We live in the world of action. No doubt about it. If you have great intentions but sit around on your couch all day eating Trader Joe’s Pirate’s Booty and watch 70’s sitcom reruns, it ain’t gonna happen. Doing means converting possibility into actuality. But what gives rise to possibility? Possibilities are born in aRead more
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Astrophysicist, Adam Frank, interviewed on NPR says that the “experience of time throughout history is an invention. It is neither God-given nor physics-given.” It is a social construct that is built by a particular culture for political, economic or religious reasons. Buddhists talk about dying to the past and that the future hasn’t yet beenRead more
Listen up Drama Queens! What if we understood conflict from a new scientific quantum perspective, gaining a new awareness of how to use conflict when it arises in a way that’s healthy and creative? If you look at your life, the periods of greatest conflict also were the opportunities for greatest growth and awareness. YouRead more
In our evolutionary process, there are 3 types of learning. 1). Those “light bulb” moments you get when you’re hearing something truly remarkable for the first time. It’s “beginner” learning. The sad thing is, as we get older, we think we “know it all”, becoming bitter and jaded (ouch!) which makes it feel as ifRead more
The answer to everything you are up against in life is. . . well. . . you. Or rather, you hold the answers to all your questions. But in order to access them, you have to ask different questions that require you to express your needs. Why is this so hard for us? Why areRead more
How? Commitment. You don’t get what you wish for in life. You get what you believe. And sometimes, our beliefs need a little bit of encouragement. For example, you believe you can do something (write a play, audition for a show, ask someone out on a date) but you also have doubts. You fast-forward toRead more
Ever notice that once you really start committing to something, it almost seems as if everything in the universe is conspiring against you to make that thing happen? Eeeeeeek! A lot of times, people stop. They give up. They see it as a “sign” that it’s not the right time. Or it’s not supposed toRead more
Life itself is an affirmative act. Everywhere in nature you see the inclination, the will to life. Flowers bloom. Birds dispense plant seeds so that they continue to propagate and grow. Weeds are so committed, they poke out from cement sidewalks, where life seems inhospitable. A spider spins its web in places that are certainRead more
EVERYTHING you want is in the Unknown. We’re not taught the physics of creativity so we listen to the pseudo-self (our Ego) — which tells us that the unknown is a scary and unsafe place to be. And it tries to prevent us from going there. But a deeper part of us craves the unknown,Read more
When I was a kid growing up in Indiana, I’d spend my summers collecting live bugs. There were acres of woods behind my house and empty fields full of more insects than you could imagine. Much to my mom’s disapproval, I’d grab empty canning jars from our basement, poke holes in the lids and goRead more