Leading In Chaos

Michele Rae of the Center Within speaking at a conference

In April, I had an amazing opportunity to facilitate 5 mini, 1-hour workshops during a 3-day professional development meeting for the leaders of a national organization. Each leader took a strength identifying assessment, and we took a dive into how each participant’s strengths enhanced their qualities of an impactful leader. We built skills in self-awareness, emotional, […]

Turning It Around: Celebrating Each Other’s Genius

The New Era of Higher Consciousness has arrived! Are you feeling it? What are you noticing as the Old Era ideas, beliefs, and paradigms infused with oppression, entitlement, and greed are being exposed yet not going down without a fight? The transition is a messy process.  We ARE turning it around. My book Living From […]

Empowered Citizenship

The past 9 years in October, I have been invited to facilitate an all-morning presentation on Mindfulness and Emotional Intelligence for Powerful Leaders at the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs. Every year a diverse group of about 40 participants from all sectors of society enroll in this Policy Fellows program.  It is […]

Imagining Our Ideal World

When you imagine an ideal world for human beings and all who inhabit the earth, what do you envision? I imagine a world …… Where every child born into the world is celebrated as a seed of awe and wonder. Each child’s gifts, talents, passions, and inherent uniqueness is honored and cultivated throughout childhood. All […]