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We live in a time of breathtaking change and challenge, and therapists are reporting an uptick in anxiety. Paradoxically, this is the best time ever to shake off overwhelm, get quiet, and tune into what might be possible in our lives, our careers, our organizations, our country, and globally. This is because upheaval creates new openings and opportunities.

Creativity, innovation, and most importantly vision have never been more needed.

Being a visionary leader is not dependent on circumstances…

Sometimes things feel hard because they aren't moving fast enough, and we don't see our desires manifesting or feel we aren't getting the results we want at our job or in our business. And sometimes events move so fast, and we feel helpless to tell the direction they are moving in, that we get scared. We often label that chaos.

Chaos can appear at any level but can be most disconcerting when our work feels overwhelming, unmanageable, or is taking too much of our life energy. 

But what is chaos…

I have the great good fortune of living in Albuquerque, NM where the largest balloon festival in the world takes place every year. There are a lot of factors that led to this, but the high desert weather is very well suited to balloon launches in the early morning hours at the beginning of fall. During the festival, which spans eight days, the skies are often filled with balloons and going out to the field where they launch is magical (see the photo from last October). As I experience the balloo…

I have a high tolerance for pain which can really come in handy sometimes but not so much if it goes on for a long time or is related to a situation I am dealing with over and over. A few times in my work life I have ignored an unsatisfying environment for a very long time and many of my clients come to me at the point they realize, after much suffering, they are settling for less than they want.

The paradox is that although it is fantastic to at last recognize that we are suffering in our job …

I don’t know about you, but I say bring on more happiness at work! We spend so much of our time doing whatever we do for a living or whatever we define as our work even if it isn’t connected to income or wealth generation that we might as well enjoy it to the max.

When we do have more happiness at work it positively affects our co-workers, our customers or clients, enhances the well-being of all, and gifts us with a higher quality of life.

This is because we are one with the one life, or the u…

The calls for a four-day work week have gotten louder in recent years, spurred on by the realizations many workers had during the pandemic that work as we know it needs to change.

In the United Kingdom last year, a trial of the four-day workweek involving about 3,000 employees at 61 companies was largely successful. Researchers found that employee well-being went up while company revenue was not significantly affected. Other similar pilot programs have found a four-day week can reduce absenteei…

I know a lot of us, including myself, have gotten tremendous benefit from various forms of yoga, which can help with strength and cultivating movement integrated with breath. These forms of physical yoga provide deep benefits for body and mind. But yoga as it emerged in India thousands of years ago has multiple levels of practices associated with it and is grounded in the spiritual. 

According to the Oxford Dictionary, the word Yoga means 'union'. You can think of it is a union of the individua…

I am a Star Wars fan, so I am watching The Mandalorian on Disney+. There are some really intriguing things happening in season three, including Grogu (baby Yoda) having his own pint-sized viewing bubble inside Mando’s starship. But one thing that stays the same is the way the traditional Mandalorian express their ideals and creed: This is the Way. One of the most visible parts of this creed is to not take one’s helmet off (except when alone). The helmet is a symbol of the strength and courage …

You know it’s time to let go when you hit a wall and it hurts so much you have to release the struggle. At that point you realize you are strong enough to face the emotions and circumstances that kept you holding on. 

It is a mystery why letting go often takes such a long time but for sure it will come and at just the right time for you to trust you can handle what happens next. 

I finally got to see the movie Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and so much of it is about the challenge of letting g…

I started out this year on January 2 with lots of energy for diving back into my work and enthusiasm for embracing a new year and whatever it might bring. I felt open and free. After a few days of some challenges (internal and external), the old friend self-judgment whispering I was not doing enough or should be farther along, and some trembling in the force for good in the world I was drained and off balance.

I re-gained my perspective and sense of being grounded on this earth, belonging and t…