CORRECTION – Centering Circle Fri, February 5
CORRECTION: Yesterday's invitation to the February Centering Circle contained the incorrect date. The correct date…
0 Comments
January 15, 2021
Co-production and advocacy / Disability / Improving healthcare / Leadership and growth / My toolkit / Special Needs Parenting
Dec 4 – Centering Circle – A mini-retreat for leaders
Centering Circles are live, on-line sessions offering a space to get quiet, reflect, share and hear what’s happening within you and others. By pausing to examine our inner world, we become more able handle complexity, to sustain our energy and to lead with integrity in the outer world – for each other, our families, our organizations and our communities.
November 17, 2020
Final Spring Centering Circles May 29 & June 5
Please join me for one or both of the final two Centering Circles - virtual, small group gatherings to reflect on and integrate what's happening within and around us.
May 25, 2020
Photo by Josh Calabrese
Co-production and advocacy / Disability / Improving healthcare / Leadership and growth / My toolkit / Special Needs Parenting
Can you see their health? A salutogenic take on parenting, leadership and change
As a parent of a young adult with physical and developmental disability and multiple chronic conditions and as a healthcare change agent, I’ve been thinking about how paradigms in healthcare influence how I see and experience my life and my work. In particular, I’m noticing how a new paradigm in particular is giving me a greater sense of ease and effectiveness.
January 27, 2020
Co-production and advocacy / Disability / Improving healthcare / Leadership and growth / My toolkit / Special Needs Parenting
On my mind, nightstand and to-do list
A quick update on what I'm thinking, reading and working on
January 14, 2020
Photo by Dennis Brendel
Deep listening as a leadership practice
One theme that appeared again and again is deep listening. It seems to be a foundational practice for living and leading well. Here’s a round-up of some of the practices and insights this fall has offered.
December 19, 2019
On frost and sunflowers
As the dog and I walked down the street early this morning, I heard the scraping of a car windshield, heralding this season’s first frost. I'm reminded that it’s the autumnal equinox today, and I brace myself for the coming shorter days with a sense of dread by pulling my sweater tighter around me.
September 23, 2019
Finding courage
When I listen to my heart tell me what is more important to me than avoiding an immediate threat, the courage to act can suddenly appear.
September 4, 2019
What matters to me
Asking “What matters to you?” as well as “What is the matter?” It doesn't sound like a big change, but it is.
June 3, 2019
If the lights go out, just move
This past winter I spent a long weekend on retreat in stillness and good company. The theme of the retreat was hidden seeds, the way nature can look as if it's sleeping or even dead, when it is in fact gathering strength and getting ready to burst forth when the conditions are favorable.
May 9, 2019