A Year of Reckoning and The Call for Love and Courage

A Year of Reckoning and The Call for Love and Courage

I had not one inkling that the final year of my 40s would turn out the way it did. This past year has reshaped both my inner and outer life in ways I could never have anticipated. I hate to admit it, but I was incredibly naïve, and ignorant. The writing was quite literally, on the wall….

As I turned 50 just days ago, I find myself contemplating how this year of horror, trauma, violence, and hatred has fundamentally shifted my identities – as a Jew, an Israeli, a Canadian, a family man, friend and neighbor, and as a professional who tries to bring more heart to the world.

The Power of Heart Coherence (HRV)

The Power of Heart Coherence (HRV)

There are periods when the stress isn’t situational — it’s the world itself that feels destabilizing.

Heart coherence practice isn’t a way of pretending that isn’t true.

It’s a way of not letting the hardness close your heart, erode the warmth and presence that matter most, and alter who you are.

Here’s what it is, what the science shows, and how to practice it.

Love Matters. Especially in Leadership.

Love Matters. Especially in Leadership.

I don’t use the word love much with my executive clients. Not because it isn’t present in the room — it is, in almost every session.

But most of the people I work with would visibly flinch at it. This piece is for them.

And for anyone who has ever sensed that something essential is missing from corporate culture, and how they lead — but couldn’t quite name what it was.