“I hate school,” says my 7-year-old almost every single day. “Oh really?” I ask with curiosity. “What do you hate about it? Tell me more,” I encourage even as I am continuing to make her food for lunch and pack her things to send her to the very place that she has just told meContinueContinue reading “Who Wants to Work For a World That’s Not Working With Us?”
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Bias By Us: How Our Unconscious Programs Us to Harm the Other
Black, White, or Other? “Pedro, Pedro, go back to Mexico.” “Pedro, Pedro, go back to Mexico.” “Pedro, Pedro, go back to Mexico.” Being Black and growing up in the South—between Virginia and Mississippi—with a name like Pedro Senhorinha Ramos Montero Silva brought in many unwelcomed experiences in my life. One of which was the otheringContinueContinue reading “Bias By Us: How Our Unconscious Programs Us to Harm the Other”
It’s Never Too Late to Say What You Wish You Said
Have you ever found yourself in a situation when you either said something that you wish you didn’t say or didn’t say something that you wish you did? If not, you are probably AI and I am not talking to you. But, the rest of us usually feel that way at least sometimes, whether itContinueContinue reading “It’s Never Too Late to Say What You Wish You Said”
Do the INR (Individual Narrative Responsibility) Work
How often do you reflect on how much the stories you tell yourself impact your life? Personally, I think about it everyday. Because since I was a child, I have always been keenly aware of narrative dynamics. Consciously or unconsciously we all perceive ourselves as characters in a narrative. And how we locate ourselves inContinueContinue reading “Do the INR (Individual Narrative Responsibility) Work”
Recreating With Aloha in Mind and Heart
When most people hear the word Aloha, they think that it simply means hello and farewell. But, more precisely, it means “the presence of the Breath” i.e. The Breath of Life. And as some of my friends who are of the land of Hawaii have shared with me, it is akin to expressing “I loveContinueContinue reading “Recreating With Aloha in Mind and Heart”
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