I’ve been working through the textbook Conflict Coaching: Conflict Management Strategies and Skills for the Individual by Tricia S. Jones and Ross Brinkert over the past few weeks. It was written about 15 years ago…
Category: Spirituality
Quick Review: The Fire Next Time
I read James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time over the weekend and found it really powerful. I had wanted to read it for a while and have heard many people compare Te-Nehisi Coates’ Between…
Quick Review – Re-Centering: Culture & Knowledge in Conflict Resolution Practice
This month I’ve worked through the book Re-Centering: Culture and Knowledge in Conflict Resolution Practice by several editors and contributors. This is a book written from an ethnic minority perspective on contemporary negotiation…
In Memory of a Dear Friend
It’s been just over a week since getting the news that a dear friend of mine passed away after a year-long battle with cancer. Danielle (Tschirky) Montiel was my age, with kids…
Quick Review: Between the World and Me
Last week I finished Between The World And Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates. What a powerful book. I did this by audiobook, which was read by the author, and I think that made it even…
Quick Review: Rising Strong
A few months ago I read Brene Brown’s Rising Strong: How the Ability to Reset Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead. Last year I read her Daring Greatly as well as…
Quick Review: The 3 Big Questions For A Frantic Family
I read Patrick Lencioni’s The 3 Big Questions For a Frantic Family over the past couple of months in different sittings. In short – it’s a strategic planning book for families, which sounds horrible…
Quick Review: Raising Grateful Kids in an Entitled World
It’s one of my commitments every year, while I’m in the small kid stage of parenting to read a parenting book. I have tended to satisfy this goal of mine through general…
Quick Review: The Gifts of Imperfection
After reading Brene Brown’s Daring Greatly a few weeks back, I decided to read her book The Gifts of Imperfection as well. This was the foundation of her initial TED talk that went viral and…