Summer comes to my homeland. So do I. Green that spreads so far it feels like it will never end. That’s summer in the midwest, when the rains are plentiful. Row upon row of plants, field upon field of crops, hay, grazing land. Barns. Farmhouses.… Read More
Today I tried so hard to do good work. I really did. But I couldn’t vanquish the demons of distraction. The endless checking of email with no real momentum. The vacuum of social media, Pavlov’s red notification button. It’s not that I don’t have important… Read More
Tomorrow, June 7th, Californians will go to the polls to vote in one of the final primaries of what has been at times exciting, at times infuriating and an all-together unpredictable primary season. I’m not generally one to wear my political preferences on my sleeve,… Read More
Knowing others is intelligence; Knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; Mastering yourself is true power. If you realize that you have enough, you are truly rich. If you stay in the center and embrace death with your whole heart, you will endure… Read More
I was always struck by the fact that May 1st, May Day, is pronounced the same as Mayday, the international distress call. May Day. May Pole. International Worker’s Day. Beltane, ancient gaelic celebration of summer and fire. Light, flower, dances around the May Pole. Mayday.… Read More
Make some tea. Bring it into the meditation space. Sit in a circle. Open the chocolate. Have an orange. Read a taoist poem. Share six ground rules. Breathe deeply. Begin. Tonight was a merging of two of my worlds – dreamwork with my housemates, and… Read More
“We make the beloved community By being the beloved community I spent today with members of the Web of Change Community – both board members as well as fresh recruits to the leadership team (I was one of them), in a planning & work session focused… Read More
After blogging for 31 days, one thing is clear to me: There is no better time than now for us to do the things we dream of. When the desire to create overcomes the fears that hold us back, we are propelled into new territory. Like driving from… Read More
Moss garden Swingset Searching for golf balls in the pond at dusk Learning to ride a bicycle by falling, getting up, falling again Looking past the stars to the edges of the known world The smell of freshly shorn grass
Today was the third and final day of a workshop titled Executive Director 101, an excellent training from the folks at Compass Point, focused on building the leadership and management skills of non-profit Executive Directors, folks who’ve been in the position anywhere from a few weeks… Read More
Emily Jacobi 