Influence in the midst of a pandemic

Influence in the midst of a pandemic This pandemic is an opportunity for personal and systemic transformation.  Because of the wide sweeping effects of this pandemic, how we choose to relate to it will have profound effects on what our future looks like. My way of coping with a crisis...

If you can’t go out, go in!

When the crowded Vietnamese refugee boats met with storms or pirates, if everyone panicked, all would be lost. But if even one person on the boat remained calm and centered, it was enough. It showed the way for everyone to survive. –Thich Nhat Hanh These are uncertain times. And if...

Imagine the future

At the crossroads of a new year Imagining the future I am sharing a storytelling process I did last year as part of a course I was taking at about this time. I found it both delightful and inspiring. This is why I am sharing it with you. I would...

A Three Minute Breathing Space meditation

The 3 minute breathing space is a mini meditation for weaving mindfulness into your everyday life. The breathing space can be helpful when you notice that you are getting overly busy, caught up in your head or are experiencing physical tension, emotional upset or tiredness. It is also helpful to...

THE ART OF DO,BE,DO,BE,DO

Indeed life is as Frank Sinatra sings it "do,be,do,be, do." The art is to notice our do,be,do,be, do. In my mindfulness course there's much exploration about what we call the Doing mode and Being mode and the difference between the two. Being is NOT not doing, it is practicing being...

EMBRACING NATURAL TIME

Our bodies, much like events in our lives, have different natural times. Becoming aware and respecting the wisdom of natural time inside and out can help us become truer to ourselves and truer to reality, whether we like it or not.  And as Gloria Steinem once said, "The truth will set...