Eileen McDargh
Wake Up, Humans! Nature Loves Difference
The natural world presents a totally different way of living.
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Eileen McDargh
Sep 122 min read
A Different Graduation Ceremony—From a VERY Different School
Imagine watching a different graduation ceremony that has none of your kids in it and you still laughed and cried.
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Eileen McDargh
Jul 101 min read
Summer Vacations—WHY you MUST Travel
Try to travel, otherwise you may become racist, and you may end up believing that your skin is the only one to be right...
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Eileen McDargh
Nov 15, 20232 min read
Leading from the Heart Helps the Race
Leading from the Heart helps everyone, especially these soggy racers that I passed by the other day along the Pacific Coast Highway
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Eileen McDargh
Oct 11, 20231 min read
What’s a little dirt...?
On my car that is. Actually, it was a ton of dirt that had me paying way more than I ever have to get the outside and inside of my cobalt bl
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Eileen McDargh
Jun 20, 20232 min read
From Sick To Well. Sea Lions Return Home.
Last Saturday, about 50 of us gathered at 7:00 am on Dana Strand. I only knew my daughter—a volunteer at the Pacific Marine Wildlife Center—
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Eileen McDargh
May 2, 20231 min read
When confronted by Hate and Violence…
My dear friend and soul sister Marilyn Semonick writes a weekly column called Wednesday Wisdom. Always Short. Pithy. Pertinent. Profound....
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Eileen McDargh
Feb 25, 20231 min read
The second time is a charm! Sorry for Techno glitch, but Perspective Is Priceless
“STOP RIGHT THERE,” my mind shouted. “PUT THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE!”
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Eileen McDargh
Feb 22, 20231 min read
The Wisdom of a Dark Sky
Death Valley, CA. The name alone sent shivers up my spine when my husband suggested that we create a family reunion there. How wrong I was
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Eileen McDargh
Nov 2, 20221 min read
Boo-tiful Can be Beautiful
Have you ever felt that way—so taken by a child that all work and worry vanishes?
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Eileen McDargh
Sep 2, 20222 min read
The Power of Storytelling
From Confucius to Mohammed, from Martin Luther King to Abe Lincoln, it is the stories people remember.
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Eileen McDargh
Jul 20, 20221 min read
Lessons From A Brown Bear And An Oyster
I learned that a mother brown bear can deliver three cubs from three different fathers at the same time!
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Eileen McDargh
Dec 1, 20211 min read
The Gift of Sight Beats a Plaque
I just finished presenting a closing keynote for about 350 health care professionals from across the United States.
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Eileen McDargh
Nov 24, 20211 min read
Island Magic Strikes—TWICE
Goosebumps! That’s what it’s like to be the opening AND closing keynote speaker for TOP OF THE TABLE at the Million Dollar Roundtable...
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Eileen McDargh
Oct 20, 20211 min read
Kenyan Women CRAFT their way to Safety and Security
The basket in the hands of artist Rebecca Lolosoli of the Umoja Uaso in Kenya now graces my desktop.
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Jose Pablo Rojas-Brewer & Paola Protti
Sep 8, 20213 min read
5 COVID-19 POSITIVE Lessons
As we start back this school season, I believe United World College Costa Rica has lessons for each of us about resilience.
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Eileen McDargh
Jul 14, 20213 min read
Denial is NOT Just a River in Egypt
The first practice to cultivate resilience is to accept what is given. Denying reality will never produce the variety of potential responses
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Eileen McDargh
May 12, 20212 min read
Sustainability Serves a Student
April 22 – Earth Day-- has come and gone. But for those of us committed to saving a planet, the work is never over. And for my...
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Eileen McDargh
May 5, 20212 min read
Too Young to Die
Three days ago, I got word that Dr. Jeff Salz, my cultural anthropologist friend and adventure traveler died from COVID 19 in Ecuador.
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Marilynn Semonick
Apr 28, 20212 min read
Can Our Voices Create Harmony – A Symphony of Empathy?
Our recent national struggles have motivated me to revisit our nation’s history and dig deeper into how we got here. It’s also ruffled my...
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