When George Floyd was killed, and people began hitting the streets in protest, I started to stir from a long slumber – the sleepy comfort of not knowing what I did not know. I started to listen. This conversation is the result of what I heard. And the three men who speak here – all dear friends of mine – share three experiences of what it means to be a black man in their three countries (USA, UK and South Africa) and around the world.
Create a (r)evolution. Start with your own life.
“A riot is the language of the unheard.” – MLK There is a great deal of adrenalized action in the world today. It was inevitable. We will never have peace in our societies until all our voices can be heard, no matter how uncomfortable those voices make us. There is going to be anger. There is going to […]
“Go to your room.” What Mother Nature Needs You to Think About Now.
Grieving Normal: 5 Strategies for Life in the Time of Coronavirus
Do you feel it? I’m witnessing in my clients, students and friends around the globe is a collective grief for life as we knew it, which is suddenly, abruptly gone. The heavy, weary, foggy, pointless feeling that penetrates your entire being – body, mind, spirit and heart – and stops you in your thick, sticky tracks. We are grieving Normal. What do we do now?
The Life In Your Years: Making Meaning in Every Decade
Each decade of life brings a developmental task we need to complete in order to move forward in our lives in strength. If any of these tasks are not achieved, we move forward in life socially, psychologically or emotionally crippled, with parts of ourselves broken and fragmented. What do you need to move forward from here?
Five Life Lessons on Money and Meaning (Revisited)
Many people, inspired to change the world, spend years or so trying to monetize the work they love to do, but most of these people eventually admit it’s not working. Growing numbers of the “Do what you love, the money will follow” crowd are giving up on the idea. What are your options?