December 21, 2018 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs
Great monsters There are those who build great businesses and are monsters at home. And those who are monsters as leaders and great at art. Our world seems to revere great monsters as if their ability to build empires while they treat their family or others as less...
December 20, 2018 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
Treasures It is that kind of day to celebrate treasures. Like the comfort of a friend of 20 years. Where the constancy of connection and generosity is so simple and true. The touch of sun on bare skin. Loving that. A tree outside my window bearing witness to life....
December 19, 2018 | Beauty of Beginnings
Building emotional intelligence That moment our reptilian brain kicks in and we are triggered. If we notice when this happens, even if it is after the incident, we have the opportunity to learn about the nature of our pain points. If we can catch ourselves in the...
December 18, 2018 | Beauty of Beginnings, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication
Sweet anger harmful aggression Aggression is towards someone or thing. It lashes out, seeking to diminish and shame. It wants to indicate power, but aggression is not fuelled by power, but rather by its absence. Anger in its purity asks us to act towards something...
December 17, 2018 | Beauty of Beginnings
Slowly slowly then suddenly Slowly slowly we accumulate excess weight. Debt. Heart disease. Slowly slowly we say yes to transgressions that make the insult innocuous when it arrives. Slowly slowly we enable monopoly. Authoritarianism. Pause…. Slowly slowly then...
December 16, 2018 | Beauty of Beginnings
It begins at home If we want to create a different world – one where all people, no matter their gender, skin tone, age, ability, size – are accepted and appreciated for their essential who-ness – where our world view is both local community and...
