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Jeanne Supin
Flinging ideas over the edge.
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Thank you! And I hope all is well with you and with everyone at Integrity House!
Toggle Commented Feb 8, 2018 on Jeanne Supin at not so grounded
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Eager to hear how it goes! I've not attended but it's definitely been on my radar. So let me know. And thanks!
Toggle Commented Feb 14, 2013 on Gathering 2.0 at BeautyDialogues
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So beautiful ... thank you.
Toggle Commented Oct 28, 2011 on Aspen Medicine, Taos at BeautyDialogues
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Hi Annemarie, I can't begin to speculate why different folks can or can't be vulnerable - I can barely figure out why I have trouble with vulnerability when I do. But your thoughts seem pretty compelling, especially when you suggest that beneath anger, violence and depression may lie deep wounds that deserve our compassion and love, rather than disgust. Decades ago I worked in juvenile court and child welfare at the height of the crack cocaine epidemic. I learned the addicted mothers who were losing their kids had experienced traumas in their own childhoods; almost all had be sexually abused and/or were raised by parents with active alcoholism or drug addictions, were neglected, many physically abused. Psychologists found these mothers -- despite their chronological adult age -- had emotional ages of around 8-9 years old. Those facts completely altered my perceptions of the courts and child welfare scene. The judge assumed she was talking to a grown woman about the steps necessary to get her kids back -- get a job, find a stable apartment, stay in treatment. But, in fact, the woman standing before that judge was emotionally as immature as any normal 3rd grader, still confused, battered and longing for the adults to take care of her, for the world to feel safe & make sense. We are always accountable for our own thoughts, actions, words and decisions. (And I do believe each of us can find ways to soften our own selves, open up to safe vulnerability in ways that feel good.) But before passing judgment on others -- or offering either punishment or help -- it's best if we know where they're coming from. Thanks. Jeanne
Toggle Commented Aug 16, 2011 on Brene Brown at not so grounded
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Thanks!
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Perhaps it's a sign of success, instead? That the depth, soul and vibration of the conversation suddenly exceeded the existing technological amps? Or the richness of the full community could no longer stay contained within the designed small groups, a weird kind of breaking through the veil? I'm so sorry I couldn't be on, but eager to access the mp3 or transcript, look forward to the next one, and so grateful for your efforts!
Toggle Commented Apr 4, 2011 on The Times We Are Preparing For at BeautyDialogues
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Hi David, Loved your comment that I talk about energy work as if it were real -- I do I do I do believe it's real (which can make for entertaining conversations, particularly with my scientific and physician friends!) Sounds like you have an excellent massage practice and clientele. I know several other massage therapists who share similar approaches -- with exceptionally loyal & enthusiastic clients. I don't get the resistance, frankly. But then there are so many things about modern life I don't understand. Thanks for reading & keep in touch.
Toggle Commented Mar 30, 2011 on The Stuff We Should Talk About at not so grounded
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Congratulations! Unfortunately I'm scheduled elsewhere on April 1 -- can folks access a recording, even if I can't participate? And I'm so looking forward to future Conversations. Thanks so much for leading this initiative!
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Starting my (free) virtual book club Monday. Come join (and help me figure out how to navigate an online conversation with 100 folks!). This week we're talking about Patrick Lencione's work. Next week, Bill Clinton's book Giving. Continue reading
Posted Mar 13, 2011 at Watauga Consulting
I'm hosting a free virtual book club, sponsored by the National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare to highlight the keynote speakers at the Council's annual conference in May. We'll be reading President Bill Clinton's Giving, leadership fables by Patrick Lencione and works that blend memoir and advocacy in mental health... Continue reading
Posted Mar 1, 2011 at Watauga Consulting
Some very gracious words of support from Dave Parnin, Muskegon County Mental Health (MI) after the February 2011 Middle Management Academy. (Excuse the background noise!! First try with my newest camera). Continue reading
Posted Feb 28, 2011 at Watauga Consulting
Love this!
Toggle Commented Feb 23, 2011 on Intelligent Cooperation at BeautyDialogues
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Thanks for your comment and I enjoyed looking around your site - very cool work. I've been hooked on homeopathy since my daughter was a toddler (now she's 18) and this little sugar pill immediately cured an ear infection resistant to 3 previous antibiotics. Even her pediatrician marveled at the results. I've since studied homeopathy and many other energy healing systems. (I have a couple of other related posts under "alternative route" category). The marketing disaster (great description!)? It's a different paradigm and philosophy; there's no concept or language for energy in Western medicine. Western medicine doesn't incorporate energy systems, anatomy, physiology, pathology, diagnosis, treatment ... it just doesn't fit so it's understandably really hard to incorporate or understand it. Makes it difficult for energy systems to shove into current double-blind study designs, too, since energy treatments are far more individualized, tailored and non-diagnosis driven. Plus, I find just as some meds don't work with some folks, some energy treatments don't work with some people. My daughter & I have fabulous luck with homeopathy, but some friends have no success at all. And finally, the thing that makes energy treatments so magnificent is also the thing that turns them into marketing disasters: the right remedy is so subtle, so gentle, so profound that it leaves me without any memory of having the problem in the first place. It's not just that my allergies subsided; it's as if I never had allergies in the first place. Which makes it really easy to forget or dismiss that perhaps it was those little, inconsequential sugar pills that did the trick.
Toggle Commented Feb 21, 2011 on Getting Unclaustrophobic at not so grounded
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Returned safe & sound from Michigan (brrrrrr...!) and a great week conducting The National Council's Middle Management Academy. Here's a graduation photo. Continue reading
Posted Feb 16, 2011 at Watauga Consulting
My blessings, heart and love to you.
Toggle Commented Jan 3, 2011 on My sister Karen at BeautyDialogues
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Beautifully said.
Toggle Commented Dec 13, 2010 on Dom's Trial Begins at not so grounded
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Thanks, Lou. I'll pass it to Debbie, too, who came over this morning way dejected.
Toggle Commented Nov 3, 2010 on Happy Election at not so grounded
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A geeky insider joke, but made me laugh this morning ... Continue reading
Posted Nov 1, 2010 at Watauga Consulting
Came across this excellent "mind tools" site while preparing a module on healthy conflict resolution. Lots of great content for organizational improvement and a free newsletter. Continue reading
Posted Oct 7, 2010 at Watauga Consulting
I knew multi-tasking was wiping me out, but seems it makes me wildly unproductive, too. A Stanford University study says those of us who work, answer emails & texts, and talk on the phone at a frenzied pace .... ... can't pay attention because we're constantly distracted by irrelevant information.... Continue reading
Posted Oct 4, 2010 at Watauga Consulting
Paul, Thanks for reading & commenting! And would love to hear more about your continued commitment & efforts to live deliberately in a complex, fast-paced world. I find my priorities and my sense of presence are sharpening each moment -- my list of what's important shrinks rapidly and I'm increasingly focusing only on 1 things at a time. Not even by choice, necessarily -- to do otherwise just makes me so dizzy these days! I appreciate getting to know you, too!
Toggle Commented Oct 3, 2010 on Here and There All At Once at not so grounded
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2/10 Number of people who play to their strengths every day, according to Marcus Buckingham, Gallup, and The Strengths Finder. Want to be one of those 2 out of 10? Better yet, want to help raise that 2 to something higher? First, find your strengths. With tenacious detail and specificity.... Continue reading
Posted Sep 27, 2010 at Watauga Consulting
Only 2 out of 10 of us work to our strengths most days, according to Marcus Buckingham and the Gallup Organization. 2 out of 10. A sobering figure. Buckingham suggests we can rise above that quagmire by exploding a couple of well-worn myths: Myth 1: As we grow, we change.... Continue reading
Posted Sep 21, 2010 at Watauga Consulting
Allan Scherlen, my librarian friend, didn't exactly find an answer, but his quest is fun ... (Download What_in_the_world_is_watauga_mountain_times_text-1) Continue reading
Posted Sep 11, 2010 at Watauga Consulting
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I created this after years with great (and terrible!) teams. Green describes what we want: accomplishing our intent and feeling good about the process. Yellow describes the imperatives: we need trust, commitment and shared values. The blue actually gets us there. Healthy conflict, attention to results, strengths focus, accountability, clarity... Continue reading
Posted Sep 11, 2010 at Watauga Consulting