by Nicole Havelka | Jun 30, 2021 | Change Leadership, Healing, Self Care
Confession: I did not want to write this blog this week. I’m exhausted. I’m grumpy. I’m discouraged. My meditation practice this morning only took the edge off my funk. I’m glad I work and live alone so that others don’t have to put up with me right now. (Apologies in...
by Nicole Havelka | Jun 23, 2021 | Change Leadership, Community, Creativity, Mindfulness, Organizations, Ritual
When I worked in a regional role within the United Church of Christ, I used to help local churches develop vision and plan for their futures. In these sessions, I would often sound like an annoyingly curious three-year-old or deranged parrot. I would ask variations on...
by Nicole Havelka | Jun 16, 2021 | Change Leadership, Community, Healing, Mindfulness, Self Care
Even though my mother claimed I could sleep through lawn mower noise outside my window as an infant, that blissful sleeper ceased to exist sometime in early childhood. Once I had my own room, every foundation-settling creak, wild thunderstorm or nightmare would launch...
by Nicole Havelka | Jun 9, 2021 | Change Leadership, Community, Healing, Mindfulness, Self Care
I have chanted the sound Om before and after yoga classes thousands of times. When I felt and heard the sound of Om reverberating off the walls in the actual room of my home yoga studio in Columbus, Ohio, for the first time in more than a year, I was awestruck. The...
by Nicole Havelka | Jun 2, 2021 | Antiracism, Change Leadership, Community, Mindfulness, Ritual
When I suggest that teams adopt rituals as part of their meetings, gatherings or practices, I get perplexed, awkward, uncomfortable stares back at me. I imagine the reasons for those strained looks varies from person to person, team to team. I’m guessing that much of...
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