Cultivating Kindness in Leadership

Cultivating Kindness in Leadership

I’ve always wanted a personalized license plate. The state where I live, Virginia, has the highest number of personalized plates in the country. One in four. Each year when it was time to renew my registration, I took the easy route and renewed online instead of...
Cultivating Empathy – Part II

Cultivating Empathy – Part II

In my previous blog, I shared some insights into Jamil Zaki’s research and writing on empathy,  our ability to build our capacity for empathy, and  the observation that we were seeing his findings come to life in conversations about the impact of race in America this...
Focus on What You Love – Right Under Your Nose

Focus on What You Love – Right Under Your Nose

When the big things feel out of control, focus on what you love right under your nose – The Horse There are sources of inspiration and perspective all around us, if we are able to notice them and open to receive them.  Even the stories we’re reading to our...
The Power of Self-Care

The Power of Self-Care

Kristin Neff, Psychology Professor at the University of Texas and leading researcher on the benefits of self-care, reports that three regular self-care practices give us the resources and resilience to thrive: 1. Acknowledging how difficult our current struggles are...
It Wasn’t Boring After All

It Wasn’t Boring After All

A few months ago, I settled back in my seat for the long series of (boring) speeches. High school graduation! The principal, valedictorian, salutatorian, and the superintendent of schools had all prepared words for this special day. The superintendent of schools had...
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