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Learnings and Lean-ins from Lockdown

covid-19 insights wisdom Jul 28, 2020

Originally posted May 2020

It’s been almost exactly two months since things shifted in the world, and so I continue to ask myself, what is shifting within me? Here are a few things I’ve noticed.

50 Shades of Gray has made a comeback. Turns out it’s my actual hair color.

Telling yourself, you’ll shower after you exercise later can result in days when you don’t shower or exercise.

The “home edition” of my meals...

10 Lessons from Lockdown

covid-19 grace infinite possibilities uncertainty wisdom Jul 28, 2020

I’ve been quiet for the last month here and on social media. While most of the country has been on lockdown, I was working on a huge project.

Most of you know that I have the honor of working with Mike Dooley at TUT (Notes from the Universe) to organize and execute two events a year. We had been planning the 15th Infinite Possibilities Train the Trainer 4-day Conference scheduled to begin April 2nd in Costa Rica. It was going to be our first bilingual event. But in the first...