Speaking True: On the Stage of Life

Speaking True: On the Stage of Life

It is both difficult and important to navigate conversations in an attentive environment like a live stage. This requires the speaker to be aware that something one may say could unintentionally offend those present. Therefore, it pays to remain conscious and reflective about the potential for such offenses.

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Speaking True: Best Coaching Ever

Speaking True: Best Coaching Ever

Some years ago, I had one of those great learning opportunities that come to us as people, professionals, etc. What that opportunity taught me was that maybe sometimes just listening really is the best value we can offer. I realized that's a little harder for those of us who think with our egos.

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Gotta Go Low

Gotta Go Low

How does one choose the high road when a current reality may be horrible? Therein lies the great and strange conundrum we all face. Because we have not found our way to our own inner place of reconciliation with ourselves, we carry frustrations, resentments, prejudices and condemnation into our attitudes, actions and lives.

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Speaking True: Enneagram Virtues

Speaking True: Enneagram Virtues

In my professional human development world, I spend a lot of time working with psychological assessments. One of the things I really like about the Enneagram is the way it thinks of us as humans. It doesn't think you ought to be different. It knows that you are who you are, you're baked the way you're baked.

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