Finding Your Right Work
My old career was lovely and interesting, but I was in it because I was being more loyal to my fears than to my dreams. (I know. Ouch. It felt like an ouch when I first said those words to myself too.) Whenever I am telling this story and I say, “I was [...]
This is a Q&A post. Well, really it is a S&R post (situation and response). I don’t like the term “question and answer” for anything related to the big matters of life because 1) there’s no expert on those matters and 2) there’s no one answer for those questions. What I share here feels more [...]
There was a moment last Tuesday when I was watching the twitter stream about The Real Life: Poems for Wise Living, and the tears started rolling. I was reading tweets about the poems, and it was clear they were making an impact. Why the tears? Because that was a moment of homecoming, a [...]
I saw a lot of bad art this weekend. And I was moved to tears by it. I was crying from the moment I walked in to the San Francisco open studios exhibition, because what I found there, inside a nondescript warehouse, was twenty or so brightly lit artists spaces, full of music, happy [...]
I’m so excited! I really am. Coaching is powerful. Circles are powerful. And young women are powerful. So can you imagine just how fabulous a Young Women’s Small Group Coaching Circle is going to be? Based on some inquiries, in November I’ll be launching a small group coaching circle for young women, age [...]
I’m always to curious to learn who is reading Wise Living. Again and again I’m delighted to learn how remarkable you all are. Winifred Dajani, a goals guide reader, is a San Francisco-based educator now running for San Francisco school board. Here she shares about her passion for education, her journey to her [...]
Today is part three of Wise Living’s four-part series on Slog vs. Leap Challenges. If you haven’t been following the series, you might want to start with this post; it will tell you what the heck we mean by “slogs” and “leaps.” Today, we have the privilege of hearing from Judy Hamilton. Judy is [...]
I’ve often been struck by the idea that all the suffering in the world, all the world’s problems and deficits and cruelties are exactly equal in might and force to the love, the gifts, the talents, latent in all the world’s inhabitants. In this way, the world is perfectly balanced: The sum of global [...]
Hi there, I’m so happy to welcome new visitors and readers who read yesterday’s guest post at Kind Over Matter. I love the spirit, community, and vision of Kind Over Matter. I love the idea that through the work I do I just might be able to support creative young women (which much [...]
A couple of years ago I found myself asking, again and again, “Is this all there is?” The question popped up in quiet moments, in the spaces in between to do lists and tasks. This question is a cliche, but more importantly, I’ve learned, its a sacred door opening. It shows up when something [...]
