Hello friends and loved ones, it’s been a long while since you’ve received an update from us, as we’ve been deep in the throes of a major move across state lines to Southern Oregon. Leaving our dear Emerald Village community to forge a forest outpost has been nothing...

Lessons learned on taking breaks and listening deeply. These words are cringe worthy for most entrepreneurs. It’s mostly an act that is put upon a leader, not one of choice and one that we try to avoid. Here’s a story of one such moment in my life when I got my...

It definitely wasn’t my preference to delay my doctoral research. I wanted to be complete with the 4-year journey and get on with life. The sun, moon, stars and a global pandemic had something else in mind for me. I was geared up to begin conducting a 10-week course designed to advance the ways that leaders are trained and developed. After 20 years of observation in my own personal and professional life, combined with the sense of increasing global leadership incompetency, I wondered if something else could be done to make them (and all of us) better.

In the bustle of the holiday season, the reason behind WHY we give can get murky. Obligation often mingles with “tradition” to create a sticky mess of debt, stress and burden. In my two decades of experience as a mental health professional, this time of year was...