by Laura Neff | Dec 21, 2020 | Uncategorized
One word, one sentence, nine lenses into the topic. Kindness. Be kind. Everyone is on their own journey. At Dorrier Underwood’s end-of-year retreat, we explored the subject of “kindness” through one of our favorite and most-relied upon practices:...
by Laura Neff | Apr 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
At Dorrier Underwood, we have a weekly writing practice, writing letters to one another. Sometimes they are acknowledgement filled. Sometimes they include coaching and what we see about one another. Sometimes both! Following is a letter written to Nancy Dorrier,...
by Laura Neff | May 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
I started meditating again a few weeks ago, on a Monday. Just five minutes each morning, as a start, and now I’m up to 10. I’m beginning again at meditation because I don’t see how I can say I’m firmly on the path of being a calm, steady presence of a leader without...
by Laura Neff | Jan 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
The most joy-full moment of my day (so far) depended on staying up until 12:30 last night, a big, 17-year old, beat-up cooler that I can still rely on to keep food cold for lengthy periods of time, and outstretched arms attached to bodies with smiling faces, glad and...
by Laura Neff | Oct 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
There’s a line in the Being a Leader course: “What remains undistinguished runs you.” That leads to a loss of power, so I have an intense interest in distinguishing those things that run me, like a computer virus humming in the background. In my own quest toward...