My podcast host, Gordon White, and I recently put out a survey asking our readers about what kind of conflict training they might want. Over 50 people responded (thank you!) – and the input will go into creating some online training offerings for you! More on that in the future. In the meantime, there were a few themes that emerged. One being how easy it is to avoid conflict. Another one that grabbed me is summarized Continue Reading
Remembrance Day for Lost Species
I recently heard artist and activist Persephone Pearl on the radio show Tapestry. It was an affecting interview, where Persephone shared that she wanted a way to acknowledge the multitude of species that are dying off daily. She saw ritual as a way to engage and deal with our grief about these tremendous loses in a way that could be honouring and meaningful. The premise is that we have no rituals for coping with extinction, Continue Reading
Why We Avoid Conflict – Let Me Count The Ways
I was teaching one of my favourite workshops recently, Transforming Difficult Conversations, and one of the handouts I made up for this workshop jumped out at me. I created it quite a few years ago, and have been adding to it and amending it ever since.In it, I list several reasons why we are all caught in the matrix of avoiding difficult conversations. In many organizations I come into, people say: “In our team, we avoid conflict like the Continue Reading
Living with “How Shall We Die?”
Last month, I wrote a post entitled “How Shall We Die”I heard from a few readers about the impact that article had on them, including an old-time friend in Mexico who appreciated a new way to integrate her own sorrow about the state of the world, with its eco-systems collapses & social disintegrations.Another dear friend, Ti Hallas, shared her own perspectives on the state of the world and was curious how I could still be so present in the Continue Reading