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 show up when we can’t control the outcome.” It’s important for our personal relationships and...
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 lifestyle that has fueled stress, anxiety, sleep deprivation and a host of other mental, emotional,...
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 it or not, our inner turmoil prevents us from living life wholeheartedly and from our...
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. Natural disasters, the political climate, reorganizations at work, difficulties with loved ones, numerous addictions -...
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 in a permanent state of VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity), are asking our clients...
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 our website. In conversation after conversation of rigorous reflection, we were able to distill our...
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, one of my all-time favorites, appeared last week in one of Richard Rohr’s daily meditation...
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 retreats have been an anchor in my life providing profound insights about myself and my...
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 the pressures are equally challenging: we are in a time of immense volatility and complexity,...
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 something most of us know at our core, but is often veiled when viewed through...