What might change if we became known more for our listening than our speaking – more for our curiosity than our didacticism?

She swallowed hard and asked, “Is there any chance we’re going to eventually find out some terrible secret about one of the leaders in this program?”

Do I live an empowered life?

That was the question that seized me one recent morning as I taught at a retreat centre.

What if, to tell a story honestly, unsavoury or downright evil behaviours must be portrayed? I propose three questions to ask of the art we receive and create.

I tried so hard to fight my tears when I lost my mom. I had to learn that it was my honour to cry for her.

Why my mom refused to see movies with sad endings. (And what she knew about resilience before resilience was a buzzword.)