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Pet Peeve Pet Peeve = something that you find particularly annoying. No doubt you have your own list of pet peeves, to which you are always adding. For me, I get particularly triggered by other drivers, as I was reminded of this morning on the way to the ferry. It appeared that someone was just […]
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Suicide Prevention Walk Recently, our staff participated in an annual walk sponsored by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) here in San Francisco, called Out of the Darkness Walk. There are over 350 walks around the country, which raise funding to support suicide prevention programs. We are particularly drawn to this event because everyone […]
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Happiness Ever since we committed to the Triple Bottom Line + (TBL+) framework of People, Planet, Profit + Purpose, we continue to evolve our understanding about what makes us happy at Dharma. We know that happiness is not a goal in and of itself (the myth being perpetrated by the American Dream version of the […]
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Best of the World Award for Workers In the shameless self-promotion department, Dharma is proud to announce winning a Best of the World Award for Workers. These are businesses that B Lab has determined have scored in the top 10 percent of all Certified B Corporations on the assessment, and is in recognition of how […]
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Purpose Workplace diversity, gender equality, living wages, social impact, transparency, mindfulness in business, environmental impact, community engagement, triple bottom line (People, Planet, Profit) – whew! Plus we’ve embraced a fourth: Purpose. It used to be a person would start a business just to earn a little cabbage on which to live. Times have changed, as […]
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Dharma’s Giving Back – Veteran’s Path Veteran’s PATH reconnects veterans with strength and service. Through practical tools of meditation and mindfulness, physical and outdoor experiences, and a community of camaraderie, veterans rediscover peace, acceptance, transformation and honor in a new journey forward. Established in 2008 by Lee Klinger Lesser and Chris Fortin, two long-time mindfulness […]
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It’s Time Mark your calendars for September 22nd, as it’s the autumnal equinox this year. I know, I know, where does the time go? You know, time waits for no one but there’s no time like the present. Time is money and time heals all wounds. Got a little time to kill? Some people are way […]
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Interpretation Afew years ago, I was walking with a friend along an oceanside path at Point Reyes National Seashore when we came across a couple coming from the other direction. As we passed them and said hello, we heard a sound which prompted the man to comment on how anyone could be discharging a shotgun […]
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Hope “Hope is a waking dream.” This quote is from the third century BC Greek philosopher, Aristotle, who was also a student of Plato. This remarkable man lived at a time when exploration of the inner and outer world flourished – biology, metaphysics, logic, poetry, linguistics, politics, theatre, and on and on. Our world has […]
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Flying and Laughing Every quarter, our Dharma team has an outing to challenge ourselves in some way or another. We went out on a whale watching cruise at the end of last year, then we went bowling together. And recently we opted for an indoor skydiving experience – you know, a wind tunnel that simulates […]
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