April 2, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Check our assumptions Twice in the last week, people have made assumptions about me, putting me on trial without a single question asked of me. I was judged guilty both times. Curiosity is a wonderful thing. Why did you do that, Christine? Tell me what you have done...
March 30, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication
Synergy is the ground for partnership Our world will not survive if we continue our dominating practices. Thriving life needs partnership. Riane Eisler has spent her life dedicated to education around partnership and domination. Her most famous work, The Chalice and...
March 5, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication
Speaking differently We know more of the same gets more of the same. Yet we do more of the same. Someone said this was a definition of insanity. Or foolishness. Cultural change happens when we stop arguing well and start speaking differently, particularly in a world...
February 29, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication
Betrayal and collusion When someone betrays another, when they deceive, lie to, or steal from another, they unintentionally (or sometimes intentionally) show their true character. A betrayer has the capacity to lie and cheat. They will continue to betray unless they...
November 7, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Progressing conversations Human relational dynamics are complex, not complicated. Complex is not a straight line, a slice-and-dice approach. Complex requires step by step. The conversation and relationship emerge from the full understanding of each position and...
September 26, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication
When we stay silent we are complicit In general, our silence about issues of human import makes us spectators, not citizens. In our silence, we join the ranks of the noisiest spectators. Noisy spectators are often the rudest and most entitled. You can tell where the...
