As we prepare to ring in the new year we want to pause and reflect back on 2021. There were many ups and downs, yet as Creators, we hopefully took the Challengers in stride and were able to grow and learn. As we say goodbye to 2021 and welcome 2022, we want to share 3 […]
In the Northern hemisphere, we just experienced the Solstice. This is the shortest day of the year and signals the return of the light. The daylight is brief, paired with long dark nights. (And for our friends in the Southern hemisphere, we acknowledge you are celebrating long days of sunlight.) On our Northwest Island where […]
Human beings have a natural drive to thrive and survive. We would not be here, after all, if our ancestors didn’t figure out ways to stay calm, even in the face of disease, droughts, tiger-eating threats, and a whole host of other life-threatening events. We humans live in a paradox. We both want to be […]
Sometimes the smallest trigger can send us into a dizzying cycle of reactive, drama-filled behavior. While triggers are often thought of as negative, they can be either positive or negative. Becoming consciously aware of environments that stimulate your negative triggers, while increasing situations that promote your positive triggers, is what we call becoming “trigger intelligent.” […]
Mindfulness has become popular, promoted widely in business magazines, schools, the military, and health care centers, to name just a few places. Mindfulness is based in meditation practices that are thousands of years old, so it’s hardly “new.” So, why has the interest in being mindful grown so much? One reason there is a lot […]