Lori Abichandani

No one sees your life in the way that you do.” Our work is not to see people’s possibilities for them, but rather to help them see their possibilities for themselves. Encouragement, shared experience, positive beliefs, vision writing, dignity-based living, hope, a healthy sense of support, love, and the willingness to lean in even if, and when,... See more

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The little man in my pocket

We live in time

Olivia Vagelos

Oct 23

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Last night we took ourselves on a date to the movies.

Walked into ‘We live in time’ while the outside light was still early, fall dusk and softening, and walked out in the darkness. Spent an hour and forty seven minutes jumping... See more

Our evolutionary shift from arboreal life to bipedal walking paved the way for awe. As we began to walk upright, our perception of the world changed; we encountered vast vistas and mysteries of what lies beyond. We became a wandering species, timing our migrations and settlements to the cycles and patterns of the sun, weather, seasons, life cycles

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Here he is: “In addition to cognitive intelligence —which is still important—we also have emotional intelligence, moral intelligence, musical intelligence, aesthetic intelligence, intrapersonal intelligence, kinesthetic or bodily intelligence, mathematical intelligence, social or interpersonal intelligence, values intelligence, and spiritual... See more

Rather, this is about creating ecosystems in which people are encouraged and supported, where they have access to tools and techniques, helpful organizational “recipes,” and examples of positive living so that they might move slowly but surely into themselves. It’s not magical and it doesn’t happen overnight, but in the right space and at the right... See more

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commitment is the only secret knowledge

everything else is just a distraction // Conquer Avoidance course is live!!!

Isabel

May 19

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Pre-essay announcement: I am offering a course to help you conquer your avoidance and liberate your creativity . If you have been avoiding something within yourself... See more

This is the beauty of alternative community space and the result of disability and care activism at work; we all place somewhere on a continuum of ability, we all could use genuine, proactive, enthusiastic offers of support every day. It is how we let our friends and collaborators and strangers know that we’re thinking of them. It’s how we feel... See more

I don’t love the intimations of class distinctions...if there’s one thing that we don’t talk about enough, it’s that class is mighty powerful in terms of determining the course of your life.

Carol Sanford explained how essence is essential to companies, communities, and countries:

Essence can provide the foundation of a business and its offerings if it sources the unique and differentiated nature of who it is. Essence has been there since the company’s founding, but often recedes from its rightful role

Essence is unique to each company

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