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There are two common definitions of integrity you will find in dictionaries. One definition is about being honest and al...
05/05/2022

There are two common definitions of integrity you will find in dictionaries. One definition is about being honest and aligned with strong moral principles. The other definition is about being whole or undivided. While we could consider that each definition is a different meaning of the word, I have come to appreciate that each is part of a more full definition of the word. Consider defining integrity as living in wholeness with life and purpose through honest, undivided alignment to core, stated principles. With this definition in mind, journal with the following:
What does this definition of integrity mean for you as a leader?
In what ways (situations or relationships or projects) do you feel divided, separated, or misaligned from life, purpose, or the principles that matter to you?
If you imagine moving through the day with the stated intention of being whole or undivided, what might you make space for or do differently?
How might bringing intention to your integrity serve you as a leader?
Go to link in bio to find all weekly journal prompts.
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With much anticipation and enthusiasm, we kicked off the 2022 Collective Leadership Certificate Program cohort in Januar...
05/04/2022

With much anticipation and enthusiasm, we kicked off the 2022 Collective Leadership Certificate Program cohort in January. With participants spanning three continents, our training and coaching sessions over the last few months proved to be a deep dive into the challenges we face when it comes to the relational process skills needed to lead collectively.

As we enter May and begin to wrap up this journey with a fantastic group of leaders, we've shared on the blog some standout ideas that you can apply to your everyday leadership.

Read the post the blog. Link in bio!

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"Belonging is in the present moment. It does not exist tomorrow or in another location. It is right here, right now—if y...
04/21/2022

"Belonging is in the present moment. It does not exist tomorrow or in another location. It is right here, right now—if you choose to open to it."
Sebene Selassie's book "You Belong: A Call for Connection" is one of the best we've read all year. Go read it if you haven't already.
To get more book recommendations, sign up for The Rootwise Hub and check out our "book shelf" -- we update it regularly!
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04/13/2022

What internal clutter do you need to clear out?
How do you want to live?
I love the metaphor of bringing the Marie Kondo method to our inner lives. We all carry stories, ideas, lenses on the world that clutter our inner lives. Often these patterns of thought served us well, saved our lives, or in some way supported our wellbeing. And like ill fitting old worn underwear cluttering our drawers, sometimes these old ideas have to be thanked for their service and let go. There are always a few I have a really hard time letting go, and they get saved in other drawers or in boxes. Unlike material clutter, thoughts can return when we least expect them. This is why I like the question: "How do I want to live?" as a compassionate redirection of our creative thinking mind. Not just letting go but also moving towards new ways of thinking and being with ourselves.

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Each week, we post a journal prompt on a specific theme or topic in The Rootwise Hub. To see this week's full prompt and...
04/08/2022

Each week, we post a journal prompt on a specific theme or topic in The Rootwise Hub. To see this week's full prompt and download the archive, go to the link in my bio.
This week... engage in some imaginative play:

#1 >> Spend 5 minutes (or more) today engaging the imagination or practicing make-believe. This could be writing a five sentence fantasy story or drawing a picture of a magic fairy or surrendering to play pretend freely with a child in your life.
#2 >> Imagine a world that aligns deeply to the core values you hold as a social change leader.
- Describe the world in 5 sentences.
- Describe the world in 3 sentences.
- Describe the world in 1 sentence
- Describe the world in 3 words..
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I share what I need to hear."Forgive yourself for not meeting your unreasonable expectations."- from Julia Fehrenbacher'...
04/07/2022

I share what I need to hear.
"Forgive yourself
for not meeting your
unreasonable
expectations."
- from Julia Fehrenbacher's poem, "A Cure for it All"

remember your body. 💗[ID: Blue text on pale green background reads: “remember your gentle body; remember your strong bod...
04/06/2022

remember your body. 💗
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For a long time, I felt I needed a complete overhaul and renovation of my inner life to embrace a love of being. Sometim...
04/05/2022

For a long time, I felt I needed a complete overhaul and renovation of my inner life to embrace a love of being. Sometimes still, my habit energy tells a story that loving my being-ness a bit out of reach. And then I remember the small things: the feeling of my feet on the ground, the rise and release of tension in my shoulders with a deep breath, the temperature change when walking through the threshold of my front door, the smile of a colleague at the start of a meeting, simply receiving the truth-telling of a participant in a workshop, the feeling of lying down after a full day, the first sip of coffee in the morning, the feel of water splashing on my face. I fall in love with being. I fall in love with my being-ness, my presence.
Here's the activity to try on:
Write a list of what you love about being. Your list might take the form of a love note to your being or be a review of all the moments in your day you felt the fullness of your being, your presence.
A few days after writing your list, free write with the question: what do you notice about the moments of being in your days?
For more reflective activities like this & for free leadership development workshops, sign up for The Rootwise Hub. Link in bio.

It is meditation Monday! A new meditation is posted in the Hub. Go to link in my bio to log in. Monday Meditations are a...
04/04/2022

It is meditation Monday! A new meditation is posted in the Hub. Go to link in my bio to log in. Monday Meditations are also now shared on the Online Learning Page on the website.
Today I guide you through a meditation that invites you to root in nature, connecting with your own nature and the nature all around you that inspires.
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Each week in The Rootwise Hub we post a journal prompt. Did you miss this week’s? Go to link in the bio to sign up for t...
04/02/2022

Each week in The Rootwise Hub we post a journal prompt. Did you miss this week’s? Go to link in the bio to sign up for the Hub.
Consider all that is going well, all that is whole, all that is enough just as it is right now. How habituated have you become to identifying what needs fixing, changing, adjustment? What would shift if you spent the week noticing, honoring, lifting up what is well, whole, and enough? Take some time this week (try daily) in your journal with the following prompts:

1. Make a list:
- What's working?
- What's whole and well?
- What's enough?

2. Look at your list no matter how long or short, how mundane or profound, and write 3-5 affirmations or celebrations of some of the items on your list. (For instance, if an item on your list is: "My weekly meeting with the team." You might write something like: "I affirm and celebrate the efforts I've taken to establish healthy and joyful connections with my team in our weekly meeting. May I continue to trust in my ability to show up to myself and my team.")

3. After writing them, read your affirmations or celebrations out loud!
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Live today well: kindly imperfect, secure, accepted, and alive.Thank you  for the wisdom.[ID: Deep blue background with ...
04/01/2022

Live today well: kindly imperfect, secure, accepted, and alive.

Thank you for the wisdom.

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Leadership is all about practice. Here are five to try on today...If you want to take your practice to the next level, j...
03/30/2022

Leadership is all about practice. Here are five to try on today...
If you want to take your practice to the next level, join The Rootwise Hub. Link in bio.
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Listen to the voice that doesn't use words. Allow it to lead you.[ID: Dusty rose pink background with white lettering re...
03/29/2022

Listen to the voice that doesn't use words. Allow it to lead you.
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It is meditation Monday! A new meditation is posted in the Hub. Go to link in my bio to log in. Monday Meditations are a...
03/28/2022

It is meditation Monday! A new meditation is posted in the Hub. Go to link in my bio to log in. Monday Meditations are also now shared on the Online Learning Page on the website.
Today I share a self-inquiry question for meditation that fundamentally changed my life. It is a question that supported me in relating to my meditation practice not as another problem solving tool intended to strengthen my ego but as a much more healing and transformative way of being with myself in the world. It is a question that continues to support me in transforming my sense of self worth, value, and purpose.
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What does meditation have to do with leadership development? Explore with our online learning offerings. Link in bio.[ID...
03/23/2022

What does meditation have to do with leadership development? Explore with our online learning offerings. Link in bio.
[ID: Series of images with white text on dark purple background that read: “MEDITATION & LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT. Create space in your days. The trust, accountability, and integrity needed to lead are developed from the inside out. Your leadership will be directly informed by how you cultivate awareness, reckon with power, build relationships, and engage learning. Doing this inner work of leadership requires moving beyond the all-too-common over-reliance on title or intellect into new ways of being. Meditation is one way to support you in developing different ways of being with and knowing yourself, others, and the world. Find out what meditation has to offer you by exploring the Hub’s weekly meditation teaching and practice today.” The last image in the series is a SoundCloud audio player that shows weekly meditations.]

Start where you. Be present.Let us support you in your leadership growth. Join us on The Rootwise Hub. Link in bio.[ID: ...
03/18/2022

Start where you. Be present.
Let us support you in your leadership growth. Join us on The Rootwise Hub. Link in bio.
[ID: Deep blue background with white lettering and purple rectangle that reads: Reminder: "When we start where we are, we commit to being present in each moment. And this is the pathway. This is healing, transformation, and impact. This is social change." ]

03/15/2022

Presence, being here now with what is, becomes a radical act of social change in a culture that demands adherence to the lies of structures and stories that oppress. Presence finds agency and power in its non-defensiveness. Presence allows for connection in its non-denial. Presence holds firm boundaries and yet honors the dignity of all. Presence rests on a foundation of self-love. Presence is a practice of transformation, of healing.
Taking it down to the micro level, consider when you've been met with presence, what has been made possible? How have you been able to embrace accountability differently when you feel patiently seen, connected, loved? What kind of change is possible when people show you presence with clear, honored boundaries versus when people have given you attention without clear, honored boundaries?
Join the Hub for resources to support you in cultivating presence! Link in bio.
[Transcript: So, when I say this is social change, the reason that this presence is social change is because so many of our systems, so many of our structures that oppress or that harm, are actually about that control or condemnation or comparison or competition that is rooted in trying to preserve the past or trying to force the future. And so, presence actually becomes a radical act of social change.]

It is meditation Monday! A new meditation is posted in the Hub. Go to the link in my bio to log in.This week's reflectio...
03/14/2022

It is meditation Monday! A new meditation is posted in the Hub. Go to the link in my bio to log in.
This week's reflection and meditation is on presence and flow.
It invokes the wisdom of Dr. Shawn Ginwright's book, The Four Pivots, and the poem, Fluent, by John O'Donohue.
It invites you to practice with the mystery of presence, the flow of the in breath and the out breath, the rhythms of the body available for us to sense in any given moment.

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