Journal
I am not a Pollyanna, and I don’t consider myself to have a particularly sunny disposition.
“The path to moments of greatness in your life will be paved, in part with your spectacular failures” - Lesile Odom Jr. I am not...
Winter solstice. We are beginning to emerge from darkness into light.
Today, December 21st, is the winter solstice. We are beginning to emerge from darkness into light. The weeks between the end of...
Maybe Sometimes You Should Take it Personally
“Telling someone not to take something personally is like stripping them of their self. It's like telling them their feelings...
The key to our success
“I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.” - Abraham Lincoln If you asked me (you didn't, but I'll tell you...
Teamwork for the Talentless
“Your work is to discover who you are and then with all your heart give your light to the world.” - Jennifer Williamson Check...
Knowing the Flow: Organizational Life Cycles
“August is the border between summer and autumn. It is the most beautiful month I know.” – Tove Jansson Knowing the Flow:...
Living Your Values, Even When You Don’t Wanna
"For good ideas and true innovation, you need human interaction, conflict, argument, debate." - Margaret Heffernan Living Your...
Try “reframing” to clean-up your communication.
“How you begin a conversation will almost certainly determine how it ends.” - Bill Southworth Do the unfiltered thoughts...
Want to cook up good mental health AND good group health?
“I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.” Louisa May Alcott, 1868 Want to cook up good mental...
Spring has sprung
Spring has sprung and Connected Realities is helping groups GROW by focusing on Goals, Relationships, Opportunities, and...
We turned 8 years old on February 14th!
"You were born an original. Don’t die a copy."— John Mason While many people were celebrating Valentine's Day, our team was (and...
How Many Plates Should You Spin?
by Cate Bradley, PhD Photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash In 2018 the circus came to my town! No animals, just unbelievable...