I met with a friend for lunch today and she told me she is too stressed to spend the time to learn how to manage it. I don’t think she is alone in thinking that. As a matter-of-fact, I was in her shoes most of my professional life. We tend to normalize suffering—we tell ourselves,...
Monday, October 10 is Indigenous Peoples’ Day
This special day was announced by the First Nations Development Institute, whose mission is to “strengthen American Indian economies to support healthy Native communities…through technical assistance & training, advocacy &...
We all have them. You may start out the day with the blahs or maybe you start out and hit the ground running. But sometime during the day, you find that you are lagging and hopping from one thing to another to help you feel better. You can’t seem to find anything that interests you. You may...
You’ve probably heard of E.O. Wilson’s “half earth” approach to slow the biodiversity crisis. The goal is to reserve half of the planet as wilderness, where human activity is strategically limited. Georgina Mace, a biodiversity expert at London’s University College...
Revolution from the Heart of Nature is an international, award-wining radio and podcast series that is free to everyone created by Bioneers. There are in-depth interviews with social innovators, scientists and diverse grassroots leaders. In an episode first aired on September 15, indigenous...
Wow! The effects of climate change are once again showing up in severe weather patterns; the U.S. mid-term elections continue to be contentious; the U.S. Federal Reserve is raising interest rates to prevent another recession and the stock market is steadily falling. What can we do? As Victor...
We are not separate from anything and we have everything, as Kim Forcina said so well in this meditation:
I am the sun. I am the soil. I am the rain. I am the seed. I am the root. I am the chute. I am the tree. I am the branches. I am the leaves. I am the bud. I am the flower. I am the...
The life that we live is based upon how we think. Scientists tell us that there are neuropathways created in our brains that are the results of our beliefs. They also tell us that we have 60,000 thoughts a day and most of them are negative. If you want to change your life, you need to change the...
The Past. It's hard for us to keep the past in the past. For most of us, it shapes how we think about the present. We get stuck on things that bothered us--slights by other people, judgments, rudeness or personal attacks and find we just can't stop thinking of them. We can get stuck on good...
Working together towards common goals is more important than ever these days. That’s why I am pleased to give a shout out to Sustainable Stillwater. Announced in 2016, the nonprofit Sustainable Stillwater grew out of a community-wide visioning project led by high school students who wanted...
Think about what you are doing today. How do you feel about it? In her book, Happy for No Reason, Marci Shimoff asks us, “Is it your job, your career or your calling?” If it is your job, you show up to pay the bills. If it is your career, you feel a connection to it. But, if it is...
NEXT WEEK!!!! Are you ready to make your life easier? FREE MASTERCLASS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERS/PROFESSIONALS called, "Burned Out--Who, Me??!" August 16, 17 and 18 from 5:00-5:45 p.m. CDT.
You are taking care of the Earth, but who is taking care of you? Three Steps to...
