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Reflections

A growing collection of thoughtful reflections, meaningful questions and small steps that matter. New reflections are added here each week.

12 reflections, newest first

Endings create space

Sometimes they look like handing back a set of keys. A final glance around an empty room. A door closing behind you. A suitcase packed for somewhere…

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The Life That Expands When You Do

Every time you do something you thought you couldn’t, your idea of who you are gets a little bigger.

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You Don’t Need to Believe It Yet

We often think belief has to come first.I’ll apply when I believe I’m capable.I’ll speak up when I feel confident.I’ll make the change when I finally believe I…

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The Wealth We Already Have

Sometimes it takes losing the ordinary, even briefly, to remember how extraordinary it really is.

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What Are You Loyal To?

There is a small piece of Ireland in the middle of Manhattan. Not something designed to look Irish. A piece of Ireland itself.The Irish Hunger Memorial in Lower…

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The Hardest Gap to Bridge

There is a gap most of us know intimately.It lives in the space between knowing what to do and actually doing it, and it is wider and more stubborn than we like…

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We Bring the Weather With Us

What part of your life have you been explaining away whilst you wait for better weather?

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The Cost of Waiting

I've been thinking about waiting. Not the kind where you stand in a queue or sit in an airport lounge. The quieter kind. The kind that slips past almost…

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Why Sporadic Ends Today

I flew home last night.Not from anywhere exotic. From work, the kind of trip that's all meetings and hotel rooms and a laptop balanced on a plane tray table.…

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From the Ocean to the Workplace

I've just come back from the Maldives.Not to boast, but because what happened there felt too important to keep to myself.Not the destination. What it gave me.…

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When would NOW be a good time to start?

Here's what I've learned about momentum.It has almost nothing to do with talent. It has very little to do with timing. And it has absolutely nothing to do with…

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This is your moment.

Most people are waiting.Waiting for the right time.The right circumstances.The right version of themselves to show up before they start living the life they…

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