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Facilitate more effectively with phase awareness (how to get unstuck)
Ever felt stuck when working with an individual, facilitating a group, or trying to get a project moving? Like you were missing something? Wishing that someone would turn the light on? What if it was your own agenda that was keeping you in the dark? What if you could use the light of your own…
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Do the rules apply to you?
Rules are everywhere. Cross at the crosswalk. Use a full stop to end your sentences. Don’t drive drunk. Don’t steal. Keep your promises, pay your debts. Fill in form 158 A and sign subsection 456 (c) and get it certified by the right authorities and include your documentation and submit it by the deadline and…
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Tricks for finding your focus in chaotic times
Giving up can sometimes be step one Ever wonder if you are built for an emergency? Turns out, we all are. Hardwired for emergencies, that’s us. Our nervous systems are trained for quick response to danger … even if that quick response is to freeze! But we are in a time of overwhelm. And actually…
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Are you saying ‘No,’ enough?
I was looking for a knife sharpening place recently, and I came across a good looking website. But NO, they are not open on weekends. And NO, they do not sell online. And NO, their knives are NOT dishwasher safe. (No knives are really dishwasher safe, they cheerfully explain). Saying No, builds authority, builds credibility,…
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Making your promise to the future
I’ve always loved new year resolutions! Weird, I know! Not the kind that you are bound to break with guilt and shame. I’ve always loved the support to create a focus. I love being invited to take a moment of quiet, of imagining and dreaming about what I value. What matters to me. What I…
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3 Fs you need to make a difference
To make a difference you need three f’s, if you’ll allow me. Focus, Follow Through and just a pinch of F*ck this Sh*t. Focus and follow through are pretty uncontentious, I guess. Hard to do, but they make sense. F*ck this Sh*t? Is an essential spice if you want to make an impact. But F*ck…
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Can we be slow right now?
It feels like we don’t have time for slow right now. Modern, postmodern culture is fast. Fast like the internet fast. Fast like electricity fast. Fast like cars and planes and missiles. Like electoral victories and billionaire driven impact. Fossil fuel fast. but fast needs slow Take fossil fuels for example. Millions of years of…
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Climate Hero Your Way
The climate crisis is overwhelming. So terrifying and complex that denial can be the only way to cope. On a practical level, there are so many possible actions to take! So many lists of things to do. How do you choose? And even worse, how can you feel you are making a difference? What if…
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Ready to toss out the boss? (think again)
Us humans have been raging against the power for quite a while now. For very good reasons. Those who get power can pretty easily lose the plot. Power goes to our heads. Whether you get it by luck, fate or hard work, power is intended for the good of the group. But when we get…
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Fear of public speaking (and how to get over it)
Everyone has turned to look at you. The room is terrifyingly quiet. You are the speaker. Your sense of space and time has warped so badly that a chasm is opening up between you and the people in the room. Your body is rushing backward and your gut is clenched. All the words you know…