Eastern Philosophy

Relaxation Arises from Integrity: Cultivating a Spacious Being

The holidays can be confusing. They swing between obligations, unrealistic expectations, and the aspiration to “finally relax.” A great deal of this confusion stems from how we view rest.

We use words such as “relaxation” and “rest” casually, as if they simply mean the absence of busyness. Psychologically, “relaxation” is defined as a state free from tension—a release, an easing, a subtraction. In both cases, “relaxation” is framed negatively: as the removal of something.

An Inquiry into Relaxation

On the first evening of a weeklong retreat, David arrived well after the opening session had begun. He burst through the DOWNLOAD PDF

By |2026-06-03T14:31:32-04:00December 8th, 2025|Blog, Practice|0 Comments

Politics, Coaching, and the Practice of Democracy

Democracy is not an end state. It is not just a value or a process.
Democracy is a commitment to a way of being.

This commitment invites a more human view of politics — not as a struggle for control, but as the courageous work of shaping what’s possible together amid differences. Without the inner disciplines shared by coaching and human development, democracy can easily become reactive, transactional, or hollow.

Since November 2024, I’ve reflected more deeply on what it means to live within a pluralistic democracy — the most defining and fragile feature of the American experiment. To address this inquiry, I DOWNLOAD PDF

By |2026-06-03T14:31:40-04:00November 17th, 2025|Blog, Learning/Coaching, Practice|0 Comments

Humility and the Unfinished World

About six years ago, I realized that many of the issues I cared most about would not be resolved in my lifetime; some might even be regressing. It was a quiet but unsettling reckoning. For a while, I resisted it, holding onto the hope that enough effort or conviction might still bend the arc of events toward resolution. But over time, with a touch of humility, I saw that some of what I longed to see mended or made whole would remain unfinished—as perhaps it always was.

It took time to make peace with that recognition—to understand that the world’s fractures DOWNLOAD PDF

By |2026-06-03T14:32:01-04:00October 20th, 2025|Blog, Learning/Coaching, Wisdom|0 Comments
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