How to choose a courageous leader to vote for in upcoming elections
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There are a lot of elections coming up and a lot of leaders out there asking for your support. In some situations every single vote will make a difference as candidates put forward vastly different platforms and look for you to be on their side.
It’s the sides that trouble me. Politics is often presented as a conversation between winners and losers, those who are for and those who are against a particular issue. No one wins in the long run...
“There was a school shooting in my community. How do I start the conversation?”
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 about where to start doing something. When she shared her anguish, others in the group echoed her sentiments.
- Where to start making change?
- How to make a difference?
- How to have the conversation?
Let me start here. Rule #1 about brave, honest conversations is that there are no magic wands,...
A “Recipe” For Connection
The unlikely combination of spaghetti, marshmallows and masking tape reminded us about the power of connection recently.
We all need human connection. The kindness, compassion, and generosity that allows us to be seen and to see others. The power that comes from being linked to others in common understanding, meaning or purpose. The energy and momentum that gets created when we are part of a group when we are understood, the sheer of joy of when things “work”.
In our work with...
