To those who were able to join us for the Audacity of Hope conversation last week, thank you. The following is our expanded resource page with questions regarding trauma, connecting, productivity and money. Please feel free to share among your team, colleagues and family. Being Aware of Trauma Despite how your team looks to you…
Just like the rest of nature, human beings need a balance of give and take to thrive. In his book Give and Take, Adam Grant talks about two kinds of people: Givers and Takers. As a society, we are takers. We extract, exploit and consume with reckless abandon and entitlement. Most important, we think all…
What does it mean to be ethical or behave ethically in a complex, interwoven world? I am constantly reminded of the show The Good Place—a comedic exploration of the afterlife. In one of the latest episodes, it was revealed [spoiler alert] that it has been over 100 years since anyone was admitted to “The Good…
….it is work that fulfills and makes you come into wholeness, and that goes on through a lifetime. Whatever the wounds that have to heal, the moment of creation assures that all is well, that one is still in tune with the universe, that the inner chaos can be probed and distilled into order and…
Every year at Seven Stones we offer our clients a completion process. This year’s process is designed inside Sustainable Abundance. This is an opportunity to look where and how you have created and lived a life in Sustainable Abundance. This work is designed to be written; you will have four lists at the end…
Share with us how you celebrate #GivingTuesday In our culture, giving often has an air of separation and distance embedded within it. When we give to organizations far-flung across the world, we give to people and places we have never been or will never meet and while that’s not bad, sometimes it perpetuates a kind…
I had the power to create new stories for myself, new stories that brought forth more joy. I truly was a creator of my life, and a joyful life at that. When Gina and I started on our journey into sustainable abundance, we were both pretty serious—serious about learning, serious about the possibility of a…
Seven Stones is a bold invitation to lifelong learning and to live, work and thrive in loving authenticity, cherishing all beings. This month we are considering how to use The 7 Laws of Enough in organizational structures. We have used Seven Stones as a learning lab for us to create a space that fulfills the…
“It’s easy to be grateful at a banquet.” Caroline Myss, author and spiritual teacher, likes to say “It’s easy to be grateful at a banquet.” But what about when life throws you curveball after curveball after curveball? Can you still be grateful then? About eighteen months ago, Jen and I were attending our year-end retreat….
When is the last time you felt deeply rested? On the Run: A dear colleague of mine recently told me that she feels guilty “every minute” she is not working. Ouch. What do you tell yourself about work, productivity, rest? What messages did your parents give you? What messages are we all constantly bombarded with?…