Trust is considered essential for leadership, but where does real trust come from? We often hear about acting with integrity, consistency and fairness, recognizing value and rewarding achievement. While these are all important qualities in a leader, there is something deeper than all of these. What is it that really makes us trust another human…
I wrote in my last article about the meaning of Awakened Leadership. Awakened Leadership is being aware of your state of mind. This awareness leads to more synchronicity and flow, knowing when to back off from major decisions and interactions with others, and when to trust your thinking and lean in to life. But where…
I found a good yoga teacher here in mid-coast Maine. Her name is Denyse Robinson and I attend her Saturday class at the High Mountain Hall in Camden – a beautiful wooden barn with a large yoga space upstairs, with big windows looking out at the Camden mountains. In the last class, Denyse said, ‘As…
I was talking with a client today who has been struggling I had talked with him last week, and taught him, as I do everyone, about the Thought-Feeling connection, and the inside-out nature of life. I asked him if our conversation last week had been helpful at all. “Oh yes,” he said. ‘I’m working with…
I usually tell a client story here, but this time I’m going to write about a friend whom I shall call Nancy. She’s someone I’ve known for many years, and we stay in touch from time to time. She often calls me when she’s in distress. Recently Nancy became an empty nester, and she was…
Optimism matters. We want to feel optimistic, that all’s right with the world, that whatever challenges we face, there is hope. When we are in an optimistic state of mind, we have a sense of being carried by life, by something that we can’t quite name or put our finger on; something that not only…
Client Story Part II – What Is Consciousness? In the last ezine, I told a story I called “Should We Be Happy all the Time?” It was about a woman, Mary, who had been struggling in her marriage. When Mary realized that gaining an understanding of her mental life, and the inside-out nature of life,…
I had a call recently from a VP at a large advertising firm. She wanted me to work with one of her direct reports, a man named Jim. A was a general manager in his early 40’s. He had lots of talent, but he was a procrastinator, and it was getting in the way of…
I had a call recently from a VP at a large advertising firm. She wanted me to work with one of her direct reports, a man named Jim. A was a general manager in his early 40’s. He had lots of talent, but he was a procrastinator, and it was getting in the way of…
“Why is it that I can’t get myself moving in a direction that I’ve chosen,” a client was asking me. “I’ve chosen a direction for my life, got all the systems in place, know I want to be doing this, but can’t seem to do it.” This is a client who in the past, was…
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