by kate | Sep 20, 2012 | Inner Work
Perhaps you can relate: after the joy and elation when my new book was “done,” I felt lost. My usual clarity about priorities and next steps had vanished. I felt pressure to be productive — to tackle the next items on my “to do” list. But...
by kate | Mar 7, 2012 | Inner Work, Other Tools
If we want to be grounded and calm in a crisis, we need to cultivate this capacity, the way a person wanting to climb Mount Everest needs to build up physical and mental stamina. For years I have used the simple breathing exercise below as part a daily practice of...
by kate | Dec 7, 2011 | Inner Work, Setting Intention
Our mainstream society is addicted to growth and is caught in the myth that more is better. Rather than setting your compass to growth or success defined monetarily, aim to be in alignment with Life. Small acts done with pure love have more value than grand...
by kate | Mar 24, 2011 | Change, Inner Work, Setting Intention, Story
Here is a story of a successful change initiative at a conservative Dutch-based bank, thanks, in part, to the Chaordic Design Framework. It is an excerpt of my forthcoming book: Make Light Work in Groups. In 2003, two women internal to the bank wanted to make...
by kate | Feb 14, 2011 | Firts, Inner Work
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...
by kate | Feb 8, 2011 | Books, Inner Work, Reframing
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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