When “Rude” Becomes Grounds for Punishment In my work with Parks and Recreation departments, I’ve seen a pattern emerge among staff at...

Challenging the Assumptions We Make About “Being Ourselves” The other day, during a listening training I was leading, a participant...

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Recently, I found myself observing a familiar scene—parents and children navigating big emotions in the wild. And in witnessing this...

Ride the Rockies came through Fort Collins a few years back. We got to see the cyclists come through town at our friends yard. As we...

It was the second night in a row I woke up at 2am unable to fall back asleep. I was ruminating about a situation. Playing a movie in my...

"Are there any questions?" The workshop presenter paused for a few seconds of silence before stating, "Great, then let's move on." He was...

"I still struggle with rejection," a colleague confided in me recently. She was explaining a variety of career choices including why she...

It had been five years since I've gone swimming in the ocean. When I went to the beach with my family for vacation this summer I forgot...

My friend gave her niece an old flip phone. Her niece wanted to stop feeling so addicted to her smart phone and opted to use a more basic...

Earlier this year my daughter was forlorn to miss school when they were teaching how to write essays. As a writer, I thought to myself,...

As I was going through my day, a few additional tasks came to mind that I hadn't planned on doing but were important. "No worries," I...

The first time I led a Journaling and Mindfulness workshop a participant observed during debrief, “it was just a lot of monkey brain...

The arrival of spring doesn’t happen all at once. We don’t go to bed to winter one night and wake up to ample flowers, budding trees and...

I was finalizing a contract with a new client last summer when I asked, "How will you know this retreat was successful?" Without...

I just returned from my spring break trip, which I was really looking forward to. It was nice to be in a warmer climate to thaw out, and...

Siya Vansia took a job as an administrative assistant at a bank after graduating college because she wanted something that looked good on...

"I'll talk to your father." The mother amiably says to her distressed child. This is a scene we have all encountered, be it personally or...