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By Eleanor Moore Ahh, 2016, the wonderful promise of “new” in the starting of another year. I’ve toyed with resolutions in the past. But I kind of resented the manufactured feel of making New Year’s resolutions. It just felt so forced. You know, the idea that you have to come up with this beast that… Read more →

By Shannon Gander   When we are facilitating team renewal sessions, we always work from a strengths-based approach. Meaning, first we want to highlight what is going well, what works, and what the team is proud of (because there is good stuff happening in every organization and we want to build on the good stuff)…. Read more →

By Janine Hogue Sansregret In the first chapter of Pema Chӧdrӧn’s” Taking the Leap” she describes a story that was widely distributed after 911. “A Native American grandfather was speaking to his grandson about violence and cruelty in the world and how it comes about. He said it was as if two wolves were fighting… Read more →

By Louise Pelleiter I attended a workshop in the Spring where the presenter (Cy Wakeman) suggested that people are the masters of their own misery in the workplace. That drew me in immediately because I often work with people who are unhappy and feel helpless with the never-ending demands of work. I have heard many… Read more →

By David Falk, MA Have you ever considered that the trust others have in you can fluctuate like investments on the stock market? Or that, like an investor, it is wise to work at managing your portfolio of trust, ensuring that you have a good mix of investments that can improve the resiliency and long-term… Read more →

By David Dyck “He grew up without my influence and I grew up without his.” These words from Richard Wagamese have been echoing in my head ever since I heard them 6 weeks ago. Wagamese, conducting a radio interview about his latest novel, Medicine Walk, was describing how the themes of the book intersected with… Read more →