Recently, I have connected with some childhood friends, and have been reminded of my first love. It was interesting because I didn’t remember much about it until friends and I reminisced over stories. Songs, like signposts, directed my thoughts to places traversed lifetimes ago. I was only 13 years old in middle school, and this [...]
Dr. Dan Siegel shows us a great way of looking at the minds of our children in his TEDxBlue talk. He also says “the relationships are our life’s blood, as we brush our teeth every morning we do need to brush our brain by learning reflective skills.” Dr. Daniel J. Sigel at TEDxBlue Do we [...]
Last night I returned from Cairo, a city still in turmoil. TV screens across the city broadcast live feeds from Tahrir Square and other hotspots. Angry chants fill the air wherever you go including the airport lounges at Cairo International Airport. Young, old, Egyptian or foreigner – you simply cannot escape the anger in Egypt. [...]
After my TEDxDubai talk last year, Johan and I had the privilege to speak at TEDxSantaCruz in June. I must admit it was an incredible experience. It was about Trust. Please feel free to share it with your friends on Facebook and Twitter, but mostly ENJOY it. Here is the video. Gonan and Johan Premfors [...]
Some of you may have noticed already that I have been quiet with my blog posts for a while. There are couple of reasons for that: First, I have been on a journey to the Amazon in Ecuador, visiting a tribe called the Achuars with an Organization called Pachamama Alliance. The experience was so deep that I [...]
This February I had the privilege of attending the Coaches Training Institute Co-Active Summit as both an audience member and presenter about Parentology. The energy level of the Summit was unforgettable. Being in the presence of 400 coaches and change makers was both energizing and transformative—a reminder of the amazing potential we have as humans [...]