The Art of Homecoming

The Art of Homecoming

Art is made by choosing a set of constraints, using them to create a boundary, and then building a world inside it. With words or paint, metal or wood, musical instrument or food — whatever your art, it is a collaboration between you, the medium you work with,...
Desire, Trust, & The Game of Life

Desire, Trust, & The Game of Life

You can view any creation through a variety of lenses. For today, consider the unfolding pattern of your life through the lens of a game. Every game has rules that define it, that articulate the boundaries and limits within which the game is played, and the rules of...
In Praise of Bitterness

In Praise of Bitterness

When I was a child I loathed the bitter foods that our cook served up several times each week. Karela, also known as bitter gourd. Tittori—a variety of bitter lentil. Methi bhaji, a particularly mouth-puckering species of spinach. Bitter foods had their place in my...
Why Healing Matters

Why Healing Matters

Unhealed wounds leave us vulnerable to manipulation. At their extremity, unhealed wounds are portals through which ideologues and fundamentalists (of every stripe) recruit, program, and weaponize people to serve their own agendas of dominance and control. Healing is a...
Mentoring Is My Craft

Mentoring Is My Craft

Nothing brings me greater joy than mentoring visionary women founders and CEOs who are creating a world that works for everyone. It’s the craft I’ve been immersed in, in one form or another, for all of my adult life. It’s the craft that has made me who I...