In my roles as a facilitator or team coach, I am frequently structuring group conversations to help people reach consensus. But lately, I’m noticing how often I am in settings where people are working independently alongside each other instead. Alone together.
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Are you in a tough situation or season right now? Lots of people I know are, as they navigate job disappointments, caregiving responsibilities, health challenges, relationship changes, financial pressures…it’s a lot.
And it has me thinking about the importance of balancing agency with acceptance.
Continue reading “Agency and Acceptance”Ripe Raspberries
“There are no ripe raspberries there.”
“Approach the raspberry patch from the other direction and see if anything shows up.”
“Look at all the ripe raspberries!”
This was how a conversation unfolded on vacation last week with my five-year-old granddaughter, Tatum, as we peered into the bushes at the side of the road near our cottage. Walking one way down the road, we couldn’t see any raspberries. Coming from the other direction, there were dozens on the very same plant.
Continue reading “Ripe Raspberries”Walking the Talk on the Dock
As someone who writes about the wisdom of pausing and enjoying a change of scenery, I figure I’d better practice what I preach!
I’ll be back in your inbox in a couple of weeks.
Continue reading “Walking the Talk on the Dock”The Person We No Longer Are
What’s holding you back?
I mean it, quite specifically.
If you are on the brink of a new adventure, but are having trouble stepping into it, it can help to look square in the face of what’s stopping you. For real.
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