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Nourish Your Nervous System
In Buddhist writings I have seen this simple equation: Pain + Resistance = Suffering
When we are faced with an incredible amount of pain, which…
Befriending Hopelessness
The impact was sudden. An SUV carrying several passengers, now hurtled like a Tonka Toy in a spinning arc two stories high. Six thousand pounds of metal flew…
Let’s Create A Worldwide Homegrown Park
What if we created a wildlife corridor that stretched around the world, beginning in our own backyards?
As I wrote in this space a few years ago, every…
The Well-Rested Parent: Surrendering To The Call, Chucking Perfect And…
I want you to answer this question by raising your hand: are you exhausted? If you raised your hand, keep reading. If you didn’t raise your hand, keep reading,…
What Are Your Non-Negotiables?
I’m re-reading one of my favorite books, Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés. I read it in the early nineties when it was first published,…
Ten Easy Ways To Build Capacity For A Passionate Life
It’s 5:30 a.m. on a Sunday morning and already my phone chimes with a text message. Life can be a marathon. And with technology creep granting our accessibility…
You Don’t Have To Be So Good
He sat at his desk in front of me, tapping his pen in frustration, ‘She’s affecting everybody. She’s just toxic.’ He was describing a dilemma he was facing at…
Cultivate Indifference
I know, it’s the holiday season, and you may have expected a blog post on gratitude, love, forgiveness, generosity or some other altruistic virtue. Which is…
How to Be A Hero: Cultivating Emotional Courage So You Can Be A…
“The ‘Sacred Warrior’ is the personification of Courage within a man and a woman that allows them to keep their heart open in hell; the hell of their own…
Ten Reasons Why Journaling Creates Inspired Leaders
‘I hate journaling,’ said one client to me recently. ‘It’s just never made sense to me to keep any kind of diary. Ew. How…adolescent.’ For weeks I just kept…