Notes From The Field
I have long taught people that in a world where we can focus on facts or feelings in our conversations with others, we should address and de-escalate feelings FIRST, before we talk about facts. This h...
“What is your relationship to joy?” That question was voiced a few years ago by a colleague as we were talking about work with high emotion. In my work, I’ve got a friendly relationship with some of t...
Recently I turned on the television and came across a documentary entitled “You are Here: A Come From Away Story”. I spent an hour on the couch both laughing with joy and crying tears from being moved...
A “burning” question from a workshop participant.
Can you be yourself at work? Can you authentically interact with others in the public arena? Do you need to stay in character to have tough conversat...
I’ve been doing a series of video interviews for an event called Gather that I’m hosting — all about brave, honest conversations. In reflecting on what people are telling me when I ask them about brav...
I’ve led a number of really brave, honest conversations lately, where the space between people was laden with emotion, judgment, assumption and power imbalances. Being able to stay with the conversati...
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 ...
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...
It can be surprising when you need to have a brave, honest conversation. Sometimes, when you least expect it.
Recently, I took my mother-in-law to the Doctor. The trip left me with some heartache, gr...
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Protests, marches, petitions. Riots, police barricades, people injured and killed. Anger, righteous indignation, tragedy and discrimination. Natural disasters,...
- Violence in Charlottesville.
- Climate Change impacts destroying property, wildlife, the environment.
- A growing divide between rich and poor.
- Discrimination, polarization and a rise in hatred.
- Glo ...
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