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Are You Listening?
In over a decade of listening to and visually recording group conversations I’ve learned a lot about listening. In listening for the essence of someone’s thought, I’ve had lots of practice waiting....
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The Appointment
What if, on the first sunny day, on your way to work, a colorful bird sweeps in front of you down a street you’ve never heard of. You might pause and smile. A sweet beginning to your day. Or you might...
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Fire
Fire What makes a fire burn is space between the logs, a breathing space. Too much of a good thing, too many logs packed in too tight can douse the flames almost as surely as a pail of water...
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Sharing the Seeds
Last week I had the privilege of witnessing a circle of elders in a soulful conversation discussing what they are learning about life as they come face to face with death. There is no way to capture...
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A Tip From ‘Ol Blue Eyes
A surprising gift from the year of building birdhouses is this blog about creativity. The title “Creativity For the Rest Of Us” came to me about three years ago – the summer I got a pair of binoculars...
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The Art of Disappearing – Part 1
How good are you at disappearing? Vacation used to mean getting away from it all. Time to rest, play, relax without the worries or concerns that envelop us at home. Savoring time without a clock or...
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The Art of Disappearing – Part 2
The Art of Disappearing by Naomi Shihab Nye When they say Don’t I know you? say no.When they invite you to the party remember what parties are like before answering. Someone telling you in a...
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Taming Your Gremlin
I discovered a new voice in the choir of inner critics that serenade me on a regular basis. In Taming the Gremlin – A Surprisingly Simple Method for Getting Out of Your Own Way, Rick Carson suggests...
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Standing Still
Lost Stand still. The trees ahead and bushes beside you Are not lost. Wherever you are is called Here, And you must treat it as a powerful stranger, Must ask permission to know it and be known. The...
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Let it Flow, Let it Flow, Let it Flow
Recently I accepted an assignment from my mentor. She suggested that for a month I give up striving, driving, initiating, or instigating; all the active, dynamic energies that are my natural first...
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In a Snit with my Creativity
I’m in a snit. I was intrigued by an idea I’ve seen floating around the blogosphere that suggests choosing one word to work with for the year. It’s the same principle I wrote about last week – choose...
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The Enchanted Forest
Practicing the homework that I had just assigned to the students in my Creativity in Business class, I took an alternate route on my morning hike. I entered the park from a different direction and...
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Something’s Workin’ Me
Something’s workin’ me Silent Subtle Deep Elusive or unfolding? Be still and know … Trust… That more will be revealed in its own time and in its own way That I am fully equipped to meet whatever comes...
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The Great Silence
She’s 4, almost 5, years old. Dirty face and uncombed hair, she sits in the shadows – arms cradling knees held tightly to her chest. She doesn’t make much eye contact. She was slow to communicate....
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Into the Well
The words Women at the Well came to me as a whisper. I accepted gratefully as they danced their way into the title of a new program I was noodling on. Re-entering the world of work from cancer...
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Me first. You second. With love.
In a talk I heard recently, the speaker referenced the often-used biblical quote: Love your neighbor as yourself. It struck me in a way it hadn’t before that this principle starts with the fundamental...
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Self-fullness
One of the barriers we can bump up against in committing ourselves to inner work is the feeling that time to focus on ourselves is selfish. “Who do you think you are,” “why can’t you just be grateful...
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When Transitions Intersect
Back around 2012 I had been asking the universe for a big change in my life. My sense was it would be in the area of work and creativity where I was feeling stagnant and had become restless. I even...
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Release, Receive, Return
Initiation is the ancient term for what today we call transitions. In ancient times initiations were ritualized and we would be mentored through them by elders and wisdom keepers. Today,...
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Taming Your Gremlin
I discovered a new voice in the choir of inner critics that serenade me on a regular basis. In Taming the Gremlin – A Surprisingly Simple Method for Getting Out of Your Own Way, Rick Carson suggests...
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