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...
Inclusive Leadership and Innovation go hand-in-hand. Inclusive Leadership shapes the environment in which innovation can occur, where ideas that don’t fit in with the norm are welcomed, where people feel comfortable bringing in more of themselves rather than just the parts they feel will fit in....