I invite you to take a few moments for some deep breaths. I'll join you.... .... Three weeks ago, I woke up on a Saturday morning and my heart was with the n...

I invite you to take a deep breath. Really. Take a minute or less for a deep breath. I'll join you. That's how I'm starting everything I facilitate now. With...

I was walking with my friend and she read me a text from her ex-husband. She read it with great vigor and emotion and emphasis in particular places. Understa...

In our world that is increasingly VUCA (Volitile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous), we can easily and understandably and reflexively try to control as a re...

Do you want to cultivate core skills of intentionality and discernment in this new year?

I recently heard about an experiment involving kindergartners and MBA graduates. The two groups were given Popsicle sticks and adhesive and were invited to b...

I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn to do it. - Pablo Picasso It is amazing how Google/Internet/ Mobile devices have become s...

This past Friday, I co-facilitated "Collaborate By Design: A Liberating Structures Immersion Workshop'' here in Bellingham, Washington. We had 36 participant...

START CLOSE IN by David Whyte Start close in, don’t take the second step or the third, start with the first thing close in, the step you don’t want to take. ...

A few months ago I was getting my hair cut and the stylist asked me what I do for work. I told her about the basics of improv and how it connects to her work...

374% more people biked to work in Portland in 2017 than in 2000. This wasn’t mandated by law; nor was it done by sheer will-power. There was a constellation ...

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How do we build resilience? I think it's one of the most vital questions before us, because we are facing so many complex problems that require us to be resi...

We are storytelling creatures. We create stories even more than we realize. Stories about who she is, how he'll never change, what a jerk that person IS who...

Why do we resist change? There are various reasons. And this morning I want to focus on this idea: we want to conserve resources. And to learn something new,...

I remember when I was in engineering school (in the 90s) that I did well in my first three semesters of Calculus. Then I got to Differential Equations and al...

I have it posted over my desk. Here’s why: It's where I want to live. It's where juicy things happen. The intersection of Fear and Joy is what Seth Godin cal...

When disasters occur like the recent Boeing crashes, or sexual abuse scandals like the one with Larry Nassar, the USA gymnastics team doctor, it's a system p...

There are so many people who go into non-profit work because they are passionate about the mission. Often they find themselves getting drained, exhausted, fa...

When we hear the word ''play'' or ''game'' we often relegate it to ''outside of work activities", right? Play is often seen as frivolous and trivial. But wha...