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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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...
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David Westerlund
- Jul 2, 2020
- 4 min
Creativity is a Critical Competency
(pictured above - Dr. Natalie Nixon - Author of a NEW (just published last week) important book, "The Creativity Leap") Her work can be...
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David Westerlund
- Jun 12, 2020
- 2 min
Be Maladjusted to Injustice
Greatness is telling the truth & being courageous in pursuit of justice. The worst thing you could tell young people is to be successful...
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David Westerlund
- May 21, 2020
- 3 min
Deepening Connections: NOW is the Time
When you slow down to imagine what's possible, when you give yourself permission to dream, where do you see yourself in five years? What...
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David Westerlund
- Apr 3, 2020
- 3 min
Now is an Opportune Time for....
.....some deep breaths. I'll join you.... .... I'm writing this at 7am on a Friday morning in my home in Bellingham, Washington. As I...
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David Westerlund
- Mar 27, 2020
- 4 min
Interactive Workshops that Connect and Inspire
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...
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David Westerlund
- Mar 12, 2020
- 3 min
Yes Uncertainty And Possibility
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...
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David Westerlund
- Mar 5, 2020
- 3 min
the story I'm making up is...
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...
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David Westerlund
- Feb 27, 2020
- 2 min
we think we need control
In our world that is increasingly VUCA (Volitile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous), we can easily and understandably and reflexively...
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David Westerlund
- Jan 2, 2020
- 2 min
Cultivating Intentionality
Do you want to cultivate core skills of intentionality and discernment in this new year?
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David Westerlund
- Nov 9, 2019
- 2 min
Want 10x results? Step Into Play
I recently heard about an experiment involving kindergartners and MBA graduates. The two groups were given Popsicle sticks and adhesive...
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David Westerlund
- Oct 24, 2019
- 3 min
Knowing or Growing
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...
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David Westerlund
- Oct 10, 2019
- 3 min
Collaborate by Design
This past Friday, I co-facilitated "Collaborate By Design: A Liberating Structures Immersion Workshop'' here in Bellingham, Washington....
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David Westerlund
- Oct 3, 2019
- 3 min
Moving from Avoiding to Facing
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...
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David Westerlund
- Sep 12, 2019
- 2 min
Agreement vs Acceptance
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...
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David Westerlund
- Aug 29, 2019
- 2 min
Infrastructure matters
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...
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David Westerlund
- Jul 20, 2019
- 2 min
becoming more fully alive
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David Westerlund
- Jun 14, 2019
- 1 min
How do we build resilience?
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...
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David Westerlund
- Jun 5, 2019
- 2 min
Holding our Stories with Open Hands
We are storytelling creatures. We create stories even more than we realize. Stories about who she is, how he'll never change, what a...
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