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The courage to witness
I recently heard a story, told by Roshi Joan Halifax, about the Dalai Lama’s visit to Ishinomaki after the terrible 2011 tsunami. It wasn’t so much what he did or said that struck me, but what someone who observed him reflected. Pico Iyer was with the Dalai Lama at Ishinomaki and described how hundreds of…
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I’m Listening
Just sharing a poem that always grounds me and brings me closer to myself. I’m listening yet I don’t knowIf what I hear is silenceOr god I’m listening but I can’t tellIf I hear the plain of emptiness echoingOr a keen consciousness thatAt the bounds of the universeDeciphers and watches me I only know I…
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Beauty has the allure to draw the other world
How is your work beautiful? What does it take to reconnect with its essence? As I prepare to facilitate or coach, sometimes I find myself rediscovering wonder, inspiration, and maybe even beauty as a way for these containers to keep their fragrant essence. Especially for the things I do more than once. The more I…
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From holding space to being held by it
At the start of a coaching conversation, it can be useful to think of holding space for a client. The identity shifts away from you to being present to another. Holding space can be a helpful heuristic allowing the coach to let go, and be open to new possibilities. The client, who may have come…
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Whatever we give space to can move
Until we give something space, it cannot move. Space to be seen, to be accepted, to tell us what it was trying to tell us all along. To become a part of us. Sometimes we hear echoes of the things we’ve denied space. Maybe it’s how you feel when someone talks over others. Is it…
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Scaling change: From managing behaviour to influencing beliefs
*We’re trying something different today and sharing a little video. Let us know what you think! If an organisation’s outcomes result from the actions of its people, how do you influence action at scale? Maybe we want to see more communication across our organisation. Or less reactive decision making. Perhaps we’d like to see more…
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It doesn’t have to be right, it just has to be theirs
In a recent call with a good friend and coach, Joanne Perold, she used the phrase, “It doesn’t have to be right, it just has to be theirs.” And it resonated instantly. Because what is right? Most of our work is in places where we are not best positioned to answer the question of, “What…
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Now you know who you are
When you accomplish what feels impossible at first – a mountain you believed you couldn’t climb but did – it expands the sense of who you are. You now know you can climb impossible mountains. It becomes a part of how you show up. Knowledge and knowing become subtly different, with lived experience outshining your belief in…