30 Apr A New Perspective on Vulnerability
Many of us have become familiar with the Power of Vulnerability thanks to Brené Brown and her now infamous TEDTalk. As she describes it, vulnerability entails “having the courage to...
14 Feb Receiving Replenishment
We are all likely to agree that today’s life is absolutely exhausting. While technology and globalization have led to many efficiencies, they have also led to a speedy complicated 24/7...
11 Jan A Year of Inner Peace and Contentment
Some of us are painfully aware of our inner angst, while others have mastered strategies to distract ourselves and remain blind to it. Either way, whether we’re consciously aware of...
14 Nov Deep Gratitude- An Act of Power!
As we prepare for Thanksgiving week here in the US, thoughts about gratitude are upon me in new ways. We live in tumultuous times in many parts of the world....
05 Oct Deep Coaching and the Agility Revolution
These days many of us – especially those who work in organizational settings – find our clients being asked to engage in radically different ways. Their organizations, resigned to being...
28 Aug The Essence of Deep Coaching
Why does Deep Coaching Institute exist? Why are we so committed to this approach to coaching? Why are our hearts engaged so completely? Recently we went through the process of updating...
12 Jun Living with Aliveness
Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. The above quote by Dr. Howard Thurman,...
17 May The Ego Knows Itself Through Efforting
Every Spring my Mentor and Deep Coaching Institute founder, Roxanne Howe-Murphy, offers a Deep Living retreat at the Mercy Center in Burlingame, CA. For the past several years these spiritual...
17 Mar PRESENCE: Accessing Deeper Intelligence
These are exciting and critical times! Exciting in the sense of heightened receptivity in the world to transformative work and contemplative practices such as mindfulness, yoga, somatics, and expressive arts. Yet...
04 Mar Get a Hobby!
A Paradoxical Source of Leadership Enhancement Six years ago I completed my doctoral dissertation, "The Leader's Muse," exploring how artistic sensibilities enhance organizational leadership. It was a fascinating journey that revealed...