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Inspiring Change – Bravery

Inspiring Change – Bravery

by Maria Sirois The path of transformation is rarely smooth. As we shift, relationships shift, structures become undone, opportunities arise and feelings cascade in the context of novel ways of...

Inspiring Change – Tell Only the Choir

Inspiring Change – Tell Only the Choir

by Maria Sirois Goethe said this: "Tell a wise person or else keep silent." I say this: Tell only the choir about the transformation you are seeking, or else keep it to yourself. Too often, the...

Inspiring Change – Happiness Rocks

by Maria Sirois Here is the math I wish we had all learned in school: Five minutes a day of something that lifts you + periodic boosts of positive self-regard = a life of increasing success. If you...

Inspiring Change – Facing Reality

Inspiring Change – Facing Reality

by Maria Sirois Sorrow lifts. Joy fades. After the darkness comes the light. As Pema Chodron reminds us, things come together, then they fall apart. Nothing lasts forever. Accepting this reality is...

Inspiring Change – Hacking Life

by Maria Sirois Making the rounds of TEDx is 13 year old Logan LaPlante, who speaks about hacking his education. Homeschooled for years now, the criteria for what he pursues in depth is what he...

Your Body: A Priceless Work of Art

by Megan McDonough In a well-known Washington Post experiment, one of the world's best violinists, Joshua Bell, played a Stradivari at a train station during rush hour in D.C. Hardly anyone noticed....