Feelings 3
What's the big deal about feelings, anyway? They're unpredictable, unsustainable, sometimes coming out of nowhere, making mountains out of molehills and vice versa. Basically they define vagary – sometimes seemingly normal; oftentimes inexplicable, inappropriate, inconvenient, or just plain messy. Sometimes they swamp us; sometimes we truncate their expression, even denying their existence. We exaggerate them,... Learn More
Feelings 2
I used to think that my feelings were the first respondent to the things that happened in my life. Something happened that I could see, hear, smell, taste, touch; and seemingly instantaneously, I had feelings of one kind or another. Dr. Candace Pert (neuroscientist and pharmacologist) disproved my former assumption scientifically in her book, The... Learn More
Feelings 1
I am beginning to get suggestions from my readers about subjects they want me to write about … this one is from Lisa Kane in Cape Town (she has a list)! OK, Lisa, this is for you! (And as usual, also a reminder for me.) As the eldest of 8 children, with a mostly stoic father... Learn More
Mexicali, Mexico
A couple of weekends ago, I had the pure satisfaction of training a leadership course with Ed Groody in Mexicali, Mexico. This was our first time to train together, even though we had talked about partnering a few years ago. The course was organized by an HR consultancy in Mexicali, so the participants were managers from... Learn More
Daughters and Sons
Via Sarah Bush's Face Book page … thank you, Sarah! We need to teach our daughters to distinguish between: a man who flatters her and a man who compliments her, a man who spends money on her and a man who invests in her, a man who views her as property and a man who views her... Learn More
Say – Do – Feel: My Personal Integrity Test
When what I say, what I do, and how I feel are all the same; I am congruent, integrous, real – and thus believable. In other words, if I have either a "YES" or a "NO" in all three, then I'm in integrity with myself and with everyone else. Example: if I say "Yes" to... Learn More