by Dr. Kathleen Allen | Apr 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
A friend recently visited the Omaha Botanical Gardens where he learned an interesting lesson about why tomato plants, when grown inside, become spindly. When tomatoes are grown outside, the wind requires the plants to build more structure and strength in their stems,...
by Dr. Kathleen Allen | Apr 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
It is spring in Minnesota and it is a time where we notice the lengthening of daylight after a long winter. As a result, I am reminded that the sun rises and sets at different times each day. In addition to the varied time, the sun is also moving each day to a...
by Dr. Kathleen Allen | Mar 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
There is a Cherokee Legend about Two Wolves. An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life. “A fight is going on inside me.” He said to the boy. “It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is evil – he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed,...
by Dr. Kathleen Allen | Mar 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
I recently was introduced to the phrase “the moon is always full.” It comes from a story that is included in Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind by Shunryu Suzuki.Master Baso said, … Every day the moon becomes larger and larger and on the fifteenth day, it becomes full. This is...
by Dr. Kathleen Allen | Mar 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
I recently received an email from a colleague that I have known for over 40 years. He was responding to my blog on Tensions are Promising and mentioned he is still learning how to live into the tensions that exist in the web of relationships he has at work. That...
by Dr. Kathleen Allen | Mar 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
A friend recently sent me this reminder: When a flower doesn’t bloom you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower. This triggered a juxtaposition between this strategy and the usual strategy we employ when an employee isn’t performing at work. Our usual...
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