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The Rich Social Fabric of a Silent Retreat

Why I’ve found that there’s richer social connection in a silent retreat than other retreats where people can talkShared Presence Without Pretense When talking is off the table, the usual ...

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Teddi Dean

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10 Secret Rules of Friending

Search the internet and you’ll find a hundred hacks on how to make friends.  So much of the practice of being a friend is apparent from the moment you start ...

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A Safe Haven of Connection: The LGBTQ+ Affinity Group | Camp Baja 

The LGBTQ+ Affinity Group at MEA is more than just a community – it’s a sanctuary where people can come together to share their stories, support each other, and grow. Under the ...

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Louisa Thompson

A Safe Haven of Connection: The LGBTQ+ Affinity Group | Camp Baja 

5 Tips for Communicating Across Divides

I’ve worked with people all over the world and spent years witnessing the seemingly impossible: fractured communities finding mutual understanding, discovering common ground, and building bridges where walls once stood.What ...

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Barbara Tint

5 Tips for Communicating Across Divides

You’ve Spent Your Life Giving Others What They Need. Now It’s Your Turn.

Your greatest story is yet to be written. Here’s how to make sure that this time, you’re the main character.For far too long I had navigated life in the service ...

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Robin Fisher Roffer

You’ve Spent Your Life Giving Others What They Need. Now It’s Your Turn.

What My Dog Taught Me about Loving My Job

All I really need to know about loving work I learned from Elly, my Labrador retriever. My resolution has always been to try as hard as I can to follow ...

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Kerry Hannon

What My Dog Taught Me about Loving My Job

The Midlife Wisdom School Opens Its Doors & Takes A Stand

I arrived on the shores of MEA’s Baja beaches, awash in midlife turmoil. I was grappling with the lifequakes of divorce, restarting a business, managing a child with mental health challenges, ...

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Kari Cardinale

The Midlife Wisdom School Opens Its Doors & Takes A Stand

The Liberation of Creative Potential: Exploring the New Frontier of the Bonus Round

Our cultural assumptions about creativity tend to lionize youth—think of Mozart composing at the age of five or how we celebrate the disruptive energy of Silicon Valley's "under 30s." Yet ...

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Pam McLean, Ph.D

The Liberation of Creative Potential: Exploring the New Frontier of the Bonus Round

10 Not-Soft Skillsets of Emotional Intelligence

Insert ImageIn the 25-plus years since the book Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman was published, people still misunderstand the concept. I see this frequently when I facilitate what companies sometimes ...

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Kelly Wendorf

10 Not-Soft Skillsets of Emotional Intelligence

“I’ll Be Happy When…”

“I’ll be happy when we sign that deal with Apple,” I said as I swept past my assistant heading back into my office.Her words trailed closely behind me, “You realize ...

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Sue Izzo

“I’ll Be Happy When…”

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