Giving a quick shout-out to my book GETTING MESSY: A Guide to Taking Risks & Opening the Imagination for Teachers, Trainers, Coaches & Mentors. True human learning goes beyond techniques, strategies, or rigid agendas. It thrives on connection—with others, with oneself, and with something greater. As human beings, our deepest need is to connect, and…
My first teaching job was in the teacher credential program at UC Berkeley. Many of the students in the program had been teaching for years and they simply needed my course to renew their recertification. My class was titled “Instructional Strategies” and…. I’d never taught a course before in my life. For three years, I…
Learning isn’t just a skill—it’s an act of courage. It takes bravery to admit, “I don’t know, but I’m willing to learn.” This willingness opens the door to growth, even though it can lead us into unknown places with outcomes we can’t predict. At its core, learning is a deeply personal journey. It happens…
I love inquiries. My books have always been an inquiry… an inquiry into art (Sky’s the Limit: The Art of Nancy Dunlop Cawdrey) an inquiry into teaching (Getting Messy: Taking Risks and Opening the Imagination for Teachers, Trainers, Coaches, and Mentors) an inquiry into how we know (Deep Knowing: Entering the Realm of Non-Ordinary Intelligence)…
When Dostoevsky said, “Beauty will save the world,” he wasn’t referring to surface beauty. He was pointing to something deeper—poetic beauty. As James Hillman described it: “The way in which the Gods touch our senses, reach the heart, and attract us into life.” This kind of beauty has the power to save the world. Why…
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