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Poetry and Pragmatism

Poetry and Pragmatism

Finding The Time To Listen More Deeply ·      Insights Into Practices ·      Zen Puzzler: Whatever you meet is the path ·      What I’m Reading: Two children’s books ·      Half-day Retreat: In Mill Valley ·      Weekend Retreat: Green Gulch Farm Insights Into...

For Wellbeing, Return To The Well

For Wellbeing, Return To The Well

Insights Into Practices What I’m Reading My Favorite Quote This Week Weekend Retreat Insights Into Practices I once led a day-long meditation retreat for a group of twelve Google engineers. We did several 30-minute periods of meditation in the morning and afternoon,...

You Go First: In Leadership and Life

You Go First: In Leadership and Life

·     Insights Into Practices ·     A Poem: I’m Nobody, by Emily Dickinson ·     What I’m Reading ·     Weekend Retreat Insights Into Practices Have you noticed that it can be challenging to have healthy, trusting, supportive, sustainable relationships at work and...

Listen. Listen. My Enthusiasm For Commencement Speeches

Listen. Listen. My Enthusiasm For Commencement Speeches

Insights Into Practices A Poem, The Secret What I’m watching Weekend Retreat 1× 0:00 -7:46 Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. (Recording of this Newsletter)   The word enthusiasm come from the Greek word entheos which means “the God...

How Do You Step From The Top Of A 100-Foot Pole?

How Do You Step From The Top Of A 100-Foot Pole?

Transforming Fears and Old Mental Models Insights Into Practices A Favorite Quote A Poem, by Rainer Maria Rilke Half Day Retreat - This Sunday morning There is a classic Zen “koan” a teaching story. It goes like this: You who sit on the top of a hundred foot pole,...