Life Lessons
Face the Ogre
TweetYou must jump through the hoop of Fire, and
Skate to the middle of the Pond
to face the Ogre
So fear
Will no longer hold you back
From anything
It will not disappear
But it will not stand in the way
Anymore
A client, who is an executive coach, confronts the ogre who stopped him, as a child, from skating to the middle of the pond. This was ... Read more »
Each Moment, a Wonder
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One shirt.
Tan.
Size Large.
His.
Left behind.
From the visit.
Gone.
Returned to the place
He calls home
For now.
I fold it
On the kitchen counter
And am taken back
To the wonder
of
The First Folding.
The clothes for Him,
The one
Swimming
In my body,
While I fold
And wonder
His precious life
To be.
Still the folding
And the wondering
Twenty Years
Grateful for the wonder
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Corporate Fear
TweetAccording to leadership and organizational experts Jeffrey Pfeffer and Margaret Wheatley, fear is both pervasive and detrimental in the workplace.
Organizations… are cluttered with control mechanisms that paralyze employees and leaders alike. These mechanisms seem to derive from our fear — our fear of one another, of a harsh competitive world, and of the natural processes of growth and change that ... Read more »
I’ve Rewired My Brain, Now What?
TweetMost of my work involves executive coaching and consulting to leaders regarding change, developing leadership teams, innovating in the work place and the like. I also work with a small number of psychotherapy patients, because I love to see people blossom regardless of the garden’s name or location. Sometimes, maybe often, the learning from one garden applies to the other.
This ... Read more »
