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    Transformational Learning + An Invitation
    David Westerlund
    • Feb 28
    • 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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    Embodying a Posture of Yes
    David Westerlund
    • Feb 17
    • 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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    Receiving Feedback as a Gift
    David Westerlund
    • Feb 10
    • 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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    We Need Learners
    David Westerlund
    • Jan 27
    • 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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    Who do you need to become?
    David Westerlund
    • Jan 13
    • 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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    Start Small
    David Westerlund
    • Jan 6
    • 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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    Giving Ourselves Access to More Information
    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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    Cultivating Awareness Makes Change Possible
    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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    Practicing for the Future
    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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    Facing Your Clutter
    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...
    28 views0 comments
    Interstitial Spaces
    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...
    48 views0 comments
    Rebuilding our Topsoil of Resilience
    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...
    33 views0 comments
    I Will Walk With You
    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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    The Myth of Pain Avoidance
    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...
    232 views0 comments
    If We Only Had More Time
    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...
    56 views0 comments
    Which Resilience?
    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...
    44 views0 comments
    the space between stimulus and response
    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...
    14 views0 comments
    Being Willing to Let Go
    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...
    70 views0 comments
    The Pathway to Healing. Start with Seeing.
    David Westerlund
    • Jul 17, 2020
    • 4 min

    The Pathway to Healing. Start with Seeing.

    (pictured above: Resmaa Menakem, MSW, LICSW, SEP - therapist and author of "My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to...
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    What if...? Moving from Worries to Wonder
    David Westerlund
    • Jul 9, 2020
    • 3 min

    What if...? Moving from Worries to Wonder

    Do you get caught up in the What ifs of worry? What if I can't get everything done? What if our society falls apart? What if my child...
    27 views0 comments
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