Cathy Laffan returns to the blog today with a post for her monthly series.   What do you do when you realize that you’ve been stuck in shame for months?   My husband was reading an article and said he was going to email it to me and he wanted me to read just one item and not the entire...

Cathy Laffan returns to the blog today with a post for her monthly series. [caption id="attachment_10770" align="alignnone" width="333"] http://tinyurl.com/oof45bm[/caption]   Sometimes learning to practice The Responsibility Process feels a bit like a game of Chutes and Ladders to me. Recently I realized I reacted to one of life’s upsets from below the line. Coming to this realization felt a bit...

Cathy Laffan returns to the blog today with a post for her monthly series. [caption id="attachment_10706" align="alignleft" width="300"] http://tinyurl.com/o5vhwqa[/caption] When I ask if you know how to fly, I’m not asking what airline you prefer or if you fly first class or coach. Although air travel is a great metaphor for my real question; do you know how to fly...

Cathy Laffan returns to the blog today with a post for her monthly series. A recent upset showed me the drama that comes from a lack of agreement. My husband and I had a household project that we wanted to complete and decided that we would hire someone to do the heavy work. We mentioned the project to a loved...

Cathy Laffan returns to the blog today to resume her monthly post! Emotions that I had never felt before welled up in me like waves in a storm at sea.  I was hurting, I felt out of control, and I didn’t like it.  I lashed out at a loved one and hurt them at a time when they were already...

Cathy Laffan returns to the blog this week! Her last post was about compassion, this week she explores masters. Do you know what it means to be a “master”? I looked it up and found a variety of definitions including; “an artist, performer, or player of consummate skill”, “one that conquers”, “highly skilled”, and “a revered religious leader”. In The...

In her last guest post, Taking Risks to Grow, Cathy Laffan wrote about the benefits of taking risks, this week she examines compassion and The Responsibility Process™. How do you practice compassion? Do you reserve your compassion for certain people or situations? (more…)

We are proud to welcome guest-blogger Cathy Laffan back to the blog! In her last post, Slow Down to Grow, she wrote about slowing down to allow yourself to grow. This week she considers how taking risks can lead to growth.   When the opportunity to take a risk arises do you take the risk or shy away from it?...

An Excerpt from Kimberly Cordell's "What I Learned From Children" Christopher Avery here. I've known Kimberly most of our lives. She married one of my best buds and we've all stayed buds, so I've watched their three girls -- who appear in the photos on every page of this book -- grow into happy and talented women. Beginning a few years ago,...

Guest Post by Cathy Laffan Christopher Avery here. With pleasure I welcome Cathy Laffan again to this blog. Cathy is an innovative executive with a global financial services firm. She shares a love for responsible leadership. Read more about Cathy at the end of her post. Enjoy. Now that I am aware of The Responsibility Process™, I learn lessons in...