American business executive and civil rights activist, Vernon Jordan, reflects on how progress builds from one generation to the next and about our privilege and responsibility to contribute in our own way and in our...
As we go through life, we inevitably encounter difficulties and suffer tragedy and loss. The way that we process and move through these experiences has a lasting impact on our self-understanding and the way we...
One skill that we can all develop further which will positively impact virtually every area of our lives is being a good listener. Author Mark Nepo challenges us with this insight, “To listen is to lean in, softly,...
As we continue to live and work in these challenging times, Journalist Kristi Nelson offers words of hope and wisdom for us: “The path forward may sometimes be unclear. And it may be messy. But the shared heart is...
Happy New Year! American singer/songwriter Brad Paisley once wrote on New Year’s Eve, “Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365-page book. Write a good one.” May we draw on lessons learned and hardships...
This holiday season is surfacing so many different feelings and experiences for so many different people. Celebration of traditions and rituals which ground us and provide us with meaning and perspective are needing...
Today is the Winter Solstice for the Northern Hemisphere, marking the shortest day of the year. Leading up to today, we have had less and less light with each passing day. From this day forward, daylight will begin...
Professor of Environmental and Forest Biology at the State University of New York, Robin Wall Kimmerer writes, “Even a wounded world is feeding us. Even a wounded world holds us, giving us moments of wonder and...
As we search for that perfect holiday gift, may we remain grounded in the awareness and appreciation of that which truly brings us deep and lasting happiness. Denis Waitley writes, “Happiness cannot be traveled to,...
One of the questions that hospice teams have been asking patients for many years now is, “What is most important to you”. Asked at the right moment and in the right way, this simple question can elicit...
Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. How can you go wrong when you put together cultivating gratitude with the smells and tastes of recipes passed down through generations. Just thinking of the dinner table...
Roshi Joan Halifax once said, “We live in a time when science is validating what humans have known throughout the ages: that compassion is not a luxury; it is a necessity for our well-being, resilience, and...