Cleveland Tag

28 Aug

Posted at 10:36h in Learning Lab, Moments that matter, Social-Emotional Leadership, SOMO Leadership, Uncategorized by

[caption id="attachment_1386" align="alignright" width="150"] A rainbow over Cleveland; photo taken in 2012[/caption] Three years ago, I moved here from New York, NY here on an intuition: there was no formal invitation, no job waiting for me and my NYC friends thought I was crazy. I thought I was coming here to start a positive (r)evolution, but I quickly realized something had already begun, which drew me to this place. I have been honored to join and build with you. And now I’m leaving but I promise — it’s not you it’s me. No, seriously: you guys rock. Our relationship has always been complicated,...

15 Apr

Posted at 13:19h in poetry by

Snow, even in April. (6 months since the first snow fall, but who's counting and on what measures?) The intricacies of a flower; no man created that and the blessings of montezuma's revenge to cleanse and heal as we really welcome spring to be experienced as if for the first time with beginners' eyes really open hearts remembering to choose love minimizing judgment a p p r e c i a t i n g < embracing > simple joys....

14 Feb

Posted at 23:07h in Uncategorized by

SOMO Leadership Labs launched as a social-experiment in Cleveland, Ohio. It was a magical time of synchronicity, synergy, faith, and love. The work has been in inviting people into dialogue to think about how they think. This conversation is about their own wellbeing (mind/body/spirit) with the intention that they become more effective at facilitating this conversation with others. We’ve hosted SOMO learning labs in all sorts of places--in businesses, schools, community groups, peoples’ living rooms, public parks and bars. Our first lab was on Valentine’s Day 2011 and I remember the feeling of knowing Cleveland is where I need to be...

24 Mar

Posted at 11:03h in change-agent, Flourishing, Glimpse into Me, Purpose, Schools, Social-Emotional Leadership, SOMO Leadership, SuperOrganism, Triple bottom line by

My mom always said "no grass grows under his feet." "A bull in the china shop" was another popular metaphor for Little Louis. What can I say? I like to get going. What I'm learning, though, is that to sustain, I need support. We all need support. I yearn for real we: team. But am I/are we wired for this - or, have we been conditioned with scarce perceptions? These days, while I'm headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, I'm also traveling back and forth between here and Northern Valley, NJ -- both places I'm facilitating SOMO leadership, a concept to help learn...

14 Jan

Posted at 19:48h in Place, positive place, Social-Emotional Leadership, SOMO Leadership, well-being by

I am home today after three weeks away. I have mixed emotions. Exactly 21 days ago I left for New York/New Jersey on a road trip with my friend Craig. We had fun along route 80 and that fun parlayed into a fun Christmas with my family. It was a good time seeing everyone, staying at my childhood home, and eating lots of delicious Italian food. [caption id="attachment_978" align="alignleft" width="300"] Iceland, January 2013[/caption] Then, I spent a week in Iceland. What a beautiful place. “Thin,” as Rev. Tracey Lind recently described to me, meaning, it’s filled with spiritual energy – close to the...

16 Apr

Posted at 09:03h in Action Research, Glimpse into Me, Opportunity/Threat, Positive Psychology, Social-Emotional Leadership, SOMO Leadership, Uncategorized by

I've been sleeping on other beds since March 24 (keep your mind out of the gutter), as I've traveled the east coast to work on related projects: systems interventions using the SOcial-eMOtional model of change. I've also spent quality time with family, friends and dear colleagues -- sometimes they're all rolled into one -- and am coming back home to Cleveland today feeling refreshed and reenergized. While my bed is in Cleveland, I realized something on this past trip: that I have homes in other places, too. I know what they mean when they say: home is where the...

28 Feb

Posted at 17:20h in Glimpse into Me, Moments that matter, Positive Psychology, Schools, Social-Emotional Leadership, SOMO Leadership by

“Why do kids shoot guns?” was a question I posed on Facebook yesterday morning after learning of a school shooting in Chardon, Ohio – about 30 miles from where I am now in Cleveland. Here are some of my friends responses and my responses to their responses from a positive psychology lens: 1. “Power.” I’m reading The Narcissism Epidemic right now: Living in the Age of Entitlement. This response is quite plausible when you look around and see how many people live with a mindset that positions themselves over others. This is not just in schools on Main Street, but in big...

06 Nov

Posted at 22:40h in Glimpse into Me, well-being by

[caption id="attachment_645" align="alignleft" width="224" caption="My suitcase often looks like this."][/caption] Coming off a real grounding weekend, spending it in the one place where I have a dresser of things alongside my suitcase. Essentially, I’ve been living out of my suitcase sine June of this year as I decided to sublet in New York and head west to the plum city, Cleveland Ohio. However, what I didn’t really consider when I jumped into Cleveland headfirst was (a) I still had things going in New York that would need some attention through the end of the year and (b) Living in both...

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