The BOLD (Alone) Isolation is showing up differently than I thought it would. Most days, I’m online with clients and on the phone with friends. I go to the park three times a week to work out with my trainer and a few friends. I do what I do and most of it is pretty similar to what […]
The Abundance Fulcrum: Balancing Enough and More
The BOLD (Enough) This month, we’re going to explore the sixth principle of the Prospects of Possibility framework: Evict Insufficiency. Right now, it is tempting to focus on all the things that are insufficient because we are experiencing an unprecedented crisis. A few months ago, it was tempting to focus on insufficiency because of the contrast between […]
The Aspiration Audit: Harnessing FOMO To Design Your Best Life
The BOLD (I Could Have, You Know) When the exhausting and imperious Lady Catherine De Bourgh demands her part in the conversation in Chapter 31 of Pride And Prejudice (see the quote above), she declares that she is sure that if she had ever applied what she believes to be her considerable natural talent to […]
The River’s Flow: What Brings You to Joy?
The BOLD (Dip Your Toe in The Water) In 1927, Max Ehmann wrote a poem called Desiderata. The last line is excerpted below as our quote for this article. In Desiderata, Ehmann lays out the basic building blocks of a good life. What are the basic building blocks of your best life? I suggest that they are the things […]
The Motto Code: Are You Living YOUR Values?
The BOLD (Deep Courage) Dreams thrive on challenge. If there were no challenge, there would be no reason to be innovative and resourceful and daring. And dreams love it when we are innovative and resourceful and daring. Dreams require courage. I’ve talked a lot about courage, both here and in numerous client sessions, deep conversations with friends and […]
The Opportunity Hunt: The Courage to Stay Open to Possibility
The BOLD (Liminal Space) One of my teachers, John Phillip Newell, has been speaking for a while now about the liminal space between seeking ancient wisdom and using our imagination to reach into what has never been before. First, I love the idea of liminal space. It is the moment when an era, moment, season or […]
The Howling Wolf: Responding to the Provocation with Creativity and Courage
The BOLD (A Timely Topic) I set the theme for March last June. I have a calendar that indicates the monthly themes on which I will write and the theme for this month is Succumb to Courage. Last June I could not have imagined how relevant this topic about courage, fear, discomfort, and hope would be. I’m grateful […]
The Fear Lesson: Learn From Your Fear, Grow Your Courage
The BOLD (Got Fear?) If you aren’t feeling fear, you are probably not risking big enough consequences. Of course, bad outcomes are as consequential as good ones. That is why fear is such a necessary part of any endeavor worth undertaking. We might fail. The consequences might be horrible. The consequences might be wonderful beyond anything we can […]
The Artist’s Letter: Self-Knowledge, Boundaries, and Kindness
The BOLD (Hopper at the VMFA) This past weekend, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts completed an exhibit entitled Edward Hopper and the American Hotel. Hopper is the artist responsible for the painting Nighthawks. I completed my third visit on Friday with yet another companion. I enjoy going to art exhibits with different people because the art […]