Last week, I traveled to Greensboro, North Carolina to attend the Polarity Thinking™ Learning Community Event.

Just as we were getting ready to take off, we hit a snag: one of the overhead bins wouldn't close.

We ended up being delayed an hour while the engineers worked to find and remove an errant piece of rubber that was blocking the door from latching.

What started as a minor problem caused significant delays, causing me and over a dozen others to miss our connecting flights to various cities around the US and the globe.

What was initially a 12-hour travel day transformed into a grueling 23 hours for me, and left many passengers facing several-day delays to their final destinations.

The complexity of rerouting passengers when something goes awry is an all-too-common experience with airlines. And often, you find yourself navigating with insufficient support, care, and guidance from airline personnel. Feeling frustrated, powerless, and angry in the face of those disruptions is real.

How much more so are those feelings amplified with current global events, where watching suffering unfold and hoping for the best often seems like the only available course of action in the moment.

This was one of my main reasons for making the trek to North Carolina – to be in community and deepen my practice and impact in affecting systems change in a time of so much complexity, uncertainty, and change.

But when Barry Johnson, the founder of Polarity Thinking™, began our session by diving deep into some of the most contentious and polarizing issues of our time, I was intrigued but unsure what to expect.

In just 30 minutes, Barry provided a powerful framing that enabled me to transform my experience of deeply polarizing conflicts, such as the Russia-Ukraine War, the Israel-Palestine conflict, and the political divide in the US.

These are issues that I’ve been trying to make sense of on my own with limited success. This powerful guidance enabled me to experience much-needed inner restoration and created a foundation for effective action moving forward.

This is a testament to the power of working with a skilled guide to help bring expanded perspectives to the challenges and areas of your life and work where you may be feeling powerless, frustrated, or stuck.

What if that was true where you are right now? With whatever challenges you’re facing in your work, life, or business? Imagine how working with a guide who brings an expanded perspective might reduce your frustration and feelings of being stuck, helping to restore wholeness and well-being, and empowering you to take more effective action moving forward. How might that change your current trajectory?

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~ elan