There is something so stunning about how the fullness of life is held packed inside a seed until the moment is just right to unfurl itself into the world. This time of the year in the Pacific Northwest is an eruption of green, color, scent and beauty as new life emerges after the dormant winter. I particularly love watching the…
sonniwebMay 10, 2022
“I have come into the world to see this, the swords drop from man’s hands, even at the top of their arc of anger, because we have finally realized that there is just one flesh that we can wound.” ~ Hafiz You are not alone. You are part of a vast web of life and what you do and how…
sonniwebMarch 8, 2022
“The only way to ease our fear and be truly happy is to acknowledge our fear and look deeply at its source. Instead of trying to escape from our fear, we can invite it up to our awareness and look at it clearly and deeply.” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh Often the New Year starts out with a bold vision, clear…
sonniwebJanuary 24, 2022
Do you Recognize Your Own Mysterial Leadership Emerging? This budding quality of leadership is not based exclusively on roles, power, and command over others. It is an integral way of being that takes into account your vibrant inner world, your outer capacity for effective action, your co-creative relationships with others and your understanding and influence of the systems and structures…
sonniwebOctober 21, 2021
We are such beautiful, vast beings living in a beautiful and vast universe...
sonniwebAugust 10, 2021
In these days of the Great Unravelling, as COVID-19 lurches us back and forth out of lockdown, as we are being asked to face the shadows of systemic racism in ourselves and culture, as we confront the uncertainty around our economic future, as we fear for our health and that of those we love, as we are constrained by a…
sonniwebJuly 1, 2020
In many of the talks that I have given over the last few years, I have mentioned that the upgrading of our inner operating systems to one I call Mysterial is to prepare us for the dark times ahead. I would imagine you would agree that we are in the midst of these dark times right now. They are not…
sonniwebMarch 17, 2020
In the past decade, we’ve made huge strides in the field of women’s leadership. More women ran for public office in 2018 than ever before. #MeToo has helped take steps toward true and real equality. A recent McKinsey report (of 222 companies employing 12 million people) found that 90% of people consider it a priority to hire and retain women…
sonniwebJanuary 7, 2020