China Comes Closer

For those of you loyal readers who have followed this blog since it’s beginning more than one year ago, you remember my trip to China as part of The World Academy for the Future of Women. For six weeks, I was privileged to teach a Mind, Body, and Spirit Leadership class at Sias International University, [...]

GLEE Addiction

Did you see the finale to GLEE this past week? Well, if you’re not already tuned into one of THE best shows on television, and the closest I’ll be getting to NYC’s Broadway, this is a not-to-be-missed event. For me, GLEE is right up there next to TRUE BLOOD, MAD MEN, and SO YOU THINK [...]

Service Enthusiasm®

Remember my blog not too long ago about Endings and Beginnings? They happen in tandem all the time, and, often, I’m not sure which one makes me more uncomfortable…or excited. But, sure enough, here I am at another beginning. Some of you have been kind enough to follow this blog on a regular basis. Some [...]

I Love Women!

I do. I love women…and how they choose to show up in their lives, and when. Like Hazel Soares, a 94 year old women who just graduated college with a liberal arts degree. Being a learner lasts forever… Like Snow White Schwartzmann, a blind, 16 year old, who is lobbying Congress in Washington on two [...]

Evolution of a Dream

This week, probably beginning right now as I write in the quiet of my home so very far away, the 4th annual Symposium is claiming it’s presence, center stage, on the Sias campus in China. It is Graduation time.  Thousands of students will gather to be recognized. Most specifically, The World Academy for the Future [...]

Read All About It!

Luci Scott, one of the finest Arizona Republic’s reporters, ‘got me! Our interview about my journey to China was in the Tempe section of The Republic today, and, I confess, I cried when I read it. I guess I’m still tender when I talk about China and all the lessons I learned and gifts I [...]

Thresholds

The Chinese own mind-fullness. Colors have significance. Animals have significance. Thresholds have significance. Walking into buildings, palaces, classrooms, temples, homes, across the entry, there is a sizable block of steel, wood or concrete that you must raise your foot high enough in order to cross over. Why?, I wondered. It’s to keep the ghosts out, [...]

‘twixt and tween’ Yesterday and Tomorrow

It’s been 10 days home. I’m still unpacking. I’m not sleeping through the night yet. I’m giving an honest effort ‘to BE HERE now‘,…but, I’m straddling this huge heart-part of me that brings me back to those young faces and eager spirits. Emails come every day from two or three, always different students. I remember [...]

Stay Tuned

So many blog posts to share, so little time…and so little internet access. Flying home tomorrow for the longest April 6th in my life, and will catch you up soon. Our exit from Sias was one of those precious moments I will remember always…Beijing was a constant stimulus: the architecture, the shopping, the food, the [...]

Report Card Time

Hey, I gave my all. I witnessed breakthroughs. I encouraged courageous conversations. But what was important to my students? What, if anything, changed their life? Will they remember to be brave? Will they continue to grow from where they are now? And, yes, I want to know: will they remember me? Crystal: I have never [...]