and guarantee that you can't do better than Deborah Howard!" Patricia
- [Coaching Services: Becoming All of Who You Are](https://guidingchange.com/services-we-offer/coaching-services-becoming-all-of-who-you-are/) - Deb is an ICF Certified Professional Coach as well as a certified Winslow Coach. Let Deb help you: Focus and clarify your goals and direction Achieve the results you want Access your inner wisdom and reach your full potential Develop work-life balance Feel confident, whole, and empowered Rekindle your passion and feel rejuvenated and energized
- [Representative Clients ](https://guidingchange.com/representative-clients/) - Nonprofit Organizations Amethyst Women's Project The Children's Visit English Speaking Union of the United States Hebrew Union College The Jewish Community Centers Association (JCCA) NEW (Nontraditional Employment for Women) New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS) New York Public Library New York-Presbyterian Hospital Law-Related Organizations Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington Legal Aid Bureau of Maryland
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- [Repairing the Quilt of Humanity: A Metaphor for Healing and Reparation](https://guidingchange.com/place-an-order/) - The book, Repairing the Quilt of Humanity: A Metaphor for Healing and Reparation, uses the metaphor of a quilt to examine the ways that racism impacts all of us at the psychological, group and systemic levels. It has been described as: "A rare account of one white woman's journey to understanding some of the issues
- [Tesimonials from Coaching Clients](https://guidingchange.com/testimonials/tesimonials-from-coaching-clients/) - "Deb Howard served as a coach and mentor for me for a year. She made a huge impact in my life! She helped me see events and experiences in my life in a different and more balanced way. She taught me what was in my control to change and what was not which guided me
- [Services We Offer: Are You Ready to Move Forward? ](https://guidingchange.com/services-we-offer/) - Let us work with you to evoke deep insight and clarity to energize, empower and inspire you, your team, or your organization to develop a clear vision and achieve your goals. We can move you forward through: Team Building Organization Development, Managing Change and Strategic Development Diversity Work Facilitation Training
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- [Testimonials from Consulting Clients](https://guidingchange.com/testimonials/) - "Deborah Howard is an amazing bundle of energy, very bright and one of the most pleasant people you ever will work with. She knows her subjects and works tirelessly to satisfy her clients. I have worked closely with her in the English Speaking Union and guarantee that you can't do better than Deborah Howard!" Patricia
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- [forgive](https://guidingchange.com/tag/forgive/)
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- [survivor](https://guidingchange.com/tag/survivor/)
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- [worthlessness](https://guidingchange.com/tag/worthlessness/)
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- [break silence](https://guidingchange.com/tag/break-silence/)
- [Mary Johnson](https://guidingchange.com/tag/mary-johnson/)
- [Toxic anger](https://guidingchange.com/tag/toxic-anger/)
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- [Oshea Israel](https://guidingchange.com/tag/oshea-israel/)
- [systemic violence](https://guidingchange.com/tag/systemic-violence/)
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- [Junot Diaz](https://guidingchange.com/tag/junot-diaz/)
- [Self-blame](https://guidingchange.com/tag/self-blame/)
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- [Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color](https://guidingchange.com/tag/invisible-no-more-police-violence-against-black-women-and-women-of-color/)
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- [#SayHerName](https://guidingchange.com/tag/sayhername/)
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- [One Day at a Time](https://guidingchange.com/tag/one-day-at-a-time/)
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- [Ron Clark Academy](https://guidingchange.com/tag/ron-clark-academy/)
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- [sunrise](https://guidingchange.com/tag/sunrise/)
- [sunset](https://guidingchange.com/tag/sunset/)
- [perception](https://guidingchange.com/tag/perception/)
- [purple](https://guidingchange.com/tag/purple/)
- [green](https://guidingchange.com/tag/green/)
- [plant](https://guidingchange.com/tag/plant/)
- [appreciaton](https://guidingchange.com/tag/appreciaton/)
- [pay attention](https://guidingchange.com/tag/pay-attention/)
- [rain garden](https://guidingchange.com/tag/rain-garden/)
- [hibiscus](https://guidingchange.com/tag/hibiscus/)
- [manhole cover](https://guidingchange.com/tag/manhole-cover/)
- [New York](https://guidingchange.com/tag/new-york/)
- [cat](https://guidingchange.com/tag/cat/)
- [cannabis](https://guidingchange.com/tag/cannabis/)
- [green leaves\white leaves](https://guidingchange.com/tag/green-leaveswhite-leaves/)
- [rain](https://guidingchange.com/tag/rain/)
- [wind](https://guidingchange.com/tag/wind/)
- [dark](https://guidingchange.com/tag/dark/)
- [yellow leaves](https://guidingchange.com/tag/yellow-leaves/)
- [streetlight](https://guidingchange.com/tag/streetlight/)
- [camera](https://guidingchange.com/tag/camera/)
- [light](https://guidingchange.com/tag/light/)
- [lichen](https://guidingchange.com/tag/lichen/)
- [tree](https://guidingchange.com/tag/tree/)
- [red leaves](https://guidingchange.com/tag/red-leaves/)
- [heartbeat](https://guidingchange.com/tag/heartbeat/)
- [NYC](https://guidingchange.com/tag/nyc/)
- [NYC subway](https://guidingchange.com/tag/nyc-subway/)
- [escalator](https://guidingchange.com/tag/escalator/)
- [stairs](https://guidingchange.com/tag/stairs/)
- [exit](https://guidingchange.com/tag/exit/)
- [acorn](https://guidingchange.com/tag/acorn/)
- [oak tree](https://guidingchange.com/tag/oak-tree/)
- [sentient being](https://guidingchange.com/tag/sentient-being/)
- [self-worth](https://guidingchange.com/tag/self-worth/)
- [Swan](https://guidingchange.com/tag/swan/)
- [lake](https://guidingchange.com/tag/lake/)
- [bird](https://guidingchange.com/tag/bird/)
- [park](https://guidingchange.com/tag/park/)
- [vale of cashmere](https://guidingchange.com/tag/vale-of-cashmere/)
- [clouds](https://guidingchange.com/tag/clouds/)
- [sky](https://guidingchange.com/tag/sky/)
- [texture](https://guidingchange.com/tag/texture/)
- [color](https://guidingchange.com/tag/color/)
- [plants](https://guidingchange.com/tag/plants/)
- [flowers](https://guidingchange.com/tag/flowers/)
- [Fall colors](https://guidingchange.com/tag/fall-colors/)
- [trees](https://guidingchange.com/tag/trees/)
- [Newburgh](https://guidingchange.com/tag/newburgh/)
- [Hudson River](https://guidingchange.com/tag/hudson-river/)
- [Roses](https://guidingchange.com/tag/roses/)
- [colors](https://guidingchange.com/tag/colors/)
- [light in the dark](https://guidingchange.com/tag/light-in-the-dark/)
- [darkness](https://guidingchange.com/tag/darkness/)
- [chaos](https://guidingchange.com/tag/chaos/)
- [kindness](https://guidingchange.com/tag/kindness/)
- [beauty](https://guidingchange.com/tag/beauty/)
- [contemplative](https://guidingchange.com/tag/contemplative/)
- [Contemplation](https://guidingchange.com/tag/contemplation/)
- [Art](https://guidingchange.com/tag/art/)
- [Transform](https://guidingchange.com/tag/transform/)
- [Tramsformation](https://guidingchange.com/tag/tramsformation/)
- [Openheart](https://guidingchange.com/tag/openheart/)
- [Open heart](https://guidingchange.com/tag/open-heart/)
- [Coach](https://guidingchange.com/tag/coach/)

## Project Tags

- [COVID](https://guidingchange.com/project_tag/covid/)
- [Corona Virus](https://guidingchange.com/project_tag/corona-virus/)
- [God's Love We Deliver](https://guidingchange.com/project_tag/gods-love-we-deliver/)
- [Pain](https://guidingchange.com/project_tag/pain/)
- [Love](https://guidingchange.com/project_tag/love/)
- [Presence](https://guidingchange.com/project_tag/presence/)
- [Acceptance](https://guidingchange.com/project_tag/acceptance/)
- [Gunilla Norris](https://guidingchange.com/project_tag/gunilla-norris/)
- [Paradox](https://guidingchange.com/project_tag/paradox/)
- [Paradox of Noise](https://guidingchange.com/project_tag/paradox-of-noise/)
- [Isolation](https://guidingchange.com/project_tag/isolation/)
- [Loneliness](https://guidingchange.com/project_tag/loneliness/)
- [Lonely](https://guidingchange.com/project_tag/lonely/)
- [Overwhelm](https://guidingchange.com/project_tag/overwhelm/)
- [Distress](https://guidingchange.com/project_tag/distress/)