Beauty.
Wisdom.
Exposure to interesting people and ideas.
Good company.
Space to breathe.
I’m just back from a retreat we called “Take Time.” It combined tools for self-awareness and navigating transitions with professional coaching, casual conversations, delicious seasonal food, time in nature, and a hands-on workshop making botanical “fire cider” — all in the company of women who were open, supportive and willing to dive into an experiment.
Continue reading “Don’t Wait”I’m no runner, but I’m told that the middle-distance runs are hardest — the ones where you need to push yourself to maintain a pace that is slower than a sprint but faster than a marathon.
Imagination and strategy both sit at that distance for me, and it’s what makes them exciting and difficult.
For strategy, we tend to look too short term.
For imagination, too long.
It’s Thanksgiving Monday where I live. And among other things to be grateful for, I am thankful that my family is generally happy to get together. Family gatherings are not “command performances” but are events we willingly create and look forward to.
Magnet, not mandate.
Continue reading “Magnet not Mandate”Prior to this year, I’d never seen Brené Brown in person, but I’d been a fan from afar. This year, I’ve seen her twice — most recently at the Fast Company Innovation Festival in New York, just prior to the launch of her new book, Strong Ground.
Continue reading “Book the Session”Knowing, and reminding other people of the benefits of reimagining (and of movement and sleep and mindfulness and…) does not allow you (or me!) to reap the benefits of doing those things. I need to do them.
So it was a powerful moment recently when Sarah Kent invited me to describe one of my dreams to her in 30 minutes. It’s part of a project called Dreamworks. (She does more interviews than she has time to post, so they get posted by random draw, anonymously…so I’d invite you to look for mine, but I’ll be looking for it too!)
Continue reading “Do as You’ve Told”