Never need for Apology
I’ll admit a little secret: I’m not always perfect. In fact, I’m rarely ever perfect. Nor would I wish to be. However, I do find a sense of integrity in vulnerability, in the flow state of learning in the present moment and being open to life. As a recent practice, I have been working with the notion of remorse. Inspired by Marshall Rosenberg, who teaches remorse as an alternative path to apology, I have been practicing being with the feelings associated with grief, instead of jumping past...
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If I were to describe to you what I’ve learned in my Environmental Leadership Master’s degree, I’d most likely tailor it specifically in a way you’re likely to understand, connect, and converse about it. You see, I want to have meaningful conversations with you about the health of the emotional self, the body of culture, and our home planet. Environmental Leadership is about taking a whole-systems view of the world, the interrelationships between people, and...
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“We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow-men; and along those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as effects” ~ Herman Melville Throughout my journey as an environmental leader, I’ve learned that communication is essential. The words we say and the ways we interact contribute to our karma in ways that can harm, and ways that can heal. The tools of empathetic attunement, resonance, and...
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My best guide in life is a mixture of joy and terror. These feelings, when woven together, produce a powerful sense of aliveness and purpose. Without the joy, what’s the point? And without the terror, how can I grow and expand? These are the feelings I can always recognize as the threshold to an expanded consciousness. I felt this way before I chose to move to the place I now call home, when I applied to graduate school to go after my dreams, when I first adopted my dog-baby Dilly, before...
Read MoreOpening up to welcome in the world
I consider privacy to be a favorite luxury. I currently enjoy a life of independence, a supporting role behind the scenes, a hermitage of clandestine study. I love this life. I love the attention I can give to reading, sleeping, meditating, writing, and walking my dog. I love the relationship I have cultivated with myself. And, I also want a life of love and healthy relationships. My desire for a vibrant relationship trumps my desire to have my home to myself, and so, I recently opened up...
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