Want to be in an Open Yes State?

There’s something about being “open” that creates a certain state of mind that can be very useful in difficult conversations. Gordon White and I teach an 8-step model for Difficult Conversations.  It’s one that leverages the combined 50+ years...

Let An Animal Change You

Recently, my friend Kate Rubin told me about a CBC radio show interviewing the author Richard Louv on his new book Our Wild Calling: How Connecting with Animals Can Transform Our Lives and Save Theirs.  The basic premise is that interacting with animals all around us,...

The Gift: 12 Lessons To Save Your Life

 About 10 years ago, I discovered I was half Jewish.  There’s a story there, but that’s not the point this time!The reason I’m telling you is that a genetic genealogist who is helping me follow my blood lines, told me she was heavily impacted by discovering that there...

Where is Consciousness?

A book I read a while ago by plant scientist Monica Gagliano called Thus Spoke the Plant is one that has stayed with me. What is lingering and impacting me still is her contention that plants might possess intelligence, memory and learning, although the biological...