Living Authentically Workshop – May 1

April 21, 2019

Workshop: Living Authentically … in a World That Would Rather You Didn’t Wednesday, May 1, 7 – 9 pm.(EDT)   $30. Online, interactive videoconference (using Zoom) Link to signup here. Select “Living Authentically” from the choices of products. We’re drawn by two worlds. The external world says we can find happiness by going along with the thinking […]

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Apr2019: Labeling Leads to Divisiveness

March 31, 2019

When I’m asked for the elevator speechthat sums up my work, I respond, “I always take the stairs, so I don’t have one. If you’d like to walk with me a while, I’d love to talk. I don’t know of a life worth living or work worth doing that can be reduced to a sound […]

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Coaching Conversations

March 27, 2019

Thinking for Possibility ….   Coaching Conversations with Brad Six Wednesday mornings, 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. (EDT), weekly, starting April 24     $15/session Online, interactive videoconference (using Zoom)   Society’s messages affect us strongly; we’re acculturated into believing them, despite having never “learned” them. The prevailing message proclaims: if you know more, try harder, stay busy, be productive, […]

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Self-Trust Leads to Personal Freedom

March 25, 2019

“A bird sitting in a tree is not afraid of the branch breaking, because its trust is not on the branch but on its own wings.” Imagine, just for a moment … that instead of feeling stressed or anxious about much of life, you have a sense of clarity and perspective – about yourself, others, […]

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Constructive Conversations Workshop – March 27

March 22, 2019

Just a reminder … from last month’s newsletter. Constructive Conversations Workshop: Next Wednesday, Mar 27, 7 – 9 pm. Online.  $30. Link to signup here. You are a natural communicator. Don’t believe it? Join me next week and learn why … why all your old lessons about communications effectiveness won’t get you where you want to go. […]

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Mar2019: A Culture of Blame

March 1, 2019

“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there.” – Rumi   They’re wrong. He’s useless. She made me angry. That’s fake news. I’m not good enough. She has no clue. He did me in. It’s a hoax. Life isn’t fair … and so on … You’ve heard them; […]

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Feb2019: Problems Are Invitations, Not Threats

January 31, 2019

“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people and assign them tasks, but rather teach them to long for the immensity of the sea.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry It seems we’re consumed with the idea of getting things done, “making life happen.” (I was … for years.) Underlying this view is the […]

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17 Years of Purposeful Wanderings

January 14, 2019

This is simply a reminder (or information, if you didn’t already know) that all of my collected newsletters are available for purchase from my website … 17 years of monthly Purposeful Wanderings … as a single pdf file. True, many back issues are available at no charge on the website, but if you’d like a […]

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Jan2019: Waking to Our True Nature

January 1, 2019

  “Nothing in the universe ever grew from the outside in.” – Richard Wagamese, in Embers, One Ojibway’s Meditations. Life is difficult. Just ask people; they’ll tell you. Or don’t ask them; they’ll probably tell you anyway. Then they might tell you they’re making New Year’s resolutions, perhaps as a way to regain hope … in life, […]

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Dec2018: I Thought I WAS Thinking

November 30, 2018

“We keep our island in our mind, and when it’s time to find home, we know the way.” – from the movie Moana  The Zen card I drew this morning was “Right Thought.” It read, “You are what you think. Think it today, become it tomorrow. Nothing can help you or hurt you as much as […]

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