Last week I wrote to the Paratus community and discussed how many of us feel out of tune after a challenging year. We looked closely at the music we want...

Many of us have struggled with disconnection this past year: disconnection from routines, places, and people we love. But rather than focus on disconnection today, I thought we would consider...

In a tough year, traditions and holiday gift giving may seem more chore than pleasure. We know we’re supposed to find pleasure in helping others, but that isn’t always what...

Do you ever take evening moments to just soak in the sounds of nature? Depending on your  climate, it can be challenging to spend summer days outside. Scorching sun and...

Sometimes I like to explore words. One word can unfurl such depths of meaning. This winter, in our Paratus community, we looked at interesting words like hygge and fredagsmys. At...

Did you know that the Louvre originated as a fortress? The biggest art museum in the world, the guardian of the Mona Lisa and 400,000 other treasures, wasn’t designed to...

During many recent conversations, the idea of what to remember has come up quite a lot. People are thinking about what they have been learning during this time of quarantine,...

I first wrote about anchors back in February of 2019. My word of the year was grounded and I wanted to give extra time to considering what helped me feel...

As I sit down to write this blog, I notice the 20+ tabs I have open on my computer. I don’t typically have this many tabs open and the scene...

Our world has changed and while this sounds logical in nature, we find ourselves moving across a time when there’s no rulebook and no way to predict how it’s all...