Gayle Karen Young

Apex Perspectives: Leadership Applications of Big Mind

From the October Integral Leadership Review "Notes from the Field" - http://www.integralleadershipreview.com/archives/2008-10/2008-10-notes-young.php... Apex Perspectives: Leadership Applications of Big Mind... Gayle Young... The process of becoming a leader is much the same as... Read More

An Experience of Gratitude

Sept 15, 2008... I was on the phone with my colleague Deb this morning and she was telling the story of how she nearly missed a flight by going to the wrong airport. (I’ve done this before, so I could empathize.) She caught a cab in time to take her to the right airport, and... Read More

Remembering: Notes from a Memorial Service

One of my more influential graduate school professors was Jean Westcott. If you ever hear me say (which I do frequently to my clients), "awareness precedes choice", she's the one that taught me that. Last Saturday, I was at her memorial service on this really beautiful day,... Read More

Reflections on the Integral Theory Conference 2008

My reflections from the Integral Theory Conference at JFK August 7-10, 2008, from this Integral Leaderhip Review - http://www.integralleadershipreview.com/archives/2008-08/2008-08-toc.html... Reflections on the Integral Theory Conference 2008 Gayle Karen Young... I'm reminded of... Read More

Meaninglessness and the Paradox of Hope

I spent the last two days doing work I’m profoundly grateful for – working with a leadership team of an insurance company to deal with their lifelong patterns and their shadow. I was particularly struck by the comments of one man today as he was wrestling with some of the... Read More

Initial Thoughts on What Life's About

Listening to David Zeitler talk about what integral theory is at the Integral Theory conference made me start jotting down some notes about what I want this human experience to be about, because it felt "clearer" there.... I want this life experience to be about... Read More

Big Mind in the Treetops

I've spent the last couple of days hanging in trees, learning to facilitate high ropes courses from a technical standpoint, which is not a normal milieu for me. First task of the day was to climb about 80 feet - 90 feet up a sap-leaking tree to thread a pulley fo a ropes course. I ended... Read More

Thinking about Being Embodied

I was thinking of what it means to be embodied after a phone conversation with Beena Sharma last night when she scrambled my brain. She said something to the effect of, "we don't live, we're not alive...we just think about living." It got me thinking of what it means to live,... Read More