Jacob Needleman said that we’re built to serve something greater than ourselves. For me, teaching has given me that sense of serving something greater than myself. Stepping into a new teaching situation, I have no idea what challenges (or gifts) lie before me. But I’m ready for an adventure. Teaching is the ultimate way to…
In the sheer vulnerability of facing a group as “teacher,” we come face-to-face with our own personal issues, insecurities, fears and challenges. Because when we teach—when we work with other humans—our own pain and issues come up for healing. It can be messy. In high school, I told my 10th grade math teacher that I…
When we work with other humans, we’re not in control. So what can we do? We can be learners. We can experiment. We can throw away the model of what we THINK we’re supposed to do and create something entirely new. We can investigate what is before us: “What is this situation asking of me?…
Even the most experienced teachers, coaches, and workshop leaders get caught up in the “how” of techniques, theories, information, and strategies. But creating the perfect teaching module won’t make you a great teacher. Your work rests on WHO YOU ARE. Once you have that, the ‘how’ is easy. As Brené Brown said in Daring Greatly,…
Many of my clients who’ve been called to do deeply creative work, get tripped up and frustrated because they feel that they need to be clear about what they’re doing. But the Deep Creative doesn’t work that way. Creativity isn’t a tool that we employ in the service of a vision. IT’S A SPACE THAT…
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