Personal Retreat in Minakami
Slow down, create space, and disconnect to reconnect.
The core themes for one of my leadership clients at his personal retreat in Minakami.
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Note to self: Celebrate!
In this time of transition in the world, creating pockets of light of our own celebrations is critical.
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Grief and Surrender
There is so much for my sons to be with now compared to when I was a child.
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Announcing: Keyaki Men's Group
An announcement about my new men's group for men in Japan.
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Keeping Your Sacred Fire
It is a wonderful time of year to appreciate fire. Both in the literal sense of having the warmth of a fire to provide light and warmth...
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2021: How small did you play?
End of year reflections can get a bit exhausting, can’t they? And the refrain of ‘whew, how nice will it be to get that year behind us!’...
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What are we learning?
As I sit writing this, news of the Omicron (extra points to the virus namers for coming up with such an Avenger-like villain name!)...
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Are you alive?
I was out for a paddle in my kayak on Yagisawa lake in Gunma recently, wanting to find an inspiring place to do some thinking and...
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Campfires and Co-creation Video1
Explanation of Campfires and Co-creation group coaching and men's work program.
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From Operational Firefighting to Spacious Leadership
People who run organizations, particularly founders and entrepreneurs have a lot at stake in how their companies run. Embarrassingly...
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Valleys of Possibility
In Japan, it’s not uncommon for people to have a favorite kanji, or character. Kanji are an interesting mix of being a word with a...
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Leader as 'No Mistakes' Hammer
Most of us have heard about or read the literature regarding the benefit of failing at things and the growth opportunity that can result...
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The Gift of Being Stuck
If there is one common theme I am hearing about from new clients or people I am just having coaching conversations with, it is about...
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Teasing Out Your Edge
Feeling some discomfort? Hello growth edge!
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Holding Space for Others
I’ve been a student of languages for over 35 years now. Well, not counting English, which has been a few years longer... My Mom signed me...
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Becoming Present to Power
I had a really intriguing coaching conversation recently with a wonderful young man - let’s call him Luke. Luke’s core topic that he...
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Disconnect to Reconnect
I recently listened to an interesting episode of a podcast I enjoy from time to time called the Happiness Lab that was about the Jewish...
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Beware of Evil Donuts
I’m probably a bit late on this trend, but the internet seems to be rife with 30 day challenges these days, mostly of the fitness or diet...
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Founding Day - Adventure Partner
I’m not much of a history buff, and remembering important historical events or even important people in history has never been a strong...
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Looking in the COVID Mirror
As some of you out there may already know, I have been practicing mindfulness meditation off and on for over 20 years. The past year has...
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