Through teaching the Component of Appreciation, I have come to realise that it is the saying of it that matters most. Translating the...

And the opposite of indifference is appreciation.

I love listening to people as they think about where their boundaries are: what they can say yes to, what they want and need to be able...

To be able to listen, hear, absorb, take in: without judgement and the need to respond or change how it is for the one you are listening...

We rarely need to be the bigger person when everything is comfortable and going according to plan. It’s the moments when we feel most...

Finding courage is a practice and thankfully it doesn’t require the absence of fear. The more we practice challenging our assumptions,...

When it’s over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married to amazement. ~ Mary Oliver I have been developing a relationship with...

What a difference it would make in this embattled world of ours if everyone knew this - I mean truly knew it! Simply, if I can access...

Ten years ago, not to the day, but roughly, Candice Smith and I spent the day together with a friend with marketing expertise learning...

“Brave is matching your insides and outsides. Actions are not inherently brave - the honouring of the inner compass instead of the outer...

I've been blessed in my life to carry the wound of being misunderstood, and I have a son with the same wound. And there are many in our...

It strikes me as interesting how “integrity” is such a loaded word in the English language. I wonder how it is in other mother tongues?...

“The things that frighten us just want to be held.” ~ Mark Nepo Hungry, angry, lonely, tired: HALT. It’s an acronym used in the 12...

I woke up one morning thinking of Helen Keller. Well, I woke up thinking how we live in interesting times…….which was one of my mother’s...

In the last month I have been having a relationship with competition, flaring up in a way that is quite breathtaking when it happens. It...

This is a hard ask for our egos. However, if we pause to think about it, it doesn’t take long to realise that an intact ego surrounded...

“An old idea states that there are always two stories going on in life: one is the great drama of the manifest world, and the other is...

Well, I ended my previous letter with a quote from Mary Oliver and I am beginning this one with another of my favourite poets. I wonder...

Well, if ever there was a time for cultivating courage, this is that time. It’s hard to believe that just 18 months ago I was sharing...

Earlier this year, I couldn’t bring myself to write, so deep in the belly of this particular beast was I. Now, I have shifted somewhat in...