"What the world needs now is love, sweet love. It's the only thing that there's just too little of."

Burt Bacharach's 1965 classic floats through our Valentine's week like a wistful prayer. But what if he had it backwards? What if there's not too little love in the world, but too little literacy and expertise in it?

“Denying the impulse to become whole is a bit like resisting the next inhale once we have exhaled fully. It is not possible.”

It All Begins Here

“The desire to guide clients into the depths of their being, where true change and healing resides, becomes undeniable. This is the call to embodiment.”

“Sometimes it takes an emotion to welcome an equally intense suppressed emotion.” 

“Emotions are like waves—just 90 seconds long (if we let them).” Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor

She listens deeper. She comforts and co-regulates. She is present. 

I hurt my really good friend’s feelings. And I really hate that. But magical things happened in it for me (and hopefully for her too).

So I stayed with the question; Just shortened the question to, how do I want to feel? 

It is so important to realize that our brains are wired to keep us alive, not to keep us mentally well. Mental wellness requires the whole body, and some significant intention.

Years of bad posture catches up to us, even if we heal the emotional root to why we shrink back and play small. 

What happens when we subconsciously construct our world on a wound?

Humanity needs active engagement. But we have to recognize what is happening inside of us as individuals too. It’s both and. First things are first. Stay awake and alive within yourself and figure out what you need and what you have to offer.  

Notice your pattern of daydreaming, wondering off, checking out. Just notice. How many times a day and how long are you checking out for? Where do you go? I noticed I go into the future. I plan the next vacation. I wander into nations and explore new things in my mind. Nothing too terrible, except that I’m not present. And presence is everything when it comes to healing.  

I just had the thought that I need to take a break and get some lunch. And then I ignored the thought and kept typing. Because I also have a bunch of thoughts going through my head about this article and I want to keep typing. So I press pause. What do I think about this thinking?

Two years ago, I was totally fried. The worst business partner ever, an overly dependent wife, firing myself from most of my work, leaning too hard on friendships, and barely able to get out of bed. I was thinking I was working too much, but that was the result, not the root of the problem.  

I want to celebrate mothers this year by recognizing their humanity, imperfections, love, and healing nature.

Leaders navigate their own inner world and at the same time manage the relationships they influence.