8 years ago Around this time I became a dad for the first time. Today is my birthday as a dad So, what do you call that? Birth-dad? Father birthday? Dad-day? Anyways… In my family's culture this is day we parents celebrate. We celebrate the day the parents became parents. For the first, second, third, or tenth time… Being a parent will push you to the furthers edges of life. And I mean this! The brightest places. And the darkest places too. Come on people, We're talking about what life is...
2 days ago • 1 min read
You start new projects, but you never finish them. Starting something and not finishing it can feel like a curse. What happened that this pattern became what is? What got you here will not necessarily get you there. Teal Swan, an expert in human development and relationships, calls these the gatekeepers. The road to getting what you want isn't a straight line. I love the spark of starting something new ⭐! The excitement... The passion... The clarity... The motivation... The flow... But...
3 days ago • 2 min read
Hey, my weekly support and empowerment team is starting next week. We focus each week on one team member's projects. Reply "teamwork" to this email, and I'll send you the details. Ok, let's be blunt. Humans have feelings and emotions. You can stop hiding now. Humans are way more irrational and unreasonable than we like to think. → The way that we buy stuff... → The way we choose our partners... → The way we make friends... → And just generally the way we make decisions... These are all...
6 days ago • 1 min read
You are carrying seeds of regenerative culture… You are building cool stuff… You are either in the design phase… Or you are actively experimenting with your design… You want to collaborate with others… A support team to help you build this thing… A core team to create a regenerative ecosystem… You’ve learned that doing it by yourself is not regenerative. You might be facing challenges with:- Navigating emotions within yourself and the team - Burnout, discouragement, fatigue - Going in...
8 days ago • 1 min read
You can only be in one of two teams: 1) The looking-good team, or 2) The learning team. You cannot be in both. Learning requires NOT looking good. Imagine trying to learn to play guitar but you're not willing to make mistakes. Learning starts with being with your incompetence. Learning that you are incompetent can be terrifying. It can trigger your box defence mechanisms dedicated to: Maintain the status quo Keep things normal and unchanging Maintain the image you have of yourself Maintain...
10 days ago • 1 min read
Hey, It's Water Day today! You know, I have 3 kids. They… ahem… We... Love the movie Moana. [Spoiler Alert: If you haven’t watched the movie Moana yet, you might want to save this reading for later. Go watch it today and then come back!] Moana is the story of an island girl, daughter of a chief in a prosperous island village. Since she was a kid, Moana was maddly attracted to the ocean. But she’s been told her whole life… —“We got everything they need in the island.” — “We don’t need anything...
12 days ago • 1 min read
I've been trying to source my village for the last 10 years. Sometimes have been more successful than others. Becoming a parent presented the next set of major challenges in sourcing my village. If you're reading this... You are most likely carrying seeds of a Regenerative Village within you. Yet, your seeds need fertile soil to sprout and grow. — Context is to humans what soil is for plants. Your seeds are just waiting for the right context to grow. Modern Culture's context doesn't provide...
13 days ago • 1 min read
Hey, Wishing you a great day and blessings. I'm grateful this morning for being with my family and the delicious waffles with blueberries and cheese eggs Melissa made. I feel sad because I keep hitting a wall in my creations. The wall is made of missed opportunities for love-happening, intimacy and collaboration. The wall keeps me from drinking from the juice of life. Something else is possible! Mainstream consumer culture is not reality. Mainstream culture is another fantasy world. Reality...
15 days ago • 1 min read
Hey! The Growness worktalk yesterday touched on something so foundational for me. Watch the recording here. Lots of great questions came up in the space. Two things came up for me. 1) Mainstream Culture = Consumer Culture = NOT Regenerative 2) What you want to exist in the world is the source of your Growness Consumer Culture is a adolescent, vampiristic, blood-sucking orientation. There are only two industries that call their clients "USERS": Drug dealers and Technology These industries are...
16 days ago • 1 min read