In my recent travels to India, I visited the 9 villages we are currently working with in West Bengal. I was heartened to see how well the children of the women we work with are doing. They are thriving! The moms that produces our lovely trivet sets, shared their daily ritual with me. They get up and begin preparation for the day's meals...

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I've been thinking about a random act of kindness that has moved me recently and decided to write about the first came to mind. I arrived in Calcutta, India after embarking on a very long journey away from my family.  The next day, I met with an old friend of my partner's to discuss a role he was transitioning in our business. He spontaneously...

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Breath...out...Breath...in the cool clean water of the Sierra snow as it melts into Lake Tahoe.  Listen...for...Listen...to the trickle of water as it releases all that does not serve you, and wash it away leaving you clean and refreshed.  Taste and see...Taste and see...the ice crystals bubbling on the surface of the pebbles as the lake water ripples over them, revealing the pure clean...

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"Intrapersonal Intelligence: having an understanding of yourself; knowing who you are, what you can do, what you want to do, how you react to things, which things to avoid, and which things to gravitate toward. We are drawn to people who have a good understanding of themselves. They tend to know what they can and can’t do, and to know where to go...

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I design and so I become... This short video of Jason Silva shared with me by our Marketing Director takes a very simple reality and explains it so well I had to share with all of you.  Enjoy! For many years, I have traveled the world for various reasons and lived in many different communities.  The many lives of "me" I would say. When I returned from...

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