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More or Less
Recently, I caught up with a friend who is approaching that magical age of 50. Somewhere around this age, give or take 5-10 years, so many of us go through that phase we’ve unfortunately labeled a “midlife crisis.” I much prefer to think of this phase as a midlife awakening. The conversation went as these
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Fiercely Loyal
Throughout my life, I’ve described myself as fiercely loyal. Historically, I’d say that’s an aspect of my personal brand. Loyalty never made the list when I did a values exercise, but I identified with it and boasted about it. Now, that concept of loyalty gives me great pause. While I don’t want to throw the
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Acknowledge. Honour. Release.
The past few months have been filled with new gifts of awareness. The primary catalyst was my meditation retreat in December. It formed a wave of new awareness, arguably a tsunami of awareness, that I’ve been tumbling around in ever since. It seems to me that, as children, we enter this world as lumps of
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Learning to Read
It’s safe to say I read a lot. Certainly more than the average bear*. I’ve often felt my reading was more about quantity than quality. Recently, I’ve experienced a profound shift in my relationship with reading that may inspire you to re-evaluate your own. Reading as Achievement My love of reading has long been intertwined
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My Service Shift
“Service” has always been a loaded term for me. Over the years, I’ve watched with fascination as my relationship with service has morphed and evolved. This might be unique to me, but I suspect it isn’t, and if your relationship with service is following my trajectory, today’s share might serve to accelerate your progress along
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Stillness
Take a moment and contemplate stillness. Humor me. Take thirty seconds, close your eyes, and do your best to be still. I’ll wait. Did you last for thirty seconds? What was your experience of being still? Did it feel familiar? Were you eager to get on with your day? I believe developing our comfort with
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Openness
If there is a single word that captures the essence of my walkabout, it’s openness. When we look at values, or leadership qualities we hold dear, openness doesn’t usually make the cut – it’s usually overshadowed by integrity, trust, courage, authenticity, vulnerability, emotional intelligence, etc. I think openness deserves to be on this list. I
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Building Your Council
Last year, I wrote about The Council of Joshes. This has become a staple of my life, allowing me to acknowledge and explore different aspects of who I am. Recently, one of my teachers suggested that as I’m growing, I need the council because it’s just too hard to fit who I am becoming into
