The Awe Narrative
As we read Chapter 12 of Onward, we take a dive into the emotion of awe and wonder. We are doing a series of…
Celebrate and Appreciate
4 Minutes to Awe and Wonder
The Greater Good Science Center out of University of California, Berkeley, offers some amazing ways to cultivate awe and wonder. Over the next few…
Awe and Wonder: An Emotion We Need to Experience
I was presenting earlier this month in Vermont. This was an area of the country that I hadn’t previously explored and as I drove…
Appreciate Others
We know how good it feels when we are appreciated and for those reading Onward, we also know that the habit of appreciation helps…
Pause Now. Celebrate!
For those of you that have been reading Onward this year month by month, this is the perfect time to pause for a moment…
Build Relationships Through Celebrations
For those of us in education, the end of a school year is a great time to celebrate those within our organization – that…
Gratitude: Keeping Things in Perspective
Gratitude is like a flashlight. It lights up what is already there. You don’t necessarily have anything more or different, but suddenly you can…
Practicing Gratitude
Ever wonder what happens to your brain when you practice gratitude? This month as we explore the habit of celebration and appreciation, we will…
The Monthly Mantra for May
Welcome to another month of working with Onward! You have made it to the last chapter, and I can almost feel the warmth radiating…
A Glimpse of Ceremony and Community Resilience
from Livingston, Zambia. We’re driving through Livingston, a city in Zambia with a population of 300,000. Quentino, our guide, suddenly turns down one dusty…