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When my parents were finally able to travel and start seeing the world, their travel looked like checking off boxes of countries, places, cities, and museums. Arrive somewhere. Walk through a place without stopping much. Take some photos. Check off a mental box. On to the next place. And when I traveled with them, I … Ways of Traveling
I used to think awakening was something that happened to you. Like a lightning strike. Or a really good retreat. Or that one conversation at 2 AM that reorganizes everything. You’d go in as one person, something would crack open, and you would come out different. Awakened. Transformed. Done. Cue the sunrise. I was wrong … Awakening Is Not What I Thought It Was
When the Battery Runs Dry I once sat with an executive who had just completed a 14-hour day, preparing to do the same tomorrow, and the day after that. She looked at me with exhausted eyes and said, “I feel like I’m running on fumes, but I can’t figure out where the leak is.” This … The Ecology of Energy: Learning to Balance in a World that Forgot How to Rest
I want to tell you a story about something I don’t yet fully understand. Which, if you know me at all, is both terrifying and exhilarating in equal measure. And if you don’t know me – well, welcome. You have arrived at a good time. I am deep in the middle of something. Here is … The Mystery of Sacred Transitions
(and Why I Sometimes Can’t Shut Up About It) Let me just say it plainly: I am in a long-term, wildly fulfilling, occasionally exasperating, and at times, frustrating relationship with the Enneagram. Now, after years of deep and focused learning, and becoming a Certified Enneagram Teacher, we are going stronger than ever. However, it hasn’t … The Enneagram: A Map of the Soul
I have often wished that transitions came with a map. A well-marked trail, a clear set of instructions, perhaps a kindly guide with a lantern who knows the way and will guide me with ease and confidence from here to there. Instead, they arrive like unexpected houseguests—disruptive, inconvenient, and completely uninterested in whether I feel … The Messy Art of Navigating Transitions: Learning to Trust the In-Between
There is a flow to wake-up calls. A pattern that has a way of repeating itself, that – overtime – has become a familiar way of delivering its wisdom exactly at the timing I apparently needed. These wake-up calls don’t ask me whether I am ready, nor do they check my calendar to make sure … From Accepting to Embracing.
With a diverse and mysterious history, the image of the Enneagram (ennea-nine, gram-image) dates back at least 3500 years and represents within it an entire universe of dynamic rhythms, patterns, and laws that can be applied to virtually any aspect of reality. The Enneagram (of Personality, as it is sometimes called too) is a complex … Bruce Lee and the Enneagram
Is the Universe Friendly? I have been working on this Reflection for a few weeks. Then for a couple of months. Somehow, a few more months went by. It appears that the Universe was insistent on providing me with LOTS of material to work with while exploring this theme, and I actually have no idea … Is the Universe Friendly?
We have known each other for quite a few years. First, both D and J were students of mine, then they became clients, and eventually our relationship has transitioned to a beautiful and lasting friendship. It usually takes the form of a dinner out, somewhere locally, and given that I am the picky one as … What’s For Dinner?