Cathy considers how the act of being vulnerable — especially in public — can offer opportunities for deeper and more lasting connection.
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How Small Gestures Can Become Healing Acts
It can feel like humanity is tearing itself apart with division, anger, angst and anxiety. While it may feel like there is no end or easy way out of the malaise that we find ourselves in, Beck offers one idea to help ease things a little…
5 Ideas for Balancing Deadlines with Self-Compassion
Deadlines are inescapable. Which, in the interest of our personal mental health, also means that self-compassion is not optional. This week, Cathy Huyghe offers up ways to go a little easier on ourselves if we miss a "D" date:
Raising a Glass to You.
To celebrate the holidays, we created a simple drink recipe that we hope you can fid the time to prepare and savor.
Space As a Way To Kindness
These last few weeks beck has been thinking a great deal about the the idea of seeking, creating and finding room in our daily lives to hold sacred space for ourselves and each other. To step back in these triggered times and allow ourselves and others to navigate the fragile emotional state we find ourselves in. Safely.
Edging from Mud to Lotus: Revised to Bloom
“No mud. No lotus.” It’s a quote that’s usually attributed to Buddhist teacher Thich Nhat Hanh, but any one of us can recognize the formulation: first the challenge, then the reward. It’s safe to say, I think, that we’re all fairly mud-slicked right now.
A Call for Calmness, Compassion, and Creativity in Leadership
Guest contributor Michelle DeFeo reflects on leadership during the pandemic and calls on all of us to be de facto disruptive leaders.
What to Do When Your Heart is Out of Balance: Facing Inequality in Our Industry
A Balanced Glass? These past few weeks have been a lot more about a balanced heart. Here’s what threw things a little off-kilter for me in the heart department: The SevenFifty Daily post about the Career and Salary Survey Report.
How We Self-Care: Tips from the Wine Community
A few weeks ago I posted what I thought was a random, open question on Facebook. It was a Saturday morning and I simply asked, “So, what are you doing today for self-care?”
What Else Can We Learn from Anthony Bourdain?
We can’t not talk about it.
Bourdain, I mean.
How could he not have known how much we appreciated him?
I’ve heard that a hundred times this past week, and wondered it, myself. <<click image to read more>>