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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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Be A Liver
I was connecting with a friend yesterday, and she reminded me how, a few years back, she told me I was like a liver. Memories of that conversation came flooding back, along with the blog post it inspired. Re-reading that post, it feels especially relevant today. There is so much going on in the world
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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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Mastery
Last week, I completed my 54th orbit of the sun.* As I sat in morning meditation, I received a message. “Let this be a Year of Mastery.” I must confess, I felt more than a little resistance to this suggestion from the Universe. Much of my recent journey has felt like unwinding an attachment to
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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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Navigating Troubled Waters
We live in unprecedented times, and the past week has been a roller coaster ride. We will each process this in our own way, in our own time. Today, I’d like to share a few thoughts about how I’m processing, hoping it helps you form your own way of processing. Stay Informed – In Moderation
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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
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Reorienting
Life offers many moments that demand reorientation—starting a new job, moving to a new home, or entering a new relationship. These events often force us to pause, observe, and recalibrate. As someone currently living a nomadic lifestyle—moving to a new location every few weeks—I’ve been immersed in a constant state of reorientation. This experience has
