Leaving a Legacy

The long view is not about predicting or controlling. Often in financial planning there is the idea that future projections of financial flows and accumulation will dictate success or failure. It’s just a tool for the journey to enable the conversations and actions...

Knitting, a Personal Story and Invitation

At age nine I wanted to learn to knit from my mother. For an unknown reason, my mother arranged knitting lessons from a person at the local yarn store for a friend and me. I was dumbstruck and devastated. When we were introduced to the teacher, I collapsed into a...

Weather Forecast, Well-Being Forecast

Experiences are fuel for writing. Vacationing in the English Lakes Region proved to be great fuel! The weather, a common and universal topic of conversation, became a minor inconvenience compared to the “main events” occurring around the world. We watched with the...

Science, Bullshit and Truth

Forgive my profanity. Sometimes being direct is the kindest approach. Let me elaborate. John Oliver’s brilliant video on Scientific Studies is worth your twenty minutes and conveys a humorous, as well as poignant, perspective to the limitations of scientific studies....

Disruptions or the Spice of Life?

The fingers on my left hand count the number of people in my life who are intimately synced with the flow of life. These few folks have mastered dynamic steering, dynamic resilience, dynamic flow, and dynamic wonder. These amazing people embody human flesh and are...

Grief as a Gateway to Gratitude

If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough. ~Meister Eckhart Recently I was called for an interview, on the subject of gratitude. The conversation with Mandy became lively banter; an animated generative dialogue of sharing...