August 25, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Hubris, entitlement, excess – A running lesson on staying humble It goes like this. I am running. Feeling great. In the flow. Striding out. Fresh morning air on my face. This thought or a variation arises, “You are so cool, Christine”, or “You...
August 17, 2014 | Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
A promise to make the world better through business We are all born carrying a promise – a promise to make the world better. There is a yearning to make good on that promise that none of us can suppress forever. Marianne Williamson What wakes you at 2.23AM?...
August 16, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Sustainability, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Practice daydreaming Today I spent some time at the beach. My brain was full from a busy few days of travel and meetings. It was time to not think, not do, not try, not create…to simply be present. The beach is made for daydreaming. Our thoughts seem to flow like the...
August 16, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Daydreaming and rest as a business practice You know the feeling, 10 or more balls in the air. Deadlines. Inbox stuffed to the gunnels. People asking you for the extra odd commitment. Sleep starts to suffer. Pulse rate up. Can’t sit still. Wild energy flowing...
August 11, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Personal Sustainability, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Life is flow. Life is change. That can be uncomfortable. So was learning to walk. Get over it Sometimes our view is from above…and sometimes from the ground. In our dreams, we may even have a view from below. Each time we seek to change our view, new truths are...
August 8, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Personal Sustainability
We are nature Nature brings us back to self. Or perhaps by being in nature, we are reminded that we are nature. It is so easy for us to slip into the separate perspective… I… human… am separate from you… nature. I have dominion. I am smarter, better, faster… HAH!! It...
