August 23, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
To know humility is to be powerful We came to Sri Lanka for adventure and to spend two weeks in one place surfing. Today I had a case of the yips. Fear ruled my head. Tony, my partner and amazing surf coach, reassured me that the waves are different today, requiring...
June 26, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
The mushy protected spaces of vulnerability To be truly intimate is risky. We must allow ourselves to be seen. All-seen. The shadow and the light. Our brilliance and our BS. All walls and protections down. Sometimes, if we have surfaced from trauma and low-trust...
February 13, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Raising children in 2023 *The following is a generalisation, requiring some adaptation and nuance depending on the child’s neuro-bio-physiology and the context. *Awareness of others and your effects on others. Begin this training at the walking stage of...
December 27, 2022 | Beauty of Beginnings, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Intimacy in relationship requires profound sharing When we hold back what we are thinking, feeling and sensing in a relationship that matters to us we simultaneously fail to gift the other the opportunity to partner with us. Often times we do this because we might not...
December 24, 2022 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Sustainability, Syntropic Enterprise
Beauty demands entry A sea eagle landed on the beach beside us this morning. This beautiful creature made me think of Nature, of its majestic complexity. How people like David Attenborough have translated Nature for our ready access. When we live in and close to...
