This video snippet represents the adventurous journey of gratitude and deep admiration I have for the women I’m privileged to serve around the world. Thank you to each of you for helping me to fulfill one of my life missions … may our paths cross many times. A special thank you to Tomorrow People Organization …
As Nina Simone soulfully sang “everything must change, nothing stays the same, everyone will change no one, no one stays the same …” Caterpillars naturally remind us of what’s next – an intricate, miraculously natural process of change and transformation. “To become a butterfly, a caterpillar first digests itself. But certain groups of cells survive, …
Mother Francis Michael taught me how to play tennis, and field hockey too. She was tall, had an imposing frame and a booming voice. I was 13 years old, attending boarding school at Loreto Convent in Eldoret, Kenya. We played on red dirt and I loved both games. One thing for sure, along with other …
The East African coast of Zanzibar is graced by a warm and inviting Indian Ocean. I remember an unexpected surprise at one of our Love Is A Mountain Safari Retreats: The resort was beautifully situated above sea level …but, during high tides, we had to go down the steps as seen in the photo above …
R eal, fierce, and bold … determined to “get it right” and “keep it tight” U niquely equipped to stand alone, small, yet tall and strong. T hey call you an icon, the Notorious RBG, and a great diva too H ow regally you stood for “real change, enduring change” B ecause you cared enough, …
Last of our 3-part blog series Imagine how I felt … we were within 24 hours of finishing the most challenging cross-country walk I have ever taken. Our 13th and last day was just ahead. We reflected on all the rewards and outcomes we had experienced as a result of exploring the internal landscape of …
England’s famed Lake District terrain is an undulating, spectacular sight to behold. We could have easily been mesmerized off course by lingering longer than we had time for in the beauty of those magical moments. We had to consciously balance between how often we stopped vs pushing more fully into our day. Ahead there were …
Part II Success: Where does the journey actually begin? Read More »
Who doesn’t want to be successful?! Because there are as many definitions of success as there are people who want to achieve it, the end goal of this blog series is to answer the question: Where does the journey actually begin? You see, no matter how you may describe where you want or need to …
Too many of us don’t reach out to our villages – especially when we’re struggling with a challenge that we don’t know how to face. And, there are times when help is truly needed, but we hold back from asking for it. I was inspired by Aisha’s (my niece) decision to create a series entitled …
With all the face coverings, do you ever wonder who’s behind the mask? Of course, there’s the coronavirus mask and those other masks we wear. You know the ones I’m speaking of – right? We hide from others and, as strange as it may sound, we hide from ourselves too. What makes us so afraid …
Sharing my poem On Race, at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History for the Community Foundation’s ‘Putting Race on the Table’ forum in 2011 — on the opening night of the Museum’s first national exhibit about race in America. My poem style is patterned after Khalil Gibran’s seminal work, The Prophet. Please share as …
A Remembrance: Mozella’s poem On Race at the Smithsonian National Museum Read More »
Photo credit: Babajide Adeniyi-Jones Many of us have been called to the streets – whether those streets are in the cities in which we live, or in the expansive space of our being, where we truly reside. We are holding up signage declaring who and what matters. We can’t erase the past. But we can …
I paraphrased an old legend, which goes something like this: A deity wanted to encourage us to diligently search for the truth, and he pondered where to hide it. He thought about mountains, but decided no, they would easily climb to the highest peaks searching for truth. He then thought of the deepest oceans. But …
Happy Lawyer Well-Being Week! Now, how are you really feeling? This well-being initiative is a commendable effort to solve long-standing issues and challenges that apply not only to lawyers, but to other high-pressure professions. Too many of us are burning the proverbial candle at both ends. Until we explore ways to navigate the tough roads …
April is financial literacy month and this year is a huge and unexpected reminder that exposes the money management education we don’t have. The United States has some of the worst statistics in the western world. We’re not financially fit and we continue to lag behind in bridging that financial education gap. It’s time. In …
M agnificent are your powers that O rchestrate the ebb and flow of nature T eaching us that you too are a living being who H as suffered under the hands of our E rrors and outright arrogance … You wonder when we will R enew, reset and finally honor our commitment to respect You. …
Question. In spite of the waters raging around you, how committed are you to taking responsibility for the ripples emanating from your pond? The image of a single pebble being dropped into a still lake is as symbolic as it is real. From that seemingly small kerplunk, ripples and ripples of effects are spread across …
What are you willing to do within the next 24 hours to influence change and transformation? The Balinese Hindu celebration of Nyepi is tomorrow, March 25th. It represents a brand-new start, a New Year. A time for silence, rituals, forgiveness and self-reflection. Nyepi is an opportunity to pray for purification of our human world, the …
I am thrilled to be here in Bali where I was the opening keynote at the 11th Annual Women’s Leadership and Empowerment Conference hosted by Tomorrow People Organization. I also had the honor of facilitating a post-conference retreat. During my time here, I have watched the coronavirus escalate into a major world dilemma. In stark …
I so love this popular British mantra and the many keep calm variations that have stemmed from it. It got me thinking. There’s so much news in our world that causes us to spend a lot of our time worrying. We become afraid to make a move. That’s not to say there isn’t anything to …
