Disrupting Gracefully — for people who see what's possible and are ready to build it.
Something better is trying to emerge. You can feel it.
TWO PATHS
Which one is you?
I am an individual You are building something — a business, a new chapter, a life that feels truer than the one you inherited. And somewhere along the way the building started feeling like pushing.
I am an organization Your model worked. Until it didn't. The people you serve are telling you something. It's time to build something better from there.
The old models are collapsing — in our systems, our institutions, our daily work and life. Most people are waiting for someone to fix them. Disrupting Gracefully is for the ones who are ready to build what comes next.
Disrupting means building new models that make the old ones obsolete. Gracefully means building from the deepest core of who you actually are — not who you were conditioned to be.
Founded by Barbara Ann Jacques, Ph.D.
Barbara spent 30 years inside criminal justice and higher education watching good ideas get stopped by the systems around them. A bone marrow transplant dissolved everything she thought she was — and rebuilt from what remained. What she found in that rebuilding became this work.
My Musings
Barbara writes about what she sees — in nature, in systems, in the patterns running our lives. If that's the kind of thinking you're looking for, join the list.
Read all musing here.
The Hill
Walking the Trail of Discernment
A few weeks ago, we got a pretty good amount of snow, so navigating the back trail was a bit tricky. But within a few days, we were back up in the 60s, and the snow melted off quickly. I was back out on the trail when I noticed a few unusual impressions in the sand. They were just smaller than the size of my palm and didn’t quite resolve into anything familiar. They also had a weird spiral in them.
Well, there is never a dull moment on that back trail, so I accepted the challenge of solving the…
Rethinking Synchronicity
The weekend after Thanksgiving, I worked at a holistic art fair with Carmen and Janet from Aligned Wellness and Events. It was one of those fun weekends where all we had to do was show up, be present, and connect.
During a lull, Carmen and I were talking about her use of a pendulum. The conversation shifted naturally to dowsing rods. I shared that I had bought a pair years ago, probably fifteen or so, when I first moved to Colorado. What stood out about them was that they had crystals on them…
