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  I was on vacation in Mexico last week and I swam in the ocean that was recovering from a west coast hurricane-like condition. The waves were massive. Formidable. The recent eruptions of Iceland’s Bardarbunga volcano have been described as awe-inspiring and incredible. When we look at nature and respond to its power and force,Read more

    What if there was something you could do more often that would radically – and perceptibly – change how you’re perceived and alter the impression you leave on others? What if, as an actor, it was something that you didn’t even have to worry about “doing” because it sort of does itself onceRead more

  Once again, the science is in. Ellen Langer, a professor of psychology at Harvard who has been doing research since the late ’70’s – has conclusively proven that becoming mindful can change your life. There are measurable benefits to one’s creativity, competence, psychological well-being and physical health. All the places where we can getRead more

    Last week I discussed changing our narratives – simply the negative stories we most often tell about ourselves that no longer serve us. When we make an investment in something, we are hoping to receive a benefit at some point in the future. What if we made an investment in telling a newRead more

  Do you want to know how to have a breakthrough year? In all areas of your life? Just stay open. That’s hard enough to do on a daily basis, as we have lots of ways of keeping ourselves from being just that. We become cynical or jaded or glib. We get rejected so weRead more

Because it seems to be all the rage these days (thank you Miley Cyrus!) we’re going to do our own version of “Twerking” it. But we’re going to learn how to “twerk” something emotionally and physiologically to increase our chances of getting what we want in life. It’s called Amplifying your frequency. If you thinkRead more

Now you can train your mind to do the impossible. That’s a catchy title I saw recently in the Huffington Post. But was I surprised by what this mind-training tool is? Not really. Meditation. It seems neuroscientists have proven that meditation actively rewires our brains over long periods of time and creates neuroplasticity to makeRead 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

You want to access your potential? You want to be a great artist? You want to tap into your creative genius? You want to book a job? It’s simple. Get out of your head. Again and again and again. In the New York Times bestselling book, Imagine, a Johns Hopkins University Neuroscientist, Charles Limb, isRead more