Energy-N-Elements Blog

Re-PostWhat the Civil Rights Movement Can Teach Us About Self-careHundreds of thousands of people in our country and around the world are engaging in this historic moment of fundamental change. What is becoming clear, as Nikki Ogunnaike, GQ's Deputy Fashion Director, who took over my Instagram this week, put it, is that "dismantling racism is ...

"Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat."― Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man

"Listen with curiosity. Speak with honesty. Act with integrity. The greatest problem with communication is we don't listen to understand. We listen to reply. When we listen with curiosity, we don't listen with the intent to reply. We listen for what's behind the words."― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart