What is the Difference Between Loneliness and Solitude?
/Being lonely while alone is quite a bit different than enjoying solitude while alone. But why?
Read MoreSeeing True™ is a moment of epiphany that is so pronounced that subsequent changes in direction or behavior are dramatically altered for the better. The Greeks called this “metanoia,” which means "change of mind," though it might translate better today as “a profound change of heart.” In the Seeing True framework, we focus on transformation as the desired result, and forgiveness and relationships as the spaces in which we practice.
What if You Knew the Whole Story?
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Recently I was in a workshop for learning strategies for overcoming stigma. The workshop focused on those people and circumstances where harsh judgment is easy: mothers who drink while pregnant and thereby injure their unborn children.If you noticed your own inner reaction to that statement, you very likely experienced the nature of the challenge. It is quite possible without even knowing such a woman you immediately condemned her for her behavior.
Read MoreSpeaking True: Leading the Way
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Do you think of yourself as a leader? You may be surprised to find out what leadership really is. Watch this episode of Speaking True "Leading the Way" to learn more.
Read MoreDeep in the Swamp
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Any one who struggles cannot be in any space other than the one they find themselves in. Given time, place, circumstances, beliefs and any number of factors that are fixed both inside and outside us, everyone is presently in the only space they can possibly find, even if it is a swamp.
The only question is whether we are willing and able to join them there.
Read MoreSomeone to Ground You
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It was no wonder she was seen as one of their “best and brightest” young leaders. [We] began with what I like to call “the truth talk.”
Read MoreFreely Received, Freely Given
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“I can’t do this without you,” my mentor said to me. So too were these words delivered from his mentor to him, and now from me to others.
Read MoreGently is the Way
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Each of us has adopted our own sense of normal based on our experience. It may not be normal, and may not be useful, but it is familiar.
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