Someone on Twitter recently posted to me after reading one of my blogs, “Unleashing that creative side after years of being bound by boringness is a beautiful thing.” Not only is it a beautiful thing, but once the feeling floodgates are open, we begin to realize how much of our life we’ve spent half asleep.Read more
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Trust that you’re enough. Because you are. But we don’t. So we overcompensate for our ill-perceived sense of lack by working too hard. By pushing. By settling for less. By not realizing our own value. We mistreat ourselves and allow mistreatment by others because if we truly believed we were enough, we wouldn’t settle forRead more
There was a recent New York Times piece entitled, “Where does inspiration come from?” In it, the writer discovered that the genesis of inspiration and creativity isn’t as enigmatic as we once thought. It involves three stages: Step 1: Work. Step 2: Be frustrated. Step 3: Repeat. Artists and creators of many different mediums andRead more
Life is all about choices. And each of us meets certain junctures in our life where we realize our lives aren’t working as efficiently as they could. We don’t feel excited. Passionate. Hopeful. Alive. When we’re up against this sometimes uncomfortable realization, what if you shifted your paradigm so that you could see the worldRead more
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
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
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