No Going Back is A State of Mind What if there is no going back? Apart from learning from our stories and allowing ourselves to be in flow. When we have conversations, we talk about what's possible and not replay old stories that keep us trapped. Some dream of going...
Forecast for August 2022
Forecast: Expecting the Unexpected The overall forecast for August is to expect the unexpected. In times of transition, letting go is an option since hanging on can lead us astray. We are witnessing events taking place that have unexpected starts and pauses. For...
Being Uncomfortable with Discomfort
Do We Have A Discomfort Zone? Discomfort seems to be a theme for many of us these days. And what’s so interesting is that we may be increasingly feeling uncomfortable with what's emerging as an unfamiliar world around us. Yes, there are some who want to get back to...
Illuminating the Darkness
Illuminating Darkness Illuminating ourselves depends on our willingness to step out of our darkness. It is said that if we could sense everything around us, we would go mad. The pursuit of knowledge can also drive us into madness when we have bo foundation to ground...
A Turning Point (Part I)
A Turning Point in Life Saul Bellow writes, “Unless you made your life a turning point, there was no reason for existing.” What many people are beginning to realize is that the world is not what we always believed it to be. And for some of us, that's a hard pill to...
Hope is A Message from the Future
Hope is a message from the future. According to author Bryan Stevenson, “Hope is what will get some of us to stand up when others say sit down and will get some of us to speak when others say be quiet, and it becomes a relationship. Hopelessness is the enemy of...
Do We Really Need to Struggle Moving Forward?
Why is Struggle Part of Life? When we are raised that struggle is part of life, this way of life exists as our theme with a dose of fear. To be a good person, citizen, worker, partner, parent or child, we must not be bad. We must suppress, follow the norms, fight...
Permission to Play from the Heart
Permission to Play from the Heart Giving ourselves permission to play is all about having meaningful experiences. It is about letting go and not taking ourselves too seriously. Songwriters Susanna Clark and Richard Leigh composed Come from the Heart in 1987: "You’ve...
Choosing A Healthy Path
It's amazing how much changes when we choose a healthy path and walk away from stories that no longer serve us. Our lives become more meaningful with all the abundant choices in front of us. Apparently, they say, we each make 35,000 choices in a day—227 are about food...
An Open Invitation to A Purposeful Trek for Book Lovers
I am very excited to share with you a new way for book lovers to connect and have conversations. Today, we are launching the Purposeful Trekking book club and we invite you to join us on a journey of a lifetime! Some Background Many years ago when I worked at Cisco,...