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 …
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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 …
My last blog Learning to Exhale was a call to action: “The breath we take in must be exhaled” … Make an extra special effort to exhale this weekend! So, here are two gifts (both at 1 minute) that will help remind you to do just that: The first one I created is called Friendship …
January is behind us. For many it has been a time of hopeful beginnings and great expectations, for others it has held a disempowering sense of overwhelm and despair. We may experience mild complaints that threaten to keep us up at night while someone else is barely hanging on by a thinning thread. There are …
For those who attended the inspiring women’s personal and leadership development retreat, The Architect & The Tree, January 10-12, 2020, the above well-known travel quote could sound a bit off the mark. But it isn’t. You see, Jackie, one of our very insightful retreat sisters, chose this statement to place on the front of the …
When you accomplish something challenging, how often do you stand back and really look at what it took for you to get there? All roads may not lead to Rome. Sure, there’s more than one way to reach the result you seek or your desired destination. It’s often said, “jump and the net will appear”. …
Most big goals take a lot more out of us than we bargain for. We want to believe we can make company targets in record time, or lose weight by the end of say, January 2020! But what does it really take to reach your target? Have you noticed how much easier it is to …
Several years ago, I visited the unique and historical island of Lamu, off the coast of Kenya. Lamu has paths and alleyways, but no roads. People get around by foot, and by boat. And, donkeys are used to transport goods. Navigating by road, is an intricate system in the far majority of the world. We …
As we approach 2020, what dreams are you envisioning and what promises for change and transformation are you making to yourself? You are making them … right?! We are challenged to embrace the vision of this new decade symbolizing the endless possibilities and heightened potential that each of us is called to reach. As you …
What scares some people about retirement is trying to figure out what to do with their lives. For those who consider themselves there, it’s time to ask and answer the ‘retirement question’. Stepping out of the work force creates an in-depth, sometimes subtle look into – Who am I now? That’s when it hits some …
I recently held the smallest retreat I’ve ever facilitated in over ten years. On the one hand, you might think that size shouldn’t matter a whole lot – on the other, it could matter when a participant’s energy isn’t optimal, for any number of reasons. We are not guaranteed the responses we hope for or …
Winding along the waters of Lagos, Portugal revealed the most exquisite caves and grottos. The names of these natural structures were mostly symbolic – the one above is called The Telescope. Telescope in Greek means ‘far seeing’ which literally describes how it functions. When we peer through a telescope, we illuminate and bring into focus …
