by Artie Isaac | Oct 22, 2015 | Coaching Topics, Living an engaged life, New Competence, On Ethics
Just because I have thought of something to say doesn't mean it is my turn to talk. Even if my thought is intelligent, helpful, valuable, and heart-warming — still, it might not be the right moment to speak. Even if (and this is the hardest part for me) what I...
by Artie Isaac | Oct 9, 2015 | Living an engaged life, New Competence
I've long heard the phrase: "the empty nest." It has always seemed distant. Now it is here. I'm in it. Here's how it feels. I am empty headed.Not calm-headed. (Calm-headed is great. That happens, too, but this is different.) This is...
by Artie Isaac | Sep 13, 2015 | Coaching Topics
This is about a shirt. (If you were ever to skip one of my posts, this is the one.) Click on the photo to see the shirt, on the Castle Trail at Badlands, South Dakota. (If you don't see a photo, visit Net Cotton Content here: tinyurl.com/GoodShirtMan.) There...
by Artie Isaac | Sep 8, 2015 | New Competence, On Creativity
Words have meaning. So I want to find the right word. My increasing halts in conversation (and here, invisibly to you, at the keyboard) — when I'm searching for the right word — do not (necessarily) represent the onset of senility. It's that I've come to...
by Artie Isaac | Aug 23, 2015 | Living an engaged life, New Competence, On Ethics
When I admitted my general confusion here about gender in June, reader responses varied: helpful encouragement — from friends who could teach me about the topic. shared experience — from folks who were similarly confused by the whirl of the world. shaming, flaming and...
