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Welcoming Words
Welcoming Words
A cairn is a collection of stones to mark a significant spot on the landscape- a summit perhaps, or a pause on a wayfarer’s route.
Clare Mulvany
Mar 12, 2018
The Gathered at the Gathering
The Gathered at the Gathering
It’s a funny thing, a podcast. Cast like a spell? Or a web? Or a giant fishing net? We were caught. And called. And came. Indeed, we…
Clare Mulvany
Mar 12, 2018
Beyond our Span of Time
Beyond our Span of Time
The redwoods stood tall. They have been standing tall for generations, bearing witness as our indigenous elders. Some trunks are burnished…
Clare Mulvany
Mar 12, 2018
Simplicity on the Other Side of Complexity
Simplicity on the Other Side of Complexity
It’s complicated. There is so much noise. There is so much information. There are competing voices and so many opinions.
Clare Mulvany
Mar 12, 2018
Radical Curiosity
Radical Curiosity
Nexus points. At the intersection of things there is a spark. Go there. Science meet spirituality. Risk-taking meets pragmatism. Medic…
Clare Mulvany
Mar 12, 2018
Listening as a Revolutionary Act
Listening as a Revolutionary Act
There is the power of being heard. Really heard. How often does that happen in our families let alone in political life and leadership? To…
Clare Mulvany
Mar 11, 2018
Shifting Cultures and Critical Yeast
Shifting Cultures and Critical Yeast
How does change happen? It happens in cultures.
Clare Mulvany
Mar 11, 2018
Power of Questions
Power of Questions
Let’s give Rilke some airtime:
Clare Mulvany
Mar 11, 2018
Intellectual Rigor, Vulnerable Heart
Intellectual Rigor, Vulnerable Heart
The mind helps us to reach into things that are not known. It helps us to find the right question and decode the data to keep probing into…
Clare Mulvany
Mar 11, 2018
Hope as a Choice. Insisting on Joy
Hope as a Choice. Insisting on Joy
Hope and joy are verbs. They are not passive, but active. Both can be cultivated. Both can be harvested. Both can be offered and received.
Clare Mulvany
Mar 11, 2018
Bridge Building
Bridge Building
The ‘tragic gap’ will never close. The place between where we are now and the world we want to build; the tension between the pain we see…
Clare Mulvany
Mar 11, 2018
Interrogate Love
Interrogate Love
The word ‘muscular’ was present. There was talk of muscular conversations to help narrate the new story of our time. There was talk of…
Clare Mulvany
Mar 11, 2018
Life as Art
Life as Art
John O’Donohue had an echo in the room. The talk of blessing, and of walking the Irish land, and the mention of beauty always beckoning an…
Clare Mulvany
Mar 11, 2018
Fear as the Compass
Fear as the Compass
Do we dance with the fear that wants us to dance? Maybe this is a good question too.
Clare Mulvany
Mar 11, 2018
Relationship as Connective Tissue
Relationship as Connective Tissue
The quality of our interactions build the connective tissue of our communities, and friendship is one of the strongest glues. To befriend…
Clare Mulvany
Mar 11, 2018
The Soft Place for Hard Conversations
The Soft Place for Hard Conversations
Landing spots, safe spaces, with walls of trust and doors of welcome. These are the places were the conversations can take place. We are…
Clare Mulvany
Mar 11, 2018
The Final stone in the cairn
The Final stone in the cairn
I’ll leave you with my haiku, the final stone on my cairn.
Clare Mulvany
Mar 11, 2018
Gratitude
Gratitude
These notes were distilled and accumulated through the many wonderful conversations- on stage and off- at the On Being Gathering, and are…
Clare Mulvany
Mar 11, 2018
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