I have been reflecting on the Great Resignation and wondering if it is an indicator of something deeper that is happening. When I was growing up, people often talked about “earning your age.” Back then success was often measured by your yearly income – which should be...
More than 99% of the animal species that have lived on Earth are now extinct. The less than 1% that remain today are survivors and thrivers who have evolved and adapted over centuries of massive change to survive. These animals create conditions to help their...
I have over 10 large, old oak trees in my yard and the mighty oak has things to teach us about letting go. We are having a windy day where I live and a six-foot-long, 3-inch diameter branch from one of my oaks just dropped in my driveway – this is typical of oak...
Usually, we think of ROI in financial terms. Are the investments we make measurable and worth what we are spending? This kind of thinking has some background assumptions that limit how we generate costs and benefits of spending choices when it comes to less tangible...
How we answer this simple question shapes the way we see the world. If we see ourselves as being apart from nature, we see nature as an “other.” We don’t need to consider nature as something we are connected to or something we need to fully understand. We don’t have...
