Ruth Bader Ginsburg – The Giant Lives On©
R eal, fierce, and bold … determined to “get it right” and “keep it tight” U niquely equipped to stand alone, small, yet tall and…
Category: Contemplative
Success: Where Does the Journey Actually Begin?
Who doesn’t want to be successful?! Because there are as many definitions of success as there are people who want to achieve it, the end…
Maskuerade
With all the face coverings, do you ever wonder who’s behind the mask? Of course, there’s the coronavirus mask and those other masks we wear.…
A Remembrance: Mozella’s poem On Race at the Smithsonian National Museum
Sharing my poem On Race, at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History for the Community Foundation’s ‘Putting Race on the Table’ forum in 2011…
Keep Your Eyes On The Prize
Photo credit: Babajide Adeniyi-Jones Many of us have been called to the streets – whether those streets are in the cities in which we live,…
Searching For Truth
I paraphrased an old legend, which goes something like this: A deity wanted to encourage us to diligently search for the truth, and he pondered…
Be A Master
Question. In spite of the waters raging around you, how committed are you to taking responsibility for the ripples emanating from your pond? The image…
Lessons From Bali
I am thrilled to be here in Bali where I was the opening keynote at the 11th Annual Women’s Leadership and Empowerment Conference hosted by…
Keep Calm and Carry On!
I so love this popular British mantra and the many keep calm variations that have stemmed from it. It got me thinking. There’s so much…
My Jazz Poetry Audio Gift for You!
My last blog Learning to Exhale was a call to action: “The breath we take in must be exhaled” … Make an extra special effort…
Learning To Exhale
January is behind us. For many it has been a time of hopeful beginnings and great expectations, for others it has held a disempowering sense…
Put Down The Map and Get Wonderfully Lost!
For those who attended the inspiring women’s personal and leadership development retreat, The Architect & The Tree, January 10-12, 2020, the above well-known travel quote…
2020 – Trust Your Journey!
When you accomplish something challenging, how often do you stand back and really look at what it took for you to get there? All roads…
The Long-distance Footpath
Most big goals take a lot more out of us than we bargain for. We want to believe we can make company targets in record…
No Roads
Several years ago, I visited the unique and historical island of Lamu, off the coast of Kenya. Lamu has paths and alleyways, but no roads.…
The Withdrawing Room
What scares some people about retirement is trying to figure out what to do with their lives. For those who consider themselves there, it’s time…
To Be or Not To Be …
I recently held the smallest retreat I’ve ever facilitated in over ten years. On the one hand, you might think that size shouldn’t matter a…
Telescopic Vision
Winding along the waters of Lagos, Portugal revealed the most exquisite caves and grottos. The names of these natural structures were mostly symbolic – the…
Forward To Basics!
What does the word ‘basic’ conjure up in your mind? Every time I see a clothesline it reminds me of basics, wholeness and simplicity. Yes,…
Enough Space Between Us?
photo credit: Carleen Jules Do you ever get caught up in protecting your space … that sense of ownership of what you consider to be…