Three questions can help a person consider whether and how to say something:

Is it true?
Is it beneficial?
Does it forge connection?

Practices, LeadershipCyndi GueswelJanuary 21, 2018Only To Growwise speech, no complaint, Carrie LaDue, Mindfulness, Maya AngelouComment

Do Be Do Be Do

Iwa is a beautiful term that comes from the Yoruban culture of West Africa. It roughly translates to “all that informs your existence" and is how Yorubans speak of both their character and their well-being. What I love about it most is that it is the single term they have for what in English translates to the two concepts we generally consider distinct: being and doing.

PresenceCyndi GueswelDecember 31, 2017Mindfulness, Iwa, Charley Fisher

Going in the Dark: A Solstice Reflection

Hello darkness, my old friend.

On this day of winter solstice, let us celebrate darkness. The darkness of deep interior life, emotions that do not find expression in small talk, images that will never be found on Facebook. The darkness of not knowing the way forward, the darkness of sitting in stillness and simply noticing what is.