Buddhist nun Pema Chodron teaches the value of a grounding practice like meditation to help to slow down, be present and be a good listener. Her writing and talks are inspirational, compassionate and funny. More recently, I get to practise...
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My encounter and study with Marshall Rosenberg’s work on Nonviolent Communication has led me not only to seek to understand and communicate better with others but also work at knowing myself and what I need. My ongoing learning from NVC...
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Jill Bolte Taylor’s book My Stroke of Insight is a great resource for understanding how the right and left sides of our brain influence our behaviour and why it’s important to balance them. Nipun Mehta in a 2012 University of...
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Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. are two of my foremost gurus, if you will. They remained steadfast to activism and advocated human rights without steering off their spiritual path or their strong belief that nonviolence is the only...
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Architect Candy Chang transformed the way I look at art (as did Banksy). It inspires me to use creativity as a means for Community Engagement and Activism. Charles Montgomery is a cool Canadian who has correlated urban design (as a...
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Both Brene Brown and Amy Cuddy articulate the need to acknowledge our vulnerable selves and work from that place to owning our power and place. Brene’s advice – Vulnerability is the birthplace of creativity, innovation and change. Amy Cuddy’s journey...
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Simon Sinek gives a simple formula for success. Start with why i.e. the motivation for your actions. It’s a great tool for decision-making and to help with visioning. Ari Wallach invites us to use the ‘long path’ practice when we...
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Systems thinking, articulated well by Peter Senge, allows us to zoom out and look at all the contributing components or stakeholders in a system. Collaboration, relationship building and shared leadership naturally follow. Starhawk’s book The Empowerment Manual, The Circle Way...
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A Comprehensive Toolkit for Locanomics, Community Organizing, Indigenomics, Leadership, Social Innovation, Cooperatives and more I completed the Simon Fraser University’s Community Economic Development Program in 2015 and it gave me a language for my intuition and experiences in India and...
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