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Finding Ground
“Ground is the place to go when overwhelmed with thoughts and fears. It can hold our confusion with unwavering presence. We can source the earth’s
Cléo Burke
April 9, 2020
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Insights From the Field
by Ten Directions
Insights, essays, perspectives, and lessons learned while working in the field of facilitative leadership. Authors include our staff, as well as guest contributors.
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Innovation, Freefall and Not-Knowing
“The bad news is you’re falling through the air, nothing to hang on to, no parachute. The good news is, there’s no ground.” ~Chögyam Trungpa
Alana Felt
May 14, 2019
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Collaboration
The Serious Need for Play
I emerged from college with a solid sense of the daunting scale of our world’s environmental challenges. Yet, I was comforted by the array of
Spencer Honeyman
March 26, 2019
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Bias
What Self Is the Instrument?
As a young boy growing up in Jamaica, I believed that I was developmentally behind because I was black, Jamaican, and materially disadvantaged. As I
Akasha
March 8, 2019
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availability
You Can’t Think Your Way Into Reality
Here’s an invitation: Turn on the news for 10 minutes or read the front page of any major newspaper and get really still – relaxing
Dara Blumenthal
February 7, 2019
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Courage
Befriending the Raging Toddler Within: Cultivating Emotional Maturity
In my organization, we do feedback a little differently than typical performance reviews. We have what we call GBOP (Get Better on Purpose) sessions with
Usha Gubbala
January 9, 2019
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Cultivating Wildly Peaceful Communities
Like so many other women when the #metoo movement emerged in late 2017, I pondered over whether I should share my story publicly. I
Simone Torrey
November 9, 2018
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authentic leadership
Intelligent Emotions: How to Be Human at Work
On a hot summer day in Brooklyn, I sat around a lunch table with my colleagues talking about Wholeness. In particular, our emotional wholeness
Usha Gubbala
August 8, 2018
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Conversation
Self-Care for Facilitating Conversations about Racism
I began my self-care coaching business as way to teach others about the self-care habits that sustained me through the toughest moments of my life.
Gracy Obuchowicz
July 13, 2018
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audacity
Feeding the Black Snake of Audacity
I recently had a powerful dream. A bigger-than-life yellow snake was striking at me, baring its ominous teeth, snapping its jaws. Just when I thought
Nikki Naiser
May 10, 2018
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availability
Whole-Self Development: Rethinking Corporate Culture
I was in my mid-twenties when I made the conscious choice to find the answers to some very important questions. An unexpected pregnancy had thrown
Sarah Marshank
April 16, 2018
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authentic leadership
The Truth About Women and Power
One morning in 9th grade I showed up to school and none of my five closest girlfriends would speak to me — they wouldn’t
Maria Bailey
March 30, 2018
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adaptive leadership
How to Succeed Fully in Failure
“I didn´t like what you did – it felt wrong.” “We are disappointed about the result of the group process – this wasn´t what we
Nina Jensen
March 20, 2018
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