LINES TO LIVE BY

Scrabble Wisdom

The other day my friend Saskia Wolsak talked about “Scrabble Wisdom”: the insights she has distilled from playing (and winning) dozens of recent games. She’s now taking these insights off the board, and finding them to be a great guide for the game of life too. Here...

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Redirecting Attention

On a recent ferry trip from Vancouver to Victoria, my husband and I bumped into our good friend Mike, a wise soul who has turned me on to wonderful books and videos. In fact, I have to sidetrack to mention an earlier one, just in case you or someone you know is...

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Feeling Overwhelmed?

Here’s an idea from a recent workshop participant: a way to simplify your world: Put one issue/task on the desktop at a time. This singular focus helps clarify what is “signal” and what is “noise”, making it easier to pick up on your intuitive knowing, and easier for...

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Effective Group Decision-making

In 1992 I had an experience of group decision making that has inspired me ever since. The Findhorn Foundation staff group had gathered in the pale peach living room of Cullerne House, a grand and gracious mansion built from huge blocks of highland granite. Fifty plus...

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Emotional Baggage Handling

Yesterday I had a Skype call with a friend who spoke about working really hard to get rid of all her baggage so that she would be ready for the partnership of her dreams. A participant at a book talk last month said the same thing, almost verbatim. This is inner work...

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