Have you ever felt that everyone else in the world seems to have “it” and you don’t? That when God was passing out the skills for talent or beauty or ability or style or charm – you missed school that day? Have you ever felt isolated by your thoughts and thought that you were theRead more
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At the Democratic National Convention a couple weeks ago, Elizabeth Warren took Mitt Romney to task. She said, “Mitt Romney’s the guy who said corporations are people. No, Governor Romney, corporations are not people. People have hearts, they have kids, they get jobs, they get sick, they cry, they dance. They live, they love, andRead more
There is a Sanskrit word that’s very popular today called Dharma. No! Not that 1990’s ABC sitcom, Dharma & Greg! Dhamma-vinaya. Which is one’s path. One’s journey. One’s work. There is a beautiful saying that if you’re searching for your path – you’re already on it! If you’re questioning and searching, then things will revealRead more
Negative thoughts never serve you. Ever. They continue to keep you locked in the prison of the left brain’s neural grooves that give you zero access to anything more than additional negative thoughts. Eeeeek. When that feedback loop happens, you must cut the circuitry in order to access anything else. How you do that isRead more
We are all non-conformists! It’s in our DNA. There is a trailblazer within each of us just waiting to be expressed. But it requires us to become a challenge to the established ways of institutionalized, dogmatic thinking. Being a non-conformist is not about you putting something on top of who you already are. It’s allowingRead more
Relaxation. It’s always a breath away. But we often forget this when we get stressed, tense our bodies and attempt to go for something big. It almost seems counter-intuitive to relax when what we’re wanting seems to come from moments of committed self-exertion. The Olympics. There were so many Gold-Medal moments that showed us howRead more
The Study of Suffering. As artists we subscribe to this myth. A lot. That if we aren’t suffering in our work – pulling out our hair, crying over things, gnashing our teeth, throwing hissy fits, being . . . well . . . dramatic . . . then we aren’t growing. We aren’t learning. ButRead more
If only things in life were “certain.” “If I were certain I wouldn’t fail, I’d attempt that.” “If I were certain I had enough money, I’d do that.” “If I were certain he liked me back I’d ask him out.” Stop waiting. There is no certainty in life. You’re waiting for an illusion to appearRead more
C A N ‘ T. That’s a dirty 4-letter word we use more often than we realize. Sometimes it’s subtle and shows up in the form of defensiveness, rationalization, saying “no” to things, giving up, accepting defeat. And sometimes we simply just say it overtly: I can’t do it. Yes, you can. The true spiritRead more
Why don’t we get what we want in life? Well, we actually do get what we want in life, but since we insist that the thing we desire look the way we think its supposed to look (and because it never does) – we actually shut out what wants to present itself in our experienceRead more