Rachel Carson, Dian Fossey, and Jane Goodall are a few of my personal heroes. Their speciality was slowing down sufficiently to observe the natural world in all its complexity, and their passion was communicating the concerns raised by their observations.

Two weeks before the Black Monday stock market crash of October 1987, I joined a bulge bracket Wall Street firm. Thirty-five years later I finally escaped the industry to focus on what really mattered to me…

Small interludes can make the difference between a day that exhausts us, and one that exhilarates us, between a problem that we’re stuck on, and one that intuitively solves itself as we relinquish our grip.

Try Opening Fully to What Is, As It Is.

Plant safety and curiosity to nurture human pollinators, then harvest creativity.

…and you don’t have to travel to some far-off place to get some.

Are you always moving forward, pressing on, pressed for time, trying to finish one thing so you can move on to the next?

Smartphone interactions may feel like a break from our workday, but they are a long way from the pause that refreshes.

Like antagonists in the plant world, brilliant jerks need to be ethically managed, for everyone’s sake.

How do you express your gratitude for your unsung, quiet but essential teammates?

Our ambient soundscape matters … read on to find why.

If you live in a city, the anthrophone – or man-made urban soundscape – is not good for overall well-being.

Self as process: we adopt identities as we go, partial and at times useful, but potentially imprisoning when they become part of a self-limiting story of who we are.

To quote the Tao Te Ching, “Do you have the patience to wait till your mud settles and the water is clear? Can you remain unmoving till the right action arises by itself?”

Interacting with nature on a routine basis restores resilience and supports creative problem solving.

Astrophysicists tell us that the material in our body has been through countless cycles of creation and destruction.

Training our minds to slow down can foster creativity and enhance intuition.

Ever find yourself fighting with an old version of you? The smart one, the victim, the one who gets it done, the people pleaser?

Which pathway will you choose: awareness or unawareness?