Sometimes I get so frustrated with head talk. Sure, our inner voice can be powerful and motivational. But… it can also be extremely destructive. If we compare what we have to what we think we should have, we may feel we don’t measure up and start to believe we don’t deserve it. And it spirals […]
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#RPCL Log Date March 25, 2017: #BeingHuman #RemovingLabels
We have a problem with labels in society and within our culture in general. It becomes helpful when we help children assign words and meaning to their emotions so they can better articulate what and how they are feeling. It becomes a hindrance when we assign too much meaning to a word at the expense of […]
#RPCL Log Date March 23, 2017: #BeingHuman #HatredBasedLeadership
Love-based leadership was a thing before this past election, when people were seeing that fear-based leadership was not effective at achieving healthy cultures in companies. Now I think about two things: The hatred of leadership and The leadership of hate. First of all, hatred of leadership is when we love to hate our bosses or company […]
#RPCL Log Date January 10, 2017: #BeingHuman #BeingKind #sethgodin
I was perusing some of Seth Godin’s blogs recently and his January 5th post struck a chord within my cerebral orchestra of making sense of things. His topic Is Kindness a Luxury? We can all make room for kindness in our lives. Unlike the bank account that actually gets depleted, our human emotions such as fear or […]
#RPCL Log Date January 5, 2017: #BeingHuman #Community #onetribeforhumanity #Barnraising
Have you heard of the term barn raising? It was popular in the 18th and 19th century in rural North America – that’s according to Wiki. This term is about community in all its glory, where people come together to build a barn for families, neighbors, or friends in need. It became a metaphor for communities […]
Being Accountable to Society #legos #collectivesociety
Sometimes when I think of the many ways we can teach our children to be better humans, I wonder how translatable it is to adults and society at large. And then I think that maybe telling a story through the eyes of a child could help create empathy for adults. Maybe? I have this (I […]
Humanitarian or Corporate Dweller?
The other evening I was asking a friend why she stopped practicing medicine. She was a family doctor working in a community clinic. She explained that the health insurance requirements became ridiculously overwhelming. She only had 15 minutes to see a patient and spent at least that much time filling in paperwork to collect insurance […]
Is it just me, am I lucky, or am I average?
The other night, apres-ski, a group of friends sat next to a fire debating the future of our girls, when rape is still just as prevalent and there are girls as young as 12 and 13 who feel peer-pressure to perform sexual acts to boys at parties. As parents, during our debate, we reflected back on our own […]
Why We “Should” Care
I was at an alumni event the other evening where we invited my college professor to talk about her book and experiences with female workers in the former eastern block, where her interviews depicted the inhumane conditions of capitalism versus socialism. Most of her research was surprising to her, and to all of us in the […]
The Ongoing 40’s Dilemma
In our society, when you hit 40, you should have “made it” by now. The definition might vary between – improving upon your parents success and ensuring they are taken care of – really hitting it “big” financially – dream house, dream job, white picket fence – gated community and being a member of the […]
