Alan Seale (Photo: Nic Askew)

Jonathan Sacks on Facing the Future Without Fear

It’s great to be back after a month off to write and create for the new teaching and speaking season ahead. This week, I am at my beloved Chautauqua Institution, my spiritual home, for my annual summer retreat. I’ve been visiting Chautauqua since I was 15 years old, so this summer makes 47 years. It’s…

The view across the canyon from the Rancho, our open-air workshop space at Kantara

Holding Fast to Love – Being a Transformational Presence in Disruptive Times

As Donald Trump steps into the role of president of the United States, the news headlines are filled with stories of anxiety and uncertainty. Elsewhere in the world, Teresa May has announced that the U.K. will move towards a “hard Brexit” – a full and complete separation from the European Union. Populist leaders from across…

Alan Seale (Photo: Nic Askew)

Fierce Love and Clear Vision for the Path Ahead

We will be known forever by the tracks we leave. This proverb from the Dakota people (a Native American tribe) has been haunting me for weeks now. It won’t let go of me. I keep reflecting on these words for my own life – the tracks I have left behind me as well as the…

Engage the Unknown and the Fear Transforms

 More than anything, fear blinds, and only by stepping without hesitation into the next inch of the unknown can we build confidence in the life we are about to live. – Mark Nepo (The Book of Awakening) In recent weeks, I’ve been writing about taking a radical step, going for it, taking your gifts to…