December 18, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
One person’s freedom cannot mean the suppression of another This is the aspiration I hold. Yet within this statement lives the tangle of understanding that freedom that doesn’t take away the freedom of others is never about taking. It is always about partnering....
December 16, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
We can’t talk about that Next weekend, I will have a house full of family, both my family and Tony’s. To keep the peace, I have strong boundaries around subject matters that may be discussed. This is because, within my family, there are world views poles apart....
December 15, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs
Seven tools for responding to sensitive geopolitical issues Last night we wrapped up the Dare to Care Workshop. There was a robust conversation, something I adore, about gradients of truth when dealing with hyper-sensitive geopolitical issues. You might find the...
December 14, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development
A seed planted into our mind The biggest question I am sitting in as we close out 2023 is how people become so lost in ungrounded and deluded states. How we give away our power to others. I gave my power away for decades. I supplicated myself to an opinion I believed...
December 13, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Denial is easy To deny. To refuse to accept of acknowledge. Denial is easy. Easier than to confront. Confront. To stand in front of. To face. Denial is easier than looking inward, backward, or forward. For to see is to know and when we know, we cannot unknow. Denial...
December 12, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs
How easy is it to be nice We are exploring options for a surf holiday in Papua New Guinea. I asked two surf camps a simple question about room and bed configurations. We wanted to be sure we had our privacy and were not sharing with another couple in the same...
