A couple week’s ago I lectured on “Sharing Your Crack.” Which is a metaphor of sorts on understanding that the neural noise in our heads is often generated by an original, false premise that tells us we are unlovable and undeserving of love. That’s myth. But it feels real because of the paradigms thatRead more
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There’s a military saying, “Embrace the suck.” It’s a very Buddhist concept. When we deny what reality is giving us, we create suffering. So life is a dance between minimizing expectations and surrendering to what our lives actually reveal to us. By embracing our lives totally (even the stuff that “sucks”), we get throughRead more
If only we could stop telling stories that contradicted our hearts Who would we be? Amazing Adventurers. Dynamic Doers. Beautiful Bad-Asses. Courageous Creators. But it’s hard because we’re invested in our stories. And we give them so much credence because we tell them to ourselves all the time. You know the ones: “The businessRead more
Connection. It’s what we’re all after. But we mistake being “connected” (through technology) with real connection. So we keep searching for it in things. Gadgets. Tweets. Status updates. Instagrams. Pics. Video streams. And the more we keep reaching for those things to connect us, the less we actually feel. Period. Connection comes from being withRead more
In his book, The Four Agreements, Don Miguel Ruiz mentions four principles we might want to follow to live a more present, joyous and drama-free life. 1). Be impeccable with your word. 2). Always do your best. 3). Don’t take anything personally. 4). Don’t make assumptions. Ahhhhh . . . yes. Assumptions. We assumeRead more
The journalist and sociology researcher, Malcolm Gladwell, does a lot of interesting stuff. His best-selling books explore cultural phenomena, the science behind social shifts, and how our environment shapes and influences us in innumerable ways. He also might be the best acting coach anywhere. This is because his work illustrates the mechanics and science ofRead more
I was asked to be a presenter at this year’s Global Alliance for Transformational Entertainment (GATE) Conference this past weekend. Some of the other speakers included Jim Carrey, comedian Louie Anderson, filmmaker Tom Shadyac, and many other inspiring artists. I wasn’t prepared. That can be a very sobering realization when you’re about to speakRead more
I think part of the challenge of being on a spiritual journey is that sometimes we can get all “Lama-Dama-Ding-Dong” about it. We think enlightenment is serious or we express these platitudes of love and peace and Kumbaya – when in actuality, real transformative, spiritual change occurs by getting into the nitty-gritty of itRead more
We live in three different realities. Or another way to think of it is that we allow three different narratives to run our lives. What if we became more mindful of which narrative we spent the most time? The first reality is simply the nature of the 3-dimensional reality we’re all living in. It’s ourRead more
Recently a student voiced a fear that I think a lot of people are afflicted by. She said that if she let go of the drama that was in her life – specifically in her relationships – she was scared that her life would be boring. News Flash. It won’t. Because of our low selfRead more