Further reflections on Yin & Yang dynamics — In this blog post, I continue the conversation from Yin & Yang: A Dynamic Whole by digging deep into another Yin&Yang pair: individual freedom and group belongingness. Like all classic Yin&Yang pairs, these two elements initially have a seemingly opposing relationship that in actuality often have a complementary relationship. Both…

When Taoism wisdom meets complexity science — Two Kinds of Intelligence By Rumi There are two kinds of intelligence: one acquired, As a child in school memorizes facts and concepts From books and from what the teacher says, Collecting information from the traditional sciences as well as from the new sciences. With such intelligence, you rise in…

Chapter 10 & Conclusion — This series of reflections are based on Adam Kahane’s new book Facilitating Breakthrough: How to Remove Obstacles, Bridge Differences, and Move Forward Together, and the reading club Anne Heberger Marino @leantocollabs organized. We meet once a week from Oct. 28 to Dec. 2 in 2021. You are invited to join…

Chapters 8 & 9 — This series of reflections are based on Adam Kahane’s new book Facilitating Breakthrough: How to Remove Obstacles, Bridge Differences, and Move Forward Together, and the reading club Anne Heberger Marino @leantocollabs organized. We meet once a week from Oct. 28 to Dec. 2 in 2021. You are invited to join…

Thanksgiving 2021 — “It is so good to take a breath without pain” were my husbands first words greeting me as he laid in the coronary care unit, fresh out of the Cath lab after a massive heart attack. Having fully recovered from the heart attack, these days his answer to the question…

Chapters 6 & 7 — This series of reflections are based on Adam Kahane’s new book Facilitating Breakthrough: How to Remove Obstacles, Bridge Differences, and Move Forward Together, and the reading club Anne Heberger Marino @leantocollabs organized. We meet once a week from Oct. 28 to Dec. 2 in 2021. You are invited to join…

Chapters 3, 4, 5 — This series of reflections are based on Adam Kahane’s new book Facilitating Breakthrough: How to Remove Obstacles, Bridge Differences, and Move Forward Together, and the reading club Anne Heberger Marino @leantocollabs organized. We meet once a week from Oct. 28 to Dec. 2 in 2021. You are invited to join…

Forward, Introduction, Chapters 1& 2 — This series of reflections are based on Adam Kahane’s new book Facilitating Breakthrough: How to Remove Obstacles, Bridge Differences, and Move Forward Together, and the reading club Anne Heberger Marino @leantocollabs organized. We meet once a week from Oct. 28 to Dec. 2 in 2021. You are invited to join…

An individual human existence should be like a river — small at first, narrowly contained within its banks, and rushing passionately past rocks and over waterfalls. …