“What led me to this place?” and “How do I choose to be here?” are a pair of questions that I make a practice of asking myself regularly. I identified them many years ago in a conversation with two friends who were holding space for me as I talked through my tendency to self-blame when …
Category archives: Personal Development
Community nourishment
Last June I sent out a call for community nourishment to a small group of friends in Toronto. It started like this: “Hi friends. Since my mom’s diagnosis with osteosarcoma, followed by a life-saving below-the-knee amputation, and, now, chemotherapy, a number of folks have asked me if there’s anything they can do to help. ‘Community …
Any way you slice it, there are only so many hours
Picture a pie. Any pie. A fruit pie. A quiche. A pizza pie. Not hungry? Okay. Picture a pie chart. Just, please, for me, choose some fun colours. Make it a joyful pie chart. Now, imagine cutting your pie into 24 slices and serving up eight of those slices (just over a quarter of your …
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One day at a time
A simple prompt to remind us that daily practices are key if we want to nudge into reality any aspirations, goals, words for the year, or visions we identify for ourselves or our teams.