Turning Down the Focus on Goals
I often meet clients who are struggling with a part of themselves only to discover that, tuned to a different level, the very thing that most vexed them is … Read More
The naivety of hope
November 16, 2020
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Sarah B
The word “naïve” kept floating into my world last week. As they say, twice is a coincidence and three times is a trend so when I found the word … Read More
Gritty, Determined, Stubborn Optimism
October 19, 2020
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Sarah B
On Saturday night, Theresa and I hunkered down for the two hours and 40 minutes of theatrical goodness that is Hamilton. Like many people, I’ve had my kick of … Read More
The Often Overlooked Critical Component to Survival
September 21, 2020
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Sarah B
It was 2004 or so when I first heard of the Slow Foods Movement. Started in Italy, Slow Foods was a reaction to, you guessed it, fast food. The … Read More
History will Squeeze the Complexity from This Moment, Too
July 27, 2020
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Sarah B
I’m from Greensboro, North Carolina, originally. This past February 1 marked the 60th anniversary of when four young NC A&T students – David Richmond, Franklin McCain, Ezell A. Blair, Jr. … Read More
Aestivating Extraterrestrials and Self-Limiting Thoughts
July 20, 2020
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Sarah B
I read a theory the other day that one answer to the Fermi Paradox – If the math suggests so convincingly that there are other sentient being out there in … Read More
Time Travel for the Sake of the Now
April 13, 2020
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Sarah B
While I’m an advocate for and practitioner in living as much in the present moment as possible (an ever-imperfect attempt, for me, at least), there are historically two ways I’ve … Read More
The Honest CGI Dog and Fictitious Bottles of Beer
March 2, 2020
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Sarah B
Last week reminded me rather starkly that wisdom and information are often very different things, and that one invites greater openness while the other could use some well-placed blinders … Read More
An Ordinary No?
February 17, 2020
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Sarah B
Two words keep repeating in my mind since I heard them in a podcast a number of weeks ago: Ordinary no. The podcast is The Secret Live of Black … Read More
The Wisdom, the Flex, and the Food
January 20, 2020
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Sarah B
Yesterday, Theresa and I spent a handful of hours cooking together. She prepped salad fixings and veggies to dip in hummus; I roasted off some other veggies, made the hummus, … Read More