Relationships
Being Open to Romance
Last summer, on a quiet crisp night I went on a starlit walk with a beautiful woman. We sat on the seawall (a waterside walk in Vancouver) and stared at the moon on the waves, our arms around each...
Blog
Thoughts on swordplay, mastery, coaching, teaching, and living with intention.
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Dance
Learning to Follow
I’ve been learning to follow in dance recently and it has been a revealing experience. There is something special about being able to rest my head on my partner’s, let my body rest against theirs,...
CoachingProductivity
Don't Get Too Far Ahead of the Problem
It's easy to jump right to solutions when we intuitively experience a problem. The challenge is that it's easier and more effective long term to accurately describe the problem first before...
Life
Trying on Ideas
Sometimes when we hear an idea to truly understand we have to try it on. We want to see if that idea fits, if it's comfortable with our world view. How it matches the other ideas we wear. It feels...
Productivity
Have a Profound Team: Match Your Mental Presence to your Physical Presence
To do great work on a team every member of that team must be committed to being truly present. When you are physically together, the more that that physical togetherness can equate to emotional and...
LifeSwordplay
Tying Art to Life and Life to Art
I study martial arts in order to get better at life. I get better at life to be a better martial artist. How I carry myself when I fence is an expression of how I physically carry myself as a human...
Life
Be Present to Your Audience
My friends Sean and Kiara were standing at the alter in a beautiful church in New Westminster. I was standing just to the side of Sean, his best man, joyfully watching my friend take a beautiful...
Life
Untying the Knot
Sometimes when I feel really afraid of something. Deep in the pit of me afraid. I take that fear and I go off into a room with it. I close the door and then I close my eyes. I dive down into that...
DanceSwordplay
Catch Them Doing Something Right – More on Teaching
Receiving criticism can be useful for one’s development. Someone else can often see flaws in your execution from a better perspective and offer insights into how to overcome your most important...
Dance
Dancing for Connection, Dancing for Art
Last night was a lousy night of dancing. No it wasn’t. It was emotionally rich. Last night the predominant feeling that I had was sadness, somehow related to feeling disconnected. The dance that was...