Vibrant orange with electric purple. That is the colour of my sky as the winter sun sets. It ignites the white rooftops, setting them gently ablaze like the dying embers in a fire. The inky dark clouds on the horizon pick up the orange and turn it purple in a...
Maya: Hey Karena! Mind if I join you? You look a little perturbed. What’s up? Karena: Sure, Maya. I could use the pleasant company! I’m contemplating a mental conundrum: What “better” world were we trying to create for our children that we gave away what was beautiful and free? And how did we go...
If this is the first week of school and you’ve just dropped your kid off at university “You mean it doesn’t get any easier?” she asked, loading storage units, clothes, musical instruments to drop her daughter off as a freshman at college. I was loading my lonely luggage into the car...
I am celebrating this year of writing by sharing six different and wonderful reviews of the book that came together once I got into a habit of daily writing. "Emotions create habits" -- BJ Fogg Tiny Habits 3-6-5-series: This post is part of a series: Celebrating 365 days of continuous writing Simple Discipline Takes...
Last week I had a wonderful discussion with Scott Perry on his Weekly Difference-Maker session on LinkedIn live. We talked about Courage and Trust. The idea of Courageous Parenting that is discussed in the book - is the willingness to trust that you have given your kids the right tools to make...
What is Gap Year Podcast? This podcast explores the many questions that invariably appear when anyone considers a gap year. Faced with the uncertainty of a freshman university experience in the presence of COVID-19, this year present there is a greater debate for those considering a gap year as a natural pause...
How do I tell a story that enrolls you in a journey to be taken together? A journey to save the water, and offer it as the same elixir for our children that we knew as kids? This poem, by spoken word artist Rudy Francisco has taken up significant real estate in my...
The 100-day challenge You would normally find me talking about a world 5-15 years ahead. That is the universe where I am most comfortable. I like being that scout, who goes a few miles or kilometers ahead and comes back to the pack saying 'Watch out, there is beauty or danger...
Learning some COVID Lessons One day soon, this COVID crisis will end. So years from now, what will you be able to take forward from this experience on how to communicate difficult amorphous messages effectively? Share some of the more memorable in the comments below - and let us know why they...
I had my first memorable experience with emergency rations when we were 4 months away from the dreaded Y2K - and I had a very young family still in diapers and formula. Hurricane Floyd We realized we were going to be in more trouble than we had estimated when we watched the...