Author Archives: seeandconnect
Broken Shoes….Be Careful!
Last week I went on a ten day Vipassana meditation course. You don’t get much of an opportunity to talk with others, so I know very little about most of the people who joined me. Ages ranged, I believe, from eighteen to mid-sixties. Economic backg… Continue reading
Alone, tired, frustrated and scared – in our society….
I’m a practicing mediator (including as a volunteer with an East London mediation service, Common Ground – yes, I am making a flagrant pitch for the organisation!). Today I did some coaching. The objective of the coaching was to help a woman who h… Continue reading
Because life is a series of collaborations….
I am leaving my half-drafted post about collaboration, which I started last week, aside for the moment. Still want to write about collaboration, but from a different angle than originally intended. Yesterday, I was on a countryside walk (yup, I li… Continue reading
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I am leaving my half-drafted post about collaboration, which I started last week, aside for the moment. Still want to write about collaboration but from a different angle than originally intended. Yesterday, I was on a countryside walk (yup, I lik… Continue reading
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I enjoyed Monday, 10th October. It was thought-provoking, I met new people with different perspectives. I felt affirmed in my approaches to leadership, engagement and collaboration. I expanded physically and mentally. What did I do? I attended two… Continue reading
Learnings along the Cotswold Way….
Last weekend, I went on a four day, fifty mile walk along the Cotswold Way. My friend Olivia Sprinkel and I use these walks for exercise, connection with nature and connection with our selves through focused dialogue, awareness, and meditation. We… Continue reading
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In the past few days, I’ve had a few different conversations about the riots. In particular, we talked about what I call the ‘Broom Brigade’. These are the folks who were out with brooms the day after the worst rioting in Hackney, for example. We … Continue reading
Sharing Wangarai Maathai’s beautiful video: “I will be a Hummingbird”
Nobel winner Wangarai Maathai died on Sunday, 25 September. She leaves a bountiful legacy. This week, I am thinking of the paths she chose, the adversity she faced, the courage she lived, the dedicated Hummingbird she was. She inspires me to nurtu… Continue reading
Here’s some advice to the Lib Dems on diversity……
I got up this morning and on the news I was hearing that the Lib Dems want to diversify, meaning they don’t want to be – as I call it – so Vanilla or as the radio commentator was saying, ‘White, male and pale.” It seems that they are taking action… Continue reading
The ramblings of two Mid-Westerners in London….(another random connection)
In my last post, I documented a random encounter at Chicago O’Hare airport. This time, I’m thinking about an encounter I had when I landed in London Heathrow on Saturday morning. I got to the Heathrow Express ticket machines and saw a young woman … Continue reading
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