I’m writing this blog post to celebrate the publication of my recent article on”Participatory Public Policy Microcosms: Diversity and Empathy as Generators of Creative Wholeness.” It was published in a recent issue of Spanda Journal, and the image above is from the cover of that issue. One cool thing is getting to have my article […]
Sometimes when we learn something new, it helps us to see something familiar, in a new way. My husband Bruce has just pointed out a new metaphor for the emergence-based facilitation work I do, and I’m so excited about it! Here is the story… Last year, Bruce began to dive deeply into Systemic and Family […]
A belated Happy New Year’s greetings to you, dear reader… I’ve been hibernating a bit more than usual, over these winter holidays. I feel like a bear that is taking a peep out of its winter cave! In the last few months, the recent slew of tragedies in our larger world have inspired me to […]
A few weeks ago, I received an brief e-mail from Seung Chan Lim, otherwise known as Slim. He had come across my DiaPraxis website (and possibly, my paper on Empathy and Collaborative Meaning-Making) and wanted to know about upcoming workshops. As I started to write him back, I noticed his email address was connected to […]
Hello dear readers, I’ve been slowing down a bit, trying to stretch out these last few days of summer… AND, I have something for you. Something simple, like a beautiful smooth stone, or a seashell… except that it’s a question. A question designed to awaken our capacity to wonder, and to expand our sense of […]
Hello dear friends and readers, Here’s to celebrating our interdependence, every day. At the same time, it’s wonderful to have special occasions where we take time to get together with family and friends! Here in the U.S., the Fourth of July weekend is one such occasion… And, for those of you who might enjoy watching […]
Hello dear friends and readers…. I’ve just returned from an 11-day visit to North Carolina, connecting with local folks there who are committed to hosting supportive spaces for challenging conversations. While several of them had already taken a seminar or two in Dynamic Facilitation, they have also realized that this work is an on-going practice, […]
