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Thoughts on the art of living
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But none of it really seemed “fearless” to me. Not in any way. In 2020, as I headed into my mid-fifties, things started to shift. As the pandemic started shutting
March 24, 2022
Today, I’m better equipped to be drawn to that “special glow” than I was thirty years ago when I would have mistaken it for sexual attraction or perhaps felt diminished
March 23, 2022
When the pandemic hit the world, I was in my beginning improv class. I’d felt lost and adrift from a community since retiring from recreational soccer, being laid off from
March 22, 2022
Water Stars, the image above, was taken mid-morning at the Palace of Fine Arts here in San Francisco. I was on a fashion shoot and the twinkling water stars caught
March 21, 2022
But, wow, this is a topic (and book) that deserves more attention in the organization world. Here are a few nuggets. When a person sizes up a complex situation and
March 20, 2022
One day, while journaling about the practice of “catalyzing,” I came up with the idea of The Wisdom Quadrants. How did that happen? Keep in mind that at the beginning
March 19, 2022
Next Tuesday, March 22 at 1 pm, we’ll be offering a one-hour online event with two of our spring guest faculty teachers – Paula Pretlow and Mark Nepo – focused
March 18, 2022
“As a rule, the life of a young person is characterized by a general expansion and a striving towards concrete ends; and his neurosis seems mainly to rest on his
March 17, 2022
We went into the garage, pulled up a couple of chairs and watched the rain. She got up and put her hand under a stream of water coming off the
March 16, 2022
While my musings of a year ago were organizationally focused, today’s reflections are more personal. 1. We launched MEA soon after my 57th birthday—around my “Saturn Return,” which, for those
March 15, 2022
In spite of travel challenges, I have been fortunate enough to visit MEA in Baja and enjoy some emotional stimulation through real life experiences, with many other alumni who have
March 14, 2022
In writing my book “Emotional Equations,” I discovered that the mathematical way to think of Anxiety was as the combustible equation of Anxiety = Uncertainty x Powerlessness Since that time,
March 13, 2022
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