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Feb 5
(Not) Karving with Karl
My New Mondays at the Office Adventures initiative, and how it has already reminded me to appreciate life's little miracles.
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Oct 4, 2023
Starting Again, on Purpose
An exploration of how purpose can both get in the way of and support creating what we want.
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Feb 28, 2023
Walking Home
Under any other circumstances, it would have been quite a strange scenario.
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Jun 24, 2022
Messy Gardens and Projects
Think your projects are a mess? You should see my garden.
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Jun 10, 2022
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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Mar 28, 2022
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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Mar 14, 2022
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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Jan 11, 2022
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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Dec 20, 2021
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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Dec 3, 2021
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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Nov 12, 2021
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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Aug 16, 2021
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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Jul 31, 2021
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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Jul 19, 2021
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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Jun 22, 2021
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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May 24, 2021
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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May 10, 2021
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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Apr 21, 2021
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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