Casey's thoughts about
Heart-centered Life-leadership
(Casey Robertson is an ILC Advanced Facilitator)
"If your actions inspire others to dream more,
learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader."
~ John Quincy Adams
A leadership training like no other... We offer a tremendously unique approach to self-development that consists of a powerful model of practical psychology and philosophy that is explored and practiced within a context of in-depth spirituality. We use a wide variety of methodologies that range from traditional lecture and discussion to drama, movement, drumming, and rituals of meaning.
We see self-development as an ethical responsibility whose duel purpose is to enrich the quality of our own lives, as well as, to impact and enrich the lives of others with empowered generosity and through a quest for a more just world. We are committed to challenging the myth that self-development is an end in itself, and rather, assert that the most powerful personal work always takes place in a context of global awareness and responsibility.
In Casey's words, Heart-centered Life-Leadership is about...
1...engaging in the work of discovering, claiming, and "de-shaming" our nature, i.e., our unique, one of a kind way of being in the world, a way that is unlike any other person's way of being in the world. Heart-centered Life-leadership is about embracing our deepest authentic nature as the "river" from which our greatest generosity and power to impact can emerge.
2...inviting and embracing the paradoxes that are the inherent building material of life: birth & death, grief & joy, ease & struggle, faith & doubt... And especially to claim and develop our human capacity to feel deeply the paradox of our lives and of the world. The vital human heart knows great sadness, anxiety, and anger as well as great excitement, happiness, and peace; through their expression we become more
alive.
3...freeing the deepest longings of our heart and making our core desires and dreams the passionate foundation of our lives as well as the foundation of our generosity and contribution to a more just and authentic society.
Mandy Eppley teaching during a community
4...generously advocating others--their nature, paradoxical feelings, and heart--that are inevitably different from our own. Holding up, protecting, and advocating those that are different from ourselves is the beginning of creative negotiation and the beginning of the end of violence.
The power of co-creation
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