by Doug McVadon | Mar 4, 2025 | Authenticity, Well-Being
I went to see Bruce Springsteen for the 22nd time last year. Sounds like a lot until you realize that’s spread over 48 years. The first time in California I was 19. That list includes the time Andrew Lustig and I had our elbows on the stage in Charlotte in 2002 and we... 
by Doug McVadon | Oct 3, 2024 | Leadership, Transformation
I remember when Peter Yaholkovsky first read his essay on Candor to our Dwelling course with Fernando back in 2018 in San Francisco, and now it’s a whole book, Listening for Candor, arriving by Amazon at my house Monday. Peter gave me an unexpected revelation today... 
by Doug McVadon | Apr 11, 2024 | Integrity, Leadership
Sometimes the listening I need to tune up is my ability to hear what’s in the unsaid. There is something behind the words that is always being communicated, and the people I experience as truly listening to me get more from me than just my words. Melinda read a text... 
by Doug McVadon | Aug 3, 2023 | Gratitude, Transformation
I woke up all last week in Tennessee, and somewhere along the way I woke up to the fact that I am part of a new family. That’s my miracle this week, realizing that I am a Kramer, in addition to being a McVadon which I’ve known all my life. What I didn’t know was what... 
by Doug McVadon | Jul 6, 2023 | Gratitude, Well-Being
I picked up the wooden case today to hold and preserve and display the flag that was on the casket with my parents inside the day we buried them in Arlington last summer. The whole thing had miracle written all over it. First the way Mom’s cremated remains fit inside...