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“Summer Davos” and YGL Summit 2014

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THE BUZZ: From September 5th through 16th, 2014, I was in Beijing for the Young Global Leader (YGL) Summit and Tianjin for the World Economic Forum on East Asia. Then, I had the immense pleasure of traveling with a small group – on a private jet – to Japan. It was incredible – from teaching yoga on a private section of The Great Wall of China to learning about the new wave of Buddhism from an esteemed Master. Check out the pictures…

Pave Your Own Way

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A DOSE OF POWER LIVING®: Pave Your Own Way – As essayist and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”

What do you see?

Peace Symbol in rock formation

IMPRESSIONS: I was hiking in San Francisco and came across this rock formation on the ground.
When you look at it, what do you see?

To many, it is the peace symbol that was designed for the British nuclear disarmament movement and later made popular by hippies in the U.S. during the 1960s. It was a beacon of hope for those who protested nuclear weapons, pushed to protect the Earth and create a new age utopia.

To some, though, it is a symbol of destruction…

YGL Silicon Valley Summit 2012

Young Global Leaders Rossanna Figuera, Dr. Terri Kennedy, April Rinne

THE BUZZ: From July 25th through 28th, 2012, I attended the Young Global Leader Silicon Valley Summit in San Francisco. The event was brilliantly organized by YGLs Lila Ibrahim (Partner at Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers) and Heather Fleming (CEO and Co-Founder of Catapult Design).

A Human… Simply Being

Jackson Hole, WY

IMPRESSIONS: This March I was in Jackson Hole, Wyoming visiting a friend.

Even though I had lived in Massachusetts for eight years during my school days and had spent time in Switzerland, I had never been a snow person. The layers of winter always seemed to be a burden.

This trip gave me a new perspective. Listen to the full story on Cowbird…