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Falling into Place
“When I can no longer rise to the occasion, I find I can fall into place.” Sarah-Jane Menato After an extended five year cycle of personal loss and bereavement that included the death of my Mother and a diagnosis of … Continue reading
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“Seeing and Singing in The Dark”
Learning that the dark is not simply an absence of light, or a space of deprivation, is on-going. As the dark reveals Her extraordinary dimensions of depth, fertility and generosity, understanding dawns that everything depends on the quality, treasured-ness and … Continue reading
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Away With The Canaries ~A high altitude perspective on lockdown, herd immunity and the clinically vulnerable~
Canaries belong to what’s known as a Sentinel species. They’re used to detect risks to humans. Other Sentinel species include honey bees, bats, and swallows who warn of pesticide contamination. Aquatic animals warn of water pollution. Rabbits were used to … Continue reading
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Nurturing the Language of “Work”
In recent conversations I notice a theme: The challenge of finding language to re-write LinkedIn profiles, or redesign websites and CVs, after cycles of profound change. Mainstream professional vocabulary can strangle rather than reveal depth, authority and graceful power. It … Continue reading
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Roiling Soil and Cyclical Re-Turn ~ Honouring lives given and taken
As light lengthens days in the north and shortens them in the south, re-adjustments are underway, again. Everyone I know has made unexpected adaptations in the past months, and one for me has been “online” as an on-going and significant … Continue reading
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Growing Downwards
“There is a reciprocal rhythm and it’s not in 4-4 for it doesn’t follow straight lines. It’s a wild rhythm where I help you and you help her and she gets to stop and he gives all he has for … Continue reading
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Calling “Time” on “Fixing and Fighting” and Shifting to “Wrestling and Mending”
I turned 60 in April. My birthday came a few short weeks after intimately accompanying my Mum on her death-path and bringing the scattered threads of her long life together for her funeral in March. I’ve crossed a threshold and … Continue reading
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On Being a “Taker” and Restoring “Labyrinth Consciousness”
Life as I’ve known it has come to an end more than once during my lifetime. The end of my life as I’ve known it, until this point, has not meant the end of my life. What I’m learning about … Continue reading
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Myths and Radical Inclusion for 21st Century Women Leaders
The word myth has many meanings. It can mean a lie; it can also mean an oral legacy passed down from pre-recorded history. Myths are sometimes seen as history distorted by being passed down, and sometimes as metaphors and allegories … Continue reading
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