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Looking beyond Me and You in Relationship (part 1)

Looking beyond Me and You in Relationship (part 1)

✨ “…the price we pay as a society for our toxic individualism and patriarchy is our permanent estrangement from one another.” ~ Bruce Springsteen ✨In my work and personal life, I see relationships as a meeting of two entities which go on to create a third entity – the...
The Art of Leading Through Struggles

The Art of Leading Through Struggles

I’ve experienced 4 significant family deaths in the last 10 months.  Both parents.  Both aunts. What’s one to do as a Leader, when hit by wave after wave of adversity? Whether handling attrition, lost income, high interest rates, talent...
BURNING YOUR RELATIONSHIP DOWN (part 3)

BURNING YOUR RELATIONSHIP DOWN (part 3)

Consciously activating a prescribed fire in relationship means a commitment to lean into vulnerability, to staying curious and generous, to sticking with the messy middle of problem identification and solving, to taking a break and circling back when necessary, to...
BURNING YOUR RELATIONSHIP DOWN (part 2)

BURNING YOUR RELATIONSHIP DOWN (part 2)

As you become comfortable in your relationship with a partner, those edges between you that initially were full of excitement, energy and potentiality, begin to cool. The qualities that thrilled and enticed you before, can become mild annoyances and irritations....
BURNING YOUR RELATIONSHIP DOWN (part 1)

BURNING YOUR RELATIONSHIP DOWN (part 1)

“How was your day?” Recently I was asked about this question and whether there were other ways of engaging with a partner after a time apart. It’s a question we don’t often examine.  Although the original intention was to create connection, you may have...