Freedom
Freedom, Liberation, Sovereignty
How do you define Freedom? (let me know, I’m curious!) I believe it has to do with a state that is felt after liberation. And a remembering that we are all Sovereign Beings. Liberation from fears, tendencies, patterns, structures, and belief systems that no longer serve. Sovereignty, for me, is a feeling that I try…
Read MoreWhat You Think of Me Is None of My Business
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Read MoreLeadership Magic
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Read MoreMovement for Good
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Read MoreAuthentic Purpose
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Read MoreS H I N E
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Read MoreWhy Authenticity?
Combining an Integrated Style of Leadership Starts From the Inside-Out Thanks for indulging me a moment of your time. (time to read: 90 seconds) Feeling the chaos? There’s actually an acronym used to describe the Volatility, Uncertainty, Change and Ambiguity we are experiencing in our business and economic climate, VUCA. It’s time to Grow, Change,…
Read MoreBeginnings and Endings
Beginnings and Endings Happy 2017! Today as the winds gusted up to 45 mph here in St. Louis, the temps shifted, the clouds lifted and sun and springlike weather showed up this afternoon. Brought on by winds of change. Do you feel it? The palpable shifting of our society, our energy, our truth-telling, our growing…
Read MoreUp Over and Down Under
Up Over and Down Under, Beginnings, Endings & Using Both Sides of Our Brain… This trip has been full of paradoxes, juxtapositions and opposites and opportunities for looking at mirror images… First off, flying out of the Midwest as the sun was setting on December 20th and into the sunset for hours…the longest sunset on…
Read MoreTime for Bravery
It is never too late for Bravery says Margaret Wheatley. To stand, To speak up, To not let the overwhelm take hold. I’ve been laying low, cancelling events, filling my days with lots of introspection AND lots of diversions and distractions. There’s something being called forward within me, within the collective, and I’ve been pretending…
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