#empowered communication

This post was triggered by a particular moment in the film, Satyaprem ki Katha, which I very highly recommend by the way, and won’t spoil here. I do a lot of coaching work, and support high-performing teams. One of the tendencies I see across the board is the reluctance to stand up for ourselves. We tend to want to avoid confrontations, including the discomfort we feel, and we give in to fear.…

It was a late night in April. It was the night before I was to fly to the U.S. after about 3 years away. I could not sleep. I thought it was excitement perhaps. I was wrong. I had given myself permission to switch off from work mode and be open to traveling and preparing for my sessions at the upcoming Bioneers conference in Berkeley, California. What I later realized was, my brain needed…

Saturday means it’s time for another reflection to be posted to my grad school course, and so I share it with you all here as well. You can find the audio recording HERE or the pdf for the transcript HERE: freirean3-transcript. This week’s quotes and citations are found below.

Image Credit: MegBeam, 2013.

  “We must remember that there is a dynamic movement between thought, language, and reality…