First thing: This Summer my family and I are finally attending NVC Family Camp! The truth about my family life is that conflicts come up, sometimes people want different things, often someone’s needs are unfulfilled. And through NVC consciousness and skills I’ve witnessed and facilitated astounding and heart-warming shifts in my family and in my […]
Have you ever wondered how things could be done differently in our prison system? Incarceration rates have more than quadrupled since 1980 in the United States! That currently puts 1 out of every 100 adults in the U.S. behind bars. Is that really the choice we want to be making? Our friend and colleague Kathleen […]
(Download “The Future of Leadership for Conscious Capitalism” by Barrett Brown [pdf, 28 pages] — FREE) One of my heroes also happens to be my friend and colleague Dr. Barrett Brown, Ph.D. Barrett is one of the pioneers and foremost leaders in the field of Integral Sustainability. In this very important paper he addresses leadership […]
This post was originally published to my email list on March 25, 2014. (Edited and revised for the blog.) ==================== I’ve been thinking a lot about a video I recently watched on the topic of why some people take massive action and others don’t. In it, Tony Robbins shares a simple diagram that fascinates and […]
The following poem was composed in response to birthday wishes received, by Dan Pike, President of Sustainable Solutions and Former Mayor of Bellingham, Washington. It is re-published here with permission. Birthday Wishes by Dan Pike At some point in our lives We reach a place where what we want for ourselves Becomes less important than […]