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Giving Gifts Instead of Judgement

Giving Gifts Instead of Judgement

by Duncan Ebata | Jul 30, 2021 | Facilitation, Learning, Re-Authoring, Uncategorized

Back in 2020, I started to work on breaking the habit of positively praising, judging, or concluding about an experience or story shared with me. I’ve been consciously replacing my default responses of: “Great job” “That was awesome” “That was lovely” with: “Thank you...
Compliments vs. Connection: Why Praise Can Feel Weird Sometimes

Compliments vs. Connection: Why Praise Can Feel Weird Sometimes

by Duncan Ebata | Jun 11, 2021 | Facilitation, Hosting, Learning, Re-Authoring, Uncategorized

“YOU’RE AWESOME!”     “YOUR TALK WAS AMAZING!”     “YOU’RE SO GOOD AT…” Have you ever been in a situation where you are being praised and it just feels awkward?  Why do compliments feel weird sometimes? What is it about...
The Cult of Being Busy

The Cult of Being Busy

by Duncan Ebata | May 21, 2021 | Facilitation, Learning, Productivity, Re-Authoring, Uncategorized

When someone asks me how it’s going and I say that things are busy, it’s usually an indication that I’m overwhelmed and/or not taking care of myself, feeling scarcity (of time, money), not feeling worthy, or not having my needs for affection and understanding met. It...
Food, Sacredness, and Time

Food, Sacredness, and Time

by Duncan Ebata | Apr 14, 2021 | Facilitation, Farm, Food, Learning, Re-Authoring, Uncategorized

How did we lose our practices around valuing food as sacred? When and why did we cease to honour our food, where it came from, who grew it, the land, etc.? Who benefits from the narrative “we don’t have time” to eat? So we’ll just pick something up? Heat something up?...
Relaxing into Relational Leadership

Relaxing into Relational Leadership

by Duncan Ebata | Mar 31, 2021 | Facilitation, Hosting, Learning, Productivity, Re-Authoring, Uncategorized

Not long ago, I read an article called 6 Qualities of Relational Leaders by Michael Porcelli that reminded me of something that came to me in meditation.  Partway through the meditation, a woman stated an affirmation: “I am relaxing into healing.” What struck me about...
4 Key Ways to Deepen Connection in Every Conversation

4 Key Ways to Deepen Connection in Every Conversation

by Duncan Ebata | Mar 26, 2021 | Facilitation, Hosting, Learning, Re-Authoring, Uncategorized

I’m breaking a new rule here and giving advice about deepening connection in conversations because my colleague Jechanovia summarized a portion of a long blog post I wrote, titled “15 Questions to Ask Instead of How Are You?”, during the early days of the COVID19...
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