Writings from the Cellular to the Whole

The Big Waves Journal

Swallows sit on a row of metal beams guarding their nests
Brook Thorndycraft

Mission driven organizations have this very difficult dilemma. People feel like they need to do it all, because there is so much need, and they…

Joanne Kerrigan

Many times, we are pursuing certainty, when what we would benefit more from is a pursuit of clarity. Clarity is one of the four paths…

Watercolour image of a hose spraying red, blue and purple water
Brook Thorndycraft

Fight energy in our nervous system can be a very powerful support to help us deal with crisis or ongoing threat. But fight energy has…

Joanne Kerrigan

I’m learning to crab walk. I decided to try something new to combat my reduced physical activity that began with working from home a few…

Four silhouettes of people sitting on a lake looking at multicoloured planets in the sky
Brook Thorndycraft

Systems came out of the imaginations of people and are created through millions of everyday actions of people (including everyone reading this blog), and that…

A chalkboard has written on it "don't overthink it" and "over" is stroked out with "under" written above it.
Joanne Kerrigan

Knowing what we hope for in any given situation – or undertaking, or conversation, or relationship – plays a big role in whether that hope…