Jul 5Life mission: from idea to personal explorationMy place within Caravan had moved from the work with the foundation of life mission as an idea, to what life mission means to the individual. At least the idea it might be so, and curiosity about what this shift to the individual would mean, made me hope so. …Life Mission3 min readLife Mission3 min read
Dec 1, 2022Listening for the highest versionWhen we listen to each others stories, we are listening from a ‘place.’ We aren’t merely a receiver in the act of listening, detached from the story we are creating about what we are hearing. We bring a certain responsiveness that colours then how the person is heard and received…Storyofmylife3 min readStoryofmylife3 min read
Nov 23, 2022Vision, Mission and Purpose: a journey to the cream-filled centreHaving a vision for our world feels so big sometimes — is it even a thing anymore to imagine that things could be different? …that people could remember their humanity, their connection to the earth, what they love. And yes, they do. I see it all the time. …Vision5 min readVision5 min read
Jul 14, 2022What would your ideal day be?If you were fully choosing the story of your life, what elements would be included in your ideal day, and why? I asked myself this question and discovered that there was a tendency to stay a bit vague about ‘why’. For example, this morning was a lazy morning at the…Life Mission3 min readLife Mission3 min read
Jul 8, 2022Beginning today, how would you choose to design your life?I’ve been contemplating the question of how I would design my life for a few days. What feels important about this question, inspired by The Caravan of Remembering by Daniel Goodenough, is the word ‘choice.’ The way we choose to design our lives offers clues about our life’s mission. …Life Mission2 min readLife Mission2 min read
Jun 26, 2022When you arrive at the crossroads, or turning points in your life, how do you decide?When it is time to decide if you will say yes to an opportunity, leave or stay with someone or situation, have an operation, give something, take a risk that could change your whole life, or allow someone his or her choice, how do you decide? …Decision Making2 min readDecision Making2 min read
Jun 17, 2022Life mission as context for meaningIt can be challenging to see the context we are living, breathing and learning within. Life is just happening all around us, we are ‘in’ it, following the rules or not following the rules, consciously or unconsciously that are all around us. There’s a kind of acceptance of the ocean…Life Purpose4 min readLife Purpose4 min read
Jun 7, 2022A Year of Living Dangerously: a conversation about really livingMy friend James Tousignant and I had a conversation about what ‘a year of living dangerously’ means to each of us. Because our meanderings felt so fun and poignant, I’d like to share some of it with you here. This is the question we began with, drawn from my main…Life Mission4 min readLife Mission4 min read
May 30, 2022What did you want as a child?I sit at the edge tonight as we are about to begin, thinking about the many things I have wanted over the course of my life. I could say they changed since I was young, and yet that isn’t entirely true. Most of what I want now, I’ve wanted all…Life Mission3 min readLife Mission3 min read
May 20, 2022What’s your life mission exploration?What does it mean to be an explorer, to you? You might list traits such as curiosity, being in a process of discovery, and a willingness not to know where something is going. This can be true about exploring just about anything. In my mind, an explorer begins with openness…Life Purpose3 min readLife Purpose3 min read
