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Mar 07, 2012
Why You Must Risk Vulnerability.
"There can be no vulnerability without risk; there can be no community without vulnerability; there can be no peace, and ultimately no life, without community." Scott Peck, Author of The Road Less Travelled This morning I got an email from an editor at O Magazine
Feb 23, 2012
Need to cut yourself some slack? Staying upright when life throws you off balance.
Sometimes we just have to cut ourselves some slack. At least that's what I'm telling myself at the moment, as I sit here writing my first blog post in well over a month… nearly two. As someone who believes that the quality of our excuses
Jan 16, 2012
Moving to Australia… Changes Abound!
Yesterday morning Al Jazeera TV network called me to do a live studio interview in their D.C. studio, via satellite from their Qatar headquarters. I jumped at it. Living in Washington D.C., and indeed America, has been packed with cool opportunities and new experiences. Life
Jan 09, 2012
A time for Audacity, not Austerity… and some Tall Poppy Courage!
The new year has begun precariously for many. We continue to hear about the austerity measures that individuals and entire countries around the world must take to get back on track. But is it austerity that we need or is it really audacity... and a
Dec 29, 2011
What courageous changes will you make in 2012?
Plenty of change lies ahead in 2012. For you. For me. For people around the globe. That you will experience changes, and need to face new challenges, is a given. Whether your experience of them is one of wonder or terror, enthusiasm or despair, is
Nov 22, 2011
Do the holidays really need to be so stressful? Press "Pause"
Growing up in Australia, my only experience of Thanksgiving was through American television. Somehow it seemed a lot like our Christmas. . . except of course without Santa and warm sunshine. After a decade in the US, I have really come to love the Thanksgiving
Nov 20, 2011
Sex, Power, Courage: Combatting Sexual Harassment & Abuse
There’s been a lot of focus in the media in recent weeks on both sexual harassment and sexual abuse, particularly surrounding the tragedy at Penn State. Both involve the interplay of sex and power, vulnerability and intimidation. Both are issues requiring courage. Both require more
Oct 23, 2011
Women in Leadership: Are we confining ourselves to a "Glass Cage"?
I ran into a friend last weekend. Let's call her Suzie. Suzie shared with me she was very recently passed over for a promotion that she felt she had clearly been the most well placed to get. When she found out that it had gone to a guy
Oct 17, 2011
Perfectionism: Are you stuck on the perfectionist merry-go-round?
One evening last week a girlfriend dropped in for an impromptu visit and said she needed a glass of wine. Being the good friend I am I dutifully shared a bottle with her. Which was all fine until the next morning when I realized that
Sep 27, 2011
If your life were a sermon, what would it say?
This last Sunday I attended the funeral of the father of my dear friend Ellie. It was a beautiful funeral. Very sad, but incredibly beautiful. During the funeral service numerous people got up to speak about the life of Seyed Ahmad Kalantar, a man I
Sep 11, 2011
9/11 Remembered… a Profound Lesson in Courage
Ten years ago today we witnessed extraordinary bravery and heroism by people who would have told you they were neither brave nor heroic. What better way to honor their lives than to live our own with greater courage. I remember watching a young woman, ashen faced,
Lessons For Living Bravely
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