In our work lives, we sometimes find ourselves in a kind of wilderness. Perhaps we don’t know why we’re still doing what we’re doing, or...

Once poetry took hold in my life, I thought "that's all she wrote," but sometimes another calling comes in through the backdoor. When I...

"The gift must always move," I read in an article by Lewis Hyde over 40 years ago. I was in my early 20s and only knew that I had to...

In 2017, Rep. Maxine Waters mesmerized us in a congressional hearing with her repeated and confident statement, “Mr. Chair, I’m...

"Where do you find your people?" is a question I hear a lot. As someone who has been offering writing workshops, coaching, and consulting...

As we prepare for our 2024 Your Right Livelihood class, we're cooking up a trio of workshops to explore the work calling your name and...

Come join Kathryn Lorenzen and me for the Big Picture Retreat to come home to the work, art, or service you most want to incorporate into...

I had a gorgeous friend during my college years, and she even had a colorful name – Hester. She was a woman of bold and impetuous action,...

We all have our callings: the work we're alive to do; yet for most of us, the path is not linear but a tangle that runs through...

Sorting through my sister’s garage recently, I stumbled across something I recognized immediately – my mother’s leather portfolio full of...

As the last 25 years of my life have been largely focused on people’s relationships with their work, I’ve always held a special place in...

Periodically, I get frozen in the midst of a project because I can’t see from here to the end. A great example of this is our basement,...

There's a whole lot of travel going on this summer, perhaps some even involving you and a slew of planes, trains, and automobiles. Yet...

As spring approaches, there’s a natural uptick in energy for many folks. This can be so much fun to have the sensation of a fresh start!...

Several years ago, I played rhythm guitar with a wonderful local rockabilly band, Miss Major and Her Minor Mood Swings. We built a nice...

I didn't know I was a poet until Judy Rance-Roney, my sophomore high school English teacher, told me so. Although I'd been writing poetry...

I was fifteen years ago and miserable when I first went to a youth group Havdalah service one winter evening. I was living with my very...

My dad was the pure embodiment of “I work, therefore I am.” Far from being a Type A, he brought pure joy to work, and he equally enjoyed...

I love my work but I have a tendency, to paraphrase the Oklahoma song, to be a gal who can't say no. Yet when our mouths get us into...

I’m surprised at how often I hear this. Since 2002 I’ve been coaching people in career development and job search, and there’s been a...