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Happy New Year. What a year it has been! At the start of the year, I was in a very dark and confusing place but I am finishing the year with hope. If you had told me then all that…
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Yesterday I learned of the death of a colleague of 17 years. He took his own life and I was shattered by the news. He was the last person I would have expected this from. If I had to use…
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Today is Are you OK day. It is one day in the year when people are encouraged to ask the question and really listen to the answer. It’s about trying to save lives; letting people know they can be honest…
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Words. Have you ever wondered at the power of words. How they can create or tear down; build up or destruct; inspire or demotivate? Words you have heard spoken to you or overheard spoken about you, that you have believed…
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Transformation is often more about unlearning than learning – Richard Rohr. I am reading a number of books at moment and this seems to be a common thread through all of them. I am a little slow sometimes and need…
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It’s been a few weeks of ups and downs. Started with a phone call to say that they were looking to let people go who were unassigned for a long stretch. Given that it’s been a little over 5 months…
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Tis the season to be jolly – or so the old songs says. But I have met so many that are anything but jolly at this time of the year. To many it just seems to add to their already…
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Today was one of those tough days when I had to say good-bye to my team of 5 years. Our jobs have been sent to India as so many in IT have of late. This little group has spent the…
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I have been thinking about fear a lot lately. Having lived in this state for decades, I am finally at the point where I am sure there has to be a better way. I have heard and read a lot…
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This week my friends went away for a three day retreat and asked me to stay the nights with their precious children. What a privilege to be trusted like this and it is not something I treat lightly. One the…
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