Resources for Deeper Understanding
Molly brings an anti-racist lens to every interaction. Plug in below to hear her thoughts on whiteness, how she is still learning, and how to grapple with what whiteness means in your own life and work.
Patience is a byproduct of understanding how the mind works
Patience is a byproduct of understanding how the mind works. The mind has an innate capacity for clarity and creativity. That's our default state but for the moment to moment experience of personal...
ICF and 3P: the time has come
Here's my "impossible project" for Michael Neill's Creating the Impossible 2018 program. In the next 90 days I will make the Three Principles the explicit foundation for coaching in the...
What art tells us about life
I frequently use art as a metaphor for living life wisely and well. There's The Art of Living, an exploration of how we are designed to live creatively and joyfully and the potential for waking up...
The critical difference between wondering and chasing wonder
I've posted about wonder as the key that unlocks state of mind and the beautiful distinctions between confusion and wonder as ways of not knowing. In this video I point the the critical difference...
On messing up
Some years ago I made a horrible mistake. (And yes, I've made tons of mistakes since then; this is just the one that comes to mind in the moment.) I was president of a local arts organization, and...
Are you playing “What’s wrong with this picture?” with your life?
Too often we try to change things by tweaking a problem that we don't realize we created. We play "What's wrong with this picture?" when we could simply paint a new picture. Here's the deal: Every...
Can you have a quiet mind even when you’re really busy?
Most of us live in the illusion that it's difficult to have a quiet mind if you are really busy. We have grown accustomed to the idea that busy-mindedness is a natural consequence of being busy....
Overwhelm is optional (really!)
Overwhelm is optional—really If a surfer riding the crest of a wave obsesses about the last six waves or the next six waves, she's certain to wipe out. Yet human beings do this all the time when we...
Things happen for a reason. Really?
"Things happen for a reason." You've heard it. I've heard it. Maybe you've said it; I certainly have. And today I realized that it's not all that helpful. Maybe things happen for a reason; maybe...