“Perhaps they are seeking the greatest attraction of ice fishing: peace and tranquility. Out on the ice the silence settles in. The world calms. Restoration begins.” Reading about ice fishing is not something that I would normally do, but I have moved to a part of the country where it is a not uncommon activity. […]
The incomparable Seth Godin brilliantly conceives of a provocative and succinct way to view “jobs, relationships and everything in between”. Ponder the four quadrants and decide which car you’re driving (or want to drive): fast and secure, hot rod, joy ride, or boring. Is it time to shift gear?
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In shamanic traditions, it is believed that optimum health results from the equal interplay between four archetypes: the Warrior, the Healer, the Visionary, and the Teacher. Through her travels and research, the late Angeles Arrien, Ph.D., anthropologist, author, educator and corporate consultant, developed an appreciation of the universality and applicability of these archetypes to all humankind whatever
“2 billion people live without” safely managed drinking water services” (on site, available when needed and uncontaminated).” WHO Drinking-Water Fact Sheet Imagine a popular nightclub promoter deciding to turn his life around and channel his energies and passion into making a difference in the world? Scott Harrison has built one of the most successful and
“Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes.” – Walt Whitman Do you start each day “hoping” to catch up, take charge, feel less stressed, appear less distracted, act more focused, etc.? Do you have the space to breathe, pause and reflect? Are you always simply waiting for the next hour, day or
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It’s likely that all of us have, at some point in our careers, worked in a toxic workplace. Workplaces where the leadership is either willfully ignorant or consciously complicit in implementing policies that create breeding grounds of cutthroat competitiveness, loneliness, exhaustion and misery. We have many rational reasons for staying in a toxic workplace. Professor
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“We are all so much together, but we are all dying of loneliness.” Albert Schweitzer We focus a great deal on “hard skills” in medicine-medical knowledge, clinical skills and competency, surgical expertise. Yet, it is often the “soft skills” that grease the wheels of our life and work. One of our most powerful soft skills
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“a book that heals with love and aspires to heal love” Editor Kruno Lokotar For Croatian couple, Andela and Davor Rostuhar, a yearlong honeymoon around the world, unfolded as a journey of exploration into the meaning of love around the globe. They had conversations with over 200 people, in many different kinds of relationships, in
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“All this is healing, all this is medicine. All this changes who you are.” Rodney Stotts For Rodney Stotts his love of nature and wildlife changed the course of his life. As a teenager growing up in one of the most dangerous parts of D.C. in the 1990’s he became involved in the world of
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Have you ever felt that you are endlessly organizing yourself to become more efficient, so that you can make better use of your time and really feel that you have achieved all that you needed to do in the allotted 24 hours and at the end of the day you will feel fulfilled, happy and
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