July 14, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development
I want genuine wisdom It is easy to give our sense-making and power away to a ‘somebody.’ A ‘somebody’ with a title – be that a truly earned title or one created out of thin air – or ‘somebody’ with a gazillion followers. To think that this person,...
July 6, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Acts of great love To dare to care enough to call people to account, to hold them to a better, yet to-be-expressed version of themselves, is an act of love. When people react with venom, when they blame, justify, and strike out, this is the soft wound they harbour,...
July 5, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication, Personal Development
Where am I closed In a world that seems to be at the extremes of polarisation, the time now is to cultivate our ability to deeply seek to understand another. Why are they taking this position? How did they arrive at this perspective? Where are they open to another...
July 4, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
Obstacles are signs When we hit a bump on the wave of life we may find ourselves wrestling with all that is wrong. We may get into the weeds of the drama. The defence and justification, the pain, the burn of experience. Is this the place to go, I wonder? Where are...
July 3, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication, Personal Development
Polarity is essential It is a gloomy winter’s day here in the Southern Hemisphere. The first cloudy, wet day in weeks. Yet the sunrise! I marvel constantly that the most spectacular sunrises are often when it is gloomy and cloudy. The light needs the dark to...
July 1, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
Listen with our whole being When a relational dynamic is dissonant or there is a loss of coherence, listening become essential. To listen… With ears only. Not enough. With an open heart only. Not enough. With an open mind only. Not enough. With curiosity only. Not...
