Notes From The Field

Creating from chaos, some monkeys and a circus chaos

This blog could really be titled how the circus came to town and I got totally lost in the chaos.

We moved this summer after living in the same house where we raised our family for 16 years. Like mos...

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How NOT to write a book: facing fear & inadequacy in the woods

The setting for two weeks in the Canadian wilderness.

I turned 50 two weeks ago. I’ve never been someone who had challenges with birthdays; more often I’ve seen them as opportunities to reflect, be g...

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What is your super power? brave

Me, wearing my super hero cape, stepping into my super powers that allow me to have brave, honest conversations.

No one is born knowing how to brave, honest conversations about issues that really mat...

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What your kids are NOT talking to you about

A circle of chairs waiting for the conversation to begin.

I recently spent a week of afternoons at our local elementary school running a series of workshops about Brave, Honest Conversations with a g...

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Dying Sucks

This isn’t a profound blog about finding meaning and beauty in death. Because the process doesn’t always work out that way.

All living things die. But the dying isn’t always beautiful, peaceful or ge...

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Redefining success: our new normal is outrage, opposition & polarization

A picture I took of a protestor (with his permission) who set up camp outside the B.C. legislature week after week to protest tax changes.

It used to be that when we brought people together to talk a...

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Socratic Circles: a method to support high emotion, high conflict conversations™

Me facilitating a socratic circle conversation about a high conflict issue in a rural community in Chile

In workshops and trainings I am asked over and over again HOW to bring people together when em...

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Answering YOUR questions about Brave, Honest Conversations: Edition #2

I get asked a lot of tough questions in my work. People weren’t born knowing how to have brave, honest conversations and it can be really scary, intimidating and anxiety producing to have a tough conv...

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How your right to a voice on Facebook doesn’t give you the right to be a jerk

In a world of social media with thousands of friends, follows and likes we are increasingly isolated and disconnected

This is a story of how I lost my cool, re-found my centre and spent some time ref...

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“There was a school shooting in my community. How do I start the conversation?” brave bravehonestconversations courage

I was sitting in a workshop last week and a friend turned me after the Florida school shooting and told me this was her town and asked me this question. She was heartbroken, overwhelmed and at a loss ...

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Answering YOUR Questions about brave, honest conversations: Edition #1 brave bravehonestconversations

I get asked a lot of tough questions in my work. People weren’t born knowing how to have brave, honest conversations and it can be really scary, intimidating and anxiety producing to have a tough conv...

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