At some point, enough is enough. We either become so desensitized to chaos and consider chaos normal, or we lose our mind. But this constant attack on our sense of peace cannot be healthy. We all need to find ways to process and heal. I find I can sort of adapt to a pattern of chaos […]
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#RPCL Log Date February 4, 2017: #BeingHuman #ViableForce #Starwars
I was catching up with my sister by phone, when she told me a funny story about her teenager. At school, her daughter was called upon to solve a math problem in front of class. As she got up to walk to the chalk board, she started to say under her breath, “I am one with […]
#RPCL Log Date February 2, 2017: #BeingHuman #EmotionAndLogic #headheartgut
The other day a friend posted that she couldn’t stop crying when enraged about the recent administration’s ban on refugees from seven muslim countries. So I messaged her this: let emotion enrage you and logic guide you. Integrate. Easier said than done. I can shut down the fountain of emotions a little more every day to focus […]
#RPCL Log Date February 1, 2017: #BeingHuman #ModernHuman
What does it mean to be a modern human today? How do we keep up with fast paced progress while maintaing our sanity? With chaotic messaging and low trust, we need some help navigating our lives. It’s hard enough to integrate identity and human truths in the world with social media information overload. From our recent election, there is […]
#RPCL Log Date January 31, 2017: #BeingHuman #EQ #MeanCaseofRedsandBlues
Bill Maher recently said this on a viral Youtube video that was shared on FB: liberals want an apology for E V E R Y T H I N G and conservatives will apologize for N O T H I N G. Feels true. In which case, we have the mean case of the blues and we […]
#RPCL Log Date January 30, 2017: #BeingHuman #Burnout
Are you over-activating your activism? Are you so fired up that you have jumped into information overload and come out the other end with a to-do list miles long? Are you feeling sluggish, out of shape, and in need of a more gradual workout of activism? If you are on FB answering everyone’s anti- or pro-comments […]
#RPCL Log Date January 29, 2017: #BeingHuman #OverComplicateFirst #Wheatonslaw
Tonight while preparing for a presentation, I was reading about the simple narrative that won this recent election, and it had me thinking about our culture of slogans. We are bombarded with news and policy and economics that create swirl for many of us, and then we get lost in the sea of information. So if you say you can […]
#RPCL Log Date January 28, 2017: #BeingHuman #Fearfactor
I remember listening to NPR a while back about why some people can handle horror films (benign masochism or escapism) and others cannot. I’m not someone who is good with scary movies, and yet I’m pretty good at handling unpredictable risk in my life. But the fear factor we’re hearing every day is not sustainable. Now that the […]
#RPCL Log Date January 27, 2017: #BeingHuman #BuildBridgesNotWalls
At Covert Leadership, we started a campaign on reunification in the U.S. to tear down walls between people we see everyday. And yet Tuesday’s news headline stated this new administration has plans to build a wall on the southern border. We understand the need to quell the influx of people, but a wall? Your mission, if you choose to accept it: […]
#RPCL Log Date January 26, 2017: #BeingHuman #DailyRitual
Ever have the case of the blahs? Like, every morning after reading or listening to the news? It’s happening to me. Here’s what I did about it this morning. From the very top of my lungs, almost like a primal scream, I sung in the shower. I chose a song that would amp me up for […]
