My annual visit to the North Shore of Lake Superior in Minnesota is a personal tradition this time of year. After six months of working from my home office it was wonderful to drive for four hours and not end up in the same place I left! Being in a different...
The pandemic, economic, health systems, civil unrest, exposed inequities, and the good and bad examples of leadership are swirling all around us now. How can we make meaning of the significant disruptions that are facing us now? Many of us are on this metaphorical...
During this period of sheltering in place, most of us find ourselves with a great deal of “thought time.” We can take this time to look to nature as a model for developing instinct and emotional intelligence, and shifting our perception to see things which...
I am thankful for the lessons nature has taught me about generosity. There is so much to learn from the natural world about how to live a life based on relationships, abundance and giving. In the spirit of gratitude and giving, I’d like to share three lessons of...
A colleague of mine told me that the Ojibwe, a Native American tribe, have a philosophy about the order of things. They believe that plants are at the top of the order because, without them, the sun’s energy can’t be photosynthesized into life-giving nutrients. Next...
