by Kirsten Manley-Casimir | Feb 18, 2020 | Big Ideas, Self-reflection
There’s an ongoing pull between gravity and levity in each of our lives. Gravity pulls us down, keeps our feet firmly rooted to the ground. It ensures we are connected with our families, communities and support networks. Gravity supports our abilities to be...
by Kirsten Manley-Casimir | Feb 11, 2020 | Big Ideas, connection, Innovation, Relationships
I have been thinking a lot lately about the way that innovation is framed and how it often includes ideas of digitization, monetization and profit, building at lightning speed on other technological advances, and competing to be the most creative, efficient and...
by Kirsten Manley-Casimir | Jan 23, 2020 | Big Ideas, Self-reflection
BJ Fogg, in his interview on the Disrupt Yourself podcast, talked about a pivotal moment for him, which involved awakening from a dream where he was about to die. Upon waking, he felt panicked and it prompted him to reflect on this important question: “what would be...
by Kirsten Manley-Casimir | Jan 14, 2020 | Big Ideas, Goal Setting, Self-reflection
Recently, I was reading some writing by Whitney Johnson about the coming of the new year where she talked about the importance of taking the time to look back on the past year to reflect on what you have learned and accomplished before turning your gaze to the...
by Kirsten Manley-Casimir | Jan 7, 2020 | Life lessons, Mindset, Personal growth
A university student in Austin, Texas named Amanda left her car unlocked one night. The next morning, she noticed the driver’s seat had been pushed back and reclined. It had rained a lot that night and someone had taken refuge from the rain in her car. Rather than...
by Kirsten Manley-Casimir | Dec 10, 2019 | High Achievers, High performance, Resilience
Sometimes at our very lowest moments, we’re able to draw on our deepest wells of resilience and perform our very best. This is the paradox of resilience. Here’s a story that illustrates this paradox for me. How the Worst Summer of My Life...
by Elsie Manley-Casimir | Dec 3, 2019 | Big Ideas, Life lessons, Personal growth, Self-reflection
When I was in my mid-thirties and home with four small children, I took a course at church titled “Living, Dying, Grief,” led by Reverend Jim Taylor. I remember one homework assignment clearly, over forty years later. It was to write your own epitaph. As...
by Kirsten Manley-Casimir | Nov 26, 2019 | Big Ideas, connection, Relationships
We all have those memories…you know the ones…the ones we recount when we get together at family gatherings or with a long-time group of friends. Many of these memorable moments happened by chance – that hilarious thing someone said or did to create that moment...
by Kirsten Manley-Casimir | Nov 11, 2019 | Big Ideas, Gratitude, Peace, Self-reflection
Today on Remembrance Day, many of us are prompted to reflect on the ways that war has shaped our lives. Whether it’s WWI, WWII, the Vietnam War, the Korean War, civil wars or religious wars, these conflicts have left deep scars and inalterably shape our lives...
by Kirsten Manley-Casimir | Nov 5, 2019 | connection, parenting, Personal growth, Relationships
As parents, a key skill we want to support in our children is resilience. Resilience is the ability to withstand and rebound from serious life challenges so that we can live and love well. As Froma Walsh notes in her book Strengthening Family Resilience, resilience...
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