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I feel very honored and humbled to take part in two ceremonies this coming weekend - ancient ceremonies from the people who lived here first.

As I've gotten ready for these ceremonies over the last few weeks and months, I've struggled to do everything right, to do all the things required of me. I put tremendous thought into the process, worried whether I would be able to complete the tasks, and...

There is an old Cherokee Medicine Way called The Principle of Noninterference. It is very difficult to master, and all but forgotten in today's world.

Noninterference means respecting and allowing choice. It is the opposite of distance, absence, or disinterest. To love another is to not interfere with their self-determination and to allow a respectful silence, a connection without words that permits choice and change.

Sounds easy, but try doing this when...

Respect is a word that can only be truly understood.... when felt. Otherwise it exists in the current society as the step-brother to power. True respect has nothing to do with power.

I got reacquainted with respect on a long retreat in Idaho. I did not know, I didn't understand respect until the last 48 hours. Not viscerally, I only understood it as a word in my thoughts, not a feeling....

This is an old story told by the Cherokee, the long version is much better, but we don't have much time so this will have to do.

A Grandfather and grandson were walking in the forest. The Elder began pointing out bits and pieces of nature, small glimpses of the wonders of the forest. He asked his grandson to carry 'a few' things for him and without hesitation the...

I met a painter the other day. He told me he was a chess player.

I said, “No, you aren’t. You paint.”

He said, “nope, almost never. I play chess.”

I had just seen his art work. Magnificent doesn’t describe it. How could this man say he is a chess player?

“You play chess as a hobby, but you paint for a living.”

“No, I play chess.”

I walked away confused. And then...

One of the foremost theologians of our times called this country’s fascination with career and vocationalism, ‘the danger of a limited goal’.

Many of my clients come to me with a strong, successful career under their belt. Exhausted physically and mentally, they’re not even sure what’s wrong or how they came to feel so unfulfilled. All they know is that something isn’t right. These folks have discovered first-hand the danger of a...

What is creativity? And how does it look when we express it in our work and in our lives?

Corporate warriors have little or no idea of their own acts of creativity. This is not an indictment, merely an observation. Ask yourself, where do I create here at my workplace?

Ummm, I'm an accountant. Or, ah, I file insurance claims. Or, I manage a process.

Okay, and, where do...