Fear of Not Knowing Enough, Support for Response

I am writing this piece to help sensitive-but-not-fragile people empower themselves and in turn feel safer listening to and lifting up the voices of others. The following seem to be important reminders for those of us who want to keep…

Social Contracts?!?

This weekend I was at a training and someone mentioned “social agreements”. My ears immediately went “Ping!” Whaaaat? Did I agree? Someone else called them “social contracts”. Whaaaaaaaaaaaat?!??!!! Did I sign?!? Here’s today’s list of agreements my head somehow got around…

Crisis–Spread the Word!

Did you know that “crisis” comes from a Latinized form of the Greek krisis, meaning “turning point in a disease”?! And also from the PIE root krei “to sieve”, as in, as pointed out by TED-er Glennon Melton, to sift…

When Integrity is a Lie–and How to Move Into Freedom

Pushing yourself to be “authentic” is not Authentic at all. One of my very favorite things to do is coach coaches. Today one explained to me that she needed “to be more unapologetically myself!” She was talking about approaching multiple…