The Body Speaks – Are You Listening?

The Body Speaks – Are You Listening?

I wasn’t.   Her body language said so much. I could see the discomfort long before it was her turn to speak. Twisting uncomfortably in her chair, a frown appearing, disappearing and reappearing. I had the feeling that her palms were sweaty, eyes looking down a...
Do You Dare Go To The “Grateful Edge”?

Do You Dare Go To The “Grateful Edge”?

When I wrote this over 4 years ago, I thought I had started to come through the most difficult conflicts of my life. I had no idea that they were the preparation for the hell I was about to experience for the next three years. I am thankful for the grateful edge and I...
They Hear What You’re Putting Down

They Hear What You’re Putting Down

Feedback vs. Criticism, lines crossed   It is a cry I have heard far too often over the last couple of years. “It is difficult to manage millennials, they hear feedback as criticism and are always taking everything personally.” What’s interesting about this to me...
How To Have Healing Conversations

How To Have Healing Conversations

Are We Still Arguing About This??   Lord knows this was the familiar refrain at my family get-togethers for decades! That’s right, decades. “You two are still arguing about this?” By the time we reach our thirties and beyond, we’ve engaged in lots of conflicts,...
Mistakes Happen

Mistakes Happen

We Need To Know This Now More Than Ever… How Do We Create a Safe Space For Making Mistakes? Nobody wants to answer that, we’re too afraid we’ll make a mistake. Mistakes happen, actually, they don’t just happen we make them. And what happens when we make them? If...
I Have to Push This With Ya’ll

I Have to Push This With Ya’ll

We have got to make the difficult conversations the every day ones   So let’s start with racism. There are so many tragedies and wrongs going on that you may not know where to turn. Well, I do. Whether you want to believe it or not, at the bottom of the...