In the Dark of Winter, Embrace the Discomforts of Growth
The pandemic. Cooped up inside to avoid the cold. Seasonal affective disorder. Climate change. Mercury retrograde. Restlessness, discontent, and malaise is not uncommon this time of year, especially during these trying times. Our tendency may be to push through, force a smile onto our faces, and pretend it’s not there. Certainly there are situations that […]
Acquisition Addiction: Four Hidden Costs
The holidays: fun, joy of celebration, memories galore. All impossible without sparkly décor, red and green garb, and a load of presents, right? How about I skip rant about the commercialization of Christmas, and talk about four reasons the acquisition approach is actually detracting from your goal? First, although the euphoria of […]
A Reason for Hope: Framing Today’s Challenges as a Hero’s Journey
It has been perhaps nearly a century since humanity has experienced an upheaval on the scale of our current climate change and pandemic threats. Unlike the world wars, we have no “enemy”, but rather a microscopic predator on one end, and macroscopic Earth needing care on the other. Both micro and macro scales are hard […]
