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“Beware the Guru.” This is a mantra I return to often, especially when I’m with a friend, colleague or even a client who doesn’t consider challenging their Practitioner(s). We all look to Read More

Here’s a very basic practice that will not steer you wrong when you find Your Self at the crossroads of "Words and Actions". It’s a shortcut that will allow You to Read More

Here's an interesting practice to do when you find Your Self in the place of what I call "less than". You know that feeling—surrounded by the old ghosts that haunt Read More

The other day, I found myself writing this reminder: "Stop expecting to have your expectations met." Somehow, this simple statement felt quite liberating and hopeful. Let’s refer to the dictionary for the word Read More

Black Friday. Cyber Monday. Giving Tuesday. “Black cyber giving” — it sounds incongruent with the intention of the season, doesn’t it? The Holidays are now the “Holy Daze” and we are stunned by Read More

“If you think you’re enlightened, go spend a week with your family.” (Ram Dass) With the holidays quickly closing in on us, I thought it’d be a good time to review what I Read More

"What if something "bad" happens?" Ah yes—the universal "what if?" Let's talk about what I call the past or future imperfect. No—not the way we learned the tenses in language class, rather, Read More

Let's consider the popular buzz phrase: the "new normal". It usually indicates a different pattern / way of being that has become the status quo—the beginning of an era, movement, or Read More

"...why don't you love me? / Oh—you do? I'll see you later ...."(Stephen Sondheim / "Follies") Let's talk about what I call "emotional ambushing". A dear colleague of mine grew up in Read More

How many people do we come across in our daily routine who have it all figured out for themselves—and others? Yet, their lives remain stalled, chaotic or unmanageable. They pay Read More

What if, the next time you want a particular item, you take a good look through what you already have. Chances are that what you feel compelled to "get" is Read More

"If at first, you don't succeed, try, try again." Let's rewrite this proverb right now. Let's replace the word "try" with allow. It immediately shifts the energy of the intention and Read More

Let's take a different look at procrastination. How many times and ways have we chastised ourselves for not plowing through our "to do" list in record time? What if there's Read More

"Failure is not an option". (from the movie "Apollo 13") Let's dare to eliminate "failure" as a possibility, let alone an option, shall we? How often do we give ourselves only Read More

Let's consider something I like to refer to as "Altitude Sickness"—not the kind you get from traveling to places high above sea level. Rather, the kind you get by opting Read More

I'd like to connect with our Inner Lady Macbeth—let's "dish the dirt", though not in the way we usually do. Instead, I'm referring to something I saw years ago on Read More