Tag: Non-Fiction

What Would It Be Like To… now on BizCatalyst 360°

Sometime towards the end of December 2024, I talked privately with 360° Nation’s Founder and Chief Reimaginator Dennis Pitocco and explained my participation in group meetings would be spotty, iffy, at best moving forward.

My reason is simple; the meetings weren’t filling any of my needs. This is indigenous to me and I’m not claiming such is the case for anyone else.

 
Dennis asked what kind of meetings would fill my needs and I provided an overview. The types of meetings I enjoy and attend are something I’ve spent lots of time wondering about, and I shared what I could.

Dennis invited me to write something about what I wanted in a meeting for posting on the BizCatalyst 360° site.

What I came up with is What Would It Be Like To…, which is now available for your reading pleasure.

And be sure to comment.

UNSHELTERED-None of Us Are Home Until All of Us Are Home

My non-fiction piece, “The Difference” appears in a monumental, breakthrough (my opinions, these, and not because I have a piece in the book) anthology UNSHELTERED-None of Us Are Home Until All of Us Are Home.

Speaking for myself, adding my contribution – even offering to do so – proved a great challenge, almost too great. I recounted one of the most difficult and painful periods of my life. I’ve always written based on my experiences, and always behind the mask of characters in some story or novel, never directly stating “This is me.”

Many deep thanks to Dennis Pitocco and Peggy Willms for accepting my contribution and publicly validating this period in my life.

The healing continues, for myself and I hope for others.

Thanks.

Limiting Beliefs now on SubStack

What, you didn’t know I had a Substack?

Well neener neener on you, I do.

Phhtt!

Been doing it for a while, been keeping it quiet because I substack rarely.

Only when I have a thought I doubt fits in here.

Give it a look, let me know what you think.

And thanks.

Beware the Soul Killers now on BizCatalyst 360°

A while back a friend reached out to me so down, so bottomed out, and so unwilling to talk about it I simply sat with him while he worked things out in his own mind.

Being willing to sit with someone without talking while knowing they’re going a million miles a minute is a powerful tool and often a gift to them.

Sometimes people get wounded and need a place of quiet comfort to rest. Resting with someone who’ll offer patient love – the ability to let them know you’re there and available while simultaneously giving them space to do what they need to do – can be the greatest healing agent around.

Eventually, my friend opened up. Someone had been verbally cruel, abrupt, antagonistic, and completely without cause (note I only have my friend’s views on this). The result was a wounding, a lessening, a soul killing.

Provided my friend’s recounting was accurate, yes, the purpose of the other person’s words was to be antagonistic, even threatening. There was no attempt at discussion, at understanding, only a desire to invoke pain.

I have no idea why people feel a need to be that way. I know everyone has a lot going on in their lives, and there’s no need to dump your trauma on someone else.

So I penned Beware the Soul Killers for my friend. Perhaps you’ll also find it useful.