Rebecca S. Krantz

A recent trip to Home Depot restored my faith in the degree to which human caring and creativity can survive in a big-box world. Don’s been away on retreat and, and when he’s away I’m more likely to do random unusual things, like make a trip to Home Depot at 8:30 on a Friday night! […]

I’m working on a thought piece about the relationship between meditation and activism. But it’s long and involved!  In the meantime, here is a poem that came to me during meditation last night. This This torrent of thought that rushes me forward and churns me about; This vastness that cradles the overflow and receives its

Don and I recently attended Deepening in Love, an amazing couple’s retreat with Judith Ansara & Robert Gass. Don and I have worked with them before, in both couple’s work and leadership work. They have a transformational set of tools and practices, and share deeply of themselves and their life experience in 40 + years

  Since I’ve been having trouble finding time to post lately, I’m going to keep this one short! Recently I spent two weeks practicing lovingkindness and compassion for “difficult” people, as part of the Joy of Living curriculum. At first I felt the need to edit the suggested phrases, especially when thinking about someone with

I’ve been thinking lately about neutrality. Neutral facilitation. “Fair and balanced” reporting. Whether and how to take sides in a “just war.” Gender-neutral pronouns. “Neutered” powerlessness, and the power of neutral love. Years ago, when I received training in meeting facilitation and consensus process, I was taught that the facilitator for a meeting or on