We Become Ourselves
We become ourselves in each other’s presence. I’m going to say that again and I invite you to really slow down and let this sink in… We...
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David Westerlund
- Sep 1, 2022
- 2 min
Unlocking Your Potential: the Immunity to Changeâ„¢ approach
It's funny. When I slow down, I feel more calm, centered, grounded, more in tune with myself and others around me. And yet why is it I...
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David Westerlund
- Feb 28, 2022
- 2 min
Transformational Learning + An Invitation
As I was making my coffee last Thursday morning I heard the news of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. My heart was heavy. And my heart...
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David Westerlund
- Feb 17, 2022
- 3 min
Embodying a Posture of Yes
When I started taking improv classes ten years ago I realized how often I was reflexively saying NO to my daughter. (You know, trying to...
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David Westerlund
- Feb 10, 2022
- 3 min
Receiving Feedback as a Gift
What's your reaction to the title of this blog? Understandably, many of us may have an adverse reaction to feedback based on how it may...
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David Westerlund
- Jan 27, 2022
- 2 min
We Need Learners
In 2015, the UN launched the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. They cover a wide range of critical and complex issues facing our planet...
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David Westerlund
- Jan 13, 2022
- 2 min
Who do you need to become?
Can you remember back to Fall 2016? I know, it was a whole 'nother eon. I remember going to hear Dr. Gabor Mate speak at our local...
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David Westerlund
- Jan 6, 2022
- 1 min
Start Small
Anything worth do- ing is worth starting small. And imperfectly. Just get on your mat Daily. That's all. Newness is coming. (This is my...
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David Westerlund
- Apr 8, 2021
- 3 min
Giving Ourselves Access to More Information
pictured: Amanda Blake, author of Your Body is Your Brain. I love ideas. I love interesting conversations. And I’ve been learning that...
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David Westerlund
- Mar 26, 2021
- 2 min
Cultivating Awareness Makes Change Possible
What we are not aware of, we cannot change. Once we become aware, then change is possible. And we often don’t realize the blind spots we...
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David Westerlund
- Mar 18, 2021
- 1 min
Practicing for the Future
Cellists practice for thousands of hours. Infielders practice scooping up grounders over and over. Paramedics practice when they will do...
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David Westerlund
- Mar 11, 2021
- 3 min
Facing Your Clutter
Last week in my post I talked about the Interstitial Spaces where salmon lay their eggs. What are those spaces in our lives where new...
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David Westerlund
- Mar 4, 2021
- 1 min
Interstitial Spaces
What happens when we don’t have space in our lives for something new to be born? About fifteen years ago I was working for a local...
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David Westerlund
- Dec 3, 2020
- 3 min
Rebuilding our Topsoil of Resilience
In these times that we are in it can feel like the topsoil of our lives is getting thinner and thinner. And yet sometimes we try to just...
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David Westerlund
- Oct 23, 2020
- 4 min
I Will Walk With You
"When we truly open our hearts to each other, there is no burden too heavy for us to carry together, there is no pain too deep for us to...
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David Westerlund
- Oct 9, 2020
- 3 min
The Myth of Pain Avoidance
As every therapist will tell you, healing involves discomfort - but so does refusing to heal. And, over time, refusing to heal is always...
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David Westerlund
- Sep 17, 2020
- 4 min
If We Only Had More Time
Have you ever said to yourself "If I could only add one more day to my week" ... or "If I only had more time." Today I want to explore...
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David Westerlund
- Sep 10, 2020
- 3 min
Which Resilience?
Resilience is a word that is getting a lot of airtime lately. (In fact, Susan Howlett and I are designing and facilitating a course for...
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David Westerlund
- Aug 27, 2020
- 3 min
the space between stimulus and response
There is a space between stimulus and response. And in that space lies our freedom and growth. - Viktor Frankl (author and concentration...
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David Westerlund
- Aug 13, 2020
- 5 min
Being Willing to Let Go
(Photo - If apples didn't let go of trees, how would we eat them?) I am in the season of a big transition. I am taking our daughter to...
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