Challenging Beliefs Opens Doors
“We don’t attach to people or to things; we attach to uninvestigated concepts that we believe to be true in the moment.”― Byron Katie, Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life Our beliefs show up in many different forms. At times, they arrive like bolts of lightning, triggered by a person, an environment or […]
The Freedom and Opportunity in being “Enough”?
“A person’s worth is measured by the worth of what they value.” ~ Marcus Aurelius When does never being “enough” become a trap? Does failing to acknowledge the achievements and hard work of the present moment keep you ensnared in feelings of inadequacy and beholden to a mythical future that never seems to arrive? This […]
A Media Strategy to Illuminate Positive News
Pioneering media outlet, Positive News, has partnered with media and infrastructure company, Clear Channel UK, to promote messages of hope and inspiration on outdoor digital screens all around the UK. “This exciting partnership has given prominence to our positive headlines at scale, helping people discover that it’s not all doom and gloom and an incredible […]
Difficult Conversations
“The single biggest problem with communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” – George Bernard Shaw How often do we function in this world of illusion? Our conversations are sometimes like wishing on a star. We hope (or expect) that somebody got the message! When we are faced with difficult conversations, our communication […]
2-D or 3-D Values?
Identifying and prioritizing our values may seem like a simple exercise. We may sit back and contentedly peruse all those beautiful, admirable qualities that we have perfectly engraved in 2-D on a piece of paper! Words such as integrity, family, courage, etc. impress and soothe us with their altruism and virtuosity. The discomfort arises when […]
Stillness
“Teach us to care and not to care Teach us to sit still” -T. S. Eliot (“Ash Wednesday”) So often we crave stillness. We long to step out of the maelstrom of our emotions where we swing from passionate, angry caring to defiant, indignant not caring. The reasons for these emotions get buried in the […]
Ego: The Enemy of Learning and Growth
“It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.” “In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, in the expert’s mind there are few.”
Courageous Conversation: A Conversation Worth Having
…..my understanding is that the first step to take in having a real conversation is simply to stop having the one that you are having now.By definition the courageous conversation is the conversation that you’re not having nowand also by definition the courageous conversation is the one that you don’t want to haveand the courageous […]