A centerpiece of the Wisdom 2.0 movement, Wisdom 2.0 Business is an annual conference dedicated to exploring innovation and mindfulness in the workplace. This two-day event, helmed by business leaders and changemakers from across the country, took place this week in New York City. Wisdom 2.0’s founder, Soren Gordhamer, opened the conference by asking the central question that highlighted the…
I’m a foodie—a healthy one at that—but I wasn’t always that way. Granted, I grew up in an Italian family where fresh food was appreciated and accessible. Our meals were cooked daily and Mom packed our lunches for school because she didn’t like the offerings in the school cafeteria. I begged and pleaded for her to let me eat the…
By Sloane Davidson “If there is no wind, row” is a Latin proverb, and it’s also a small plaque my mom has in her garage. I’ve thought a lot about what it means and I’ve come to a very simple conclusion. You have to be your own wind. No one will make decisions for you. No one will create opportunities…
I had an inspiring and rewiring time at Emerging Women in Boulder, Colorado, last year, so you can imagine how excited I was that this year’s event was going to be held in New York City—my hometown!—this October 9-12. I am still reeling from last night’s incredible kickoff. Let me share some of the highlights with you: “It’s not breadth,…
Nutrition is something I think about a lot. I study it. I talk to my kids about it. I attend conferences about it. It’s a way to rewire ourselves from the inside out. So when my friend Ohio Congressman Tim Ryan told me he had written The Real Food Revolution: Healthy Eating, Green Groceries, and the Return of the American…
Omega Institute hosts dialogue on changing a world of marginalization and violence to one of love and compassion
“It is interesting what one can experience when circumstances shock the system,” writes Anandhi Narasimhan, M.D., in Psychiatric Times. My upcoming surgery to correct my now-deformed dominant hand is just a warning shot—an inconvenience, not a life threat. But I suspect that it will shock my system nonetheless. The trick of good aging, says my dear friend Zelda, who turned…
Out of nowhere, something like an ocean crashes on top of you, burying you in the deep. Your sudden impossible depth, the smothering weight, means your next gasp will be your last. Your brain screams of death’s imminence. While the clock at your bedside, or in your car, or on your workplace computer shows time ticking faithfully by, that initial…
