Posts Tagged "alive"

The urgent need for Active Patience

Posted by on Jun 6, 2014 in Sustainability, Writing | 0 comments

The urgent need for Active Patience

I was offered the honor of a lifetime when Naropa University (where I received my Master’s degree) asked me to be the graduate speaker at my commencement in May 2014. I used this opportunity to speak about my deepest passions and yearnings. I talk about our role as humans on this planet, and the lessons that arise from the core of our beings when we let ourselves rest. I had a lot of fun crafting and delivering this gift, and I hope you enjoy receiving it as much as I enjoyed presenting...

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Boost your sustainability by diversifying your bottom line

Posted by on Feb 5, 2014 in Sustainability, Wellness, Writing | 0 comments

Boost your sustainability by diversifying your bottom line

There are many ways to measure success.  Businesses look to their finances and profits, nonprofits look to their relationships and societal impact, and environmentalists look to their ecological footprint.  But a deeper look reveals something much more soft to measure.  In our hybridized world, a singular and narrow bottom line is no longer enough.  Customers now look to their business partners to have a positive social and environmental impact, and donors and foundations want to ensure their...

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All the time in the world

Posted by on Jan 6, 2014 in Sustainability, Wellness, Writing | 0 comments

All the time in the world

Time is a flowy, circular, and rather paradoxical concept.  Relative to region, culture, age, sense of spirituality, belief, and even altitude, time can feel different for everybody.  I have experienced many diverse quickenings and hinderings at different moments in my life, depending on inner and outer circumstances.  Some have been expansive, some universal, and some uncomfortably constrictive.  Elizabeth Gilbert captures this notion of time eloquently in her new novel, The Signature of All...

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Life likes life: Articulating the ethic of sustainability

Posted by on Oct 4, 2013 in Sustainability, Writing | 0 comments

Life likes life: Articulating the ethic of sustainability

Sustainability is a beloved word often used by earth lovers and green-washers alike.  This term embodies many definitions and identities from ecology to sociology, marketing to spirituality, science to design.  It typically balances the three areas of ecology/environment, economy/employment, equity/equality.  The many ways of understanding sustainability speaks to the fact of its relevancy in our time.  Sustainability connects us to the fact of our interconnectedness, our place in the...

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Meditation on the fragile self

Posted by on Sep 23, 2013 in Wellness, Writing | 0 comments

Meditation on the fragile self

“You enter the brain through the eye, march up the optic nerve, round and round the cortex, looking behind every neuron, and then before you know it, you emerge into daylight on the spike of a motor nerve impulse, scratching your head and wondering where the self is”  ~ Daniel Dennett How would you say who you are?  What is your identity? Observe yourself and see if you can grasp yourself.  Where are you?  Where is your identity?  Can you point to where your identity is in your body? Stay...

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