Category Archives: Radiance

On Worthiness

In many ways, worthiness is the very first and the very last topic of leadership. From the start a leader is someone who is concerned with knowing and relying upon his or her self-value. Without it the person who wants to lead, to create change, to bring people together around a new idea or movement […]

May 29, 2016 – 2:18 pm | By Dan Oestreich | Posted in Angels, Beyond the Edge, Openness, Radiance, Transformation | Comments (5)

The Horse

I stopped along a country road to take a photograph. I had been down by the river under the mountain, but the shadows had grown longer and now on my way home the mountain was immersed in late afternoon light. At first, two horses galloped to see me, but they soon wandered off, distracted by […]

May 27, 2015 – 6:32 pm | By Dan Oestreich | Posted in Healing, Openness, Power, Radiance, Trust | Comments (2)

Season of Belief

Many have written about the stresses of the holidays, how the time calls up unruly expectations, uncomfortable memories and unresolved losses. All of that is true, and yet as I write this evening, it also seems to hold an acute irony. This is a season of belief and giving, isn’t it? But the one person […]

December 19, 2013 – 9:10 pm | By Dan Oestreich | Posted in Radiance | Comments (2)

The Woman Who Went to Work to Heal

I’m sure I’ve told the story before but it bears repeating. Years ago, I was invited to speak at a national company conference and it was stunningly different from other conferences I’d attended. Instead of sit-down meals where attendees were served, food was available all the time — you just had to get it for […]

August 27, 2013 – 4:24 pm | By Dan Oestreich | Posted in Choices, Healing, Radiance | Comments (21)