March 17, 2022 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Confronting our own violence Many years ago I found myself as a single mother of a 3-year-old child subject to two home invasions over a period of about 6 months. Someone came into our home in the night to steal while we were sleeping. I determined that I was not...
March 16, 2022 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
From protection to partnering with nature Our Western culture started with nature as an object to be exploited, extracted from, pillaged, colonised. The new mode is to protect it from ourselves. Such a strange impulse when you think about it. Given we humans are...
March 12, 2022 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Sustainability, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Time out Gangled nerves, flooded emotions. Intensity amplified. Disconnected from self, soul, my love, laughter, life. Time out. No thing to do. No where to go. The list composted. Mindful of how lucky I am to be able to do this when others do not have the luxury....
March 11, 2022 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
What if I am the problem? For most of the time between my mid-forties until only a few years ago I carried an inner feeling of self intimidation. I was afraid to speak up, to take a stand, to assert my authority and power. Not to be assertive in a dominant way, rather...
March 10, 2022 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Bypassing Suffering for Always-Positivity For many there is an urge to stay positive, to keep our eyes focused on possibility, to ignore the current reality that might include pain and suffering. To not read the news. I believe in hope, love and possibility. Yet if...
March 9, 2022 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Overwhelm When it is all too much. The pain, the suffering, the news, the struggle for survival, the longing for integrity in leadership, the costs of existence, the cruelty, the polarisation of information, the power and wealth asymmetries… Name it all. Take it from...
