Breaking Free of the Trance

It’s been a couple of weeks since my return from Ecuador.  In that time, I have spent time journaling about my time there, what I learned and attempting to integrate the experience. I have concluded that I need to travel outside of my geographical location and most importantly, my comfort zone more often.  It’s as [...]

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To Be Who You Are Is More Than Enough

“It is easy to be the person you have always been, for it requires no change, no self-reflection, and no growth. It may appear that changing yourself requires giving up something. In reality, there is no need to give up anything – you simply add to what has been.” Taro Gold in Open Your Mind, [...]

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From Free Fall to Glorious Flight

A little inspiration if you feel like life is moving too fast.  Stay present. “We’re in a free fall into the future. We don’t know where we’re going. Things are changing so fast. And always when you’re going through a long tunnel, anxiety comes along. And all you have to do to transform your hell [...]

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Best App for Reconnecting with Yourself

Recently a colleague of mine sent out a recommendation for building resiliency and wellness and reducing stress.  It was an iPhone app called Do As One Breathe Together.  I am totally enthralled with this app!  I am telling my stress-ridden clients to get it and practice breathing, reflection and pausing throughout their day as a [...]

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2012 Transitions and Necessary Decisions

I know many people who are experiencing some kind of significant transition in their lives.  These times can be difficult. We want to hold on to what is familiar, even if it no longer serves us.  The not knowing is scary.  Yet in that open space we can find life, a new life, and perhaps [...]

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Solutions Not Resolutions: Thirty Days and Twelve Steps to Achieving Success

Every year we create “New Year Resolutions”.  Within about sixty days we forget them.  Why? Because we haven’t been diligent in creating a structure to assure success.  We haven’t defined the outcome in ways that draw us to the conclusion.  Oftentimes, we are pushing ourselves to do something we think we should do, not want [...]

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Generosity is the Killer App – Pay It Forward

Paying It Forward So much is written about leadership and business yet I still find that there is one concept that is missing in most of the literature.  That is the concept of generosity. In my twenties, I was fortunate enough to have a mentor that challenged me to do things I was afraid to [...]

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Striving to Live Consciously

Striving to live consciously. What does living consciously mean?  To me it is being awake.  Not giving in to habitual patterns. It means questioning beliefs and assumptions.  It means paying attention to who and what is around me.  Even more importantly, paying attention to myself, to my inner feelings, thoughts and emotions. I am making [...]

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Going to the Places That Scare Me

Yesterday I had a great day.  I went kayaking off of Cape Henlopen in Delaware on the Atlantic Ocean with my kayaking instructor Robert from AdventureCrafters.  With his encouragement, and a bit of nudging, I said yes to joining a small group for the day not for a tour but for some intensive practice.  Frankly, [...]

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On September 11, 2001 I wrote this

Everyone I know remembers where they were on September 11, 2001.  I remember too. And I remember writing. I was writing an online newsletter that evening, sorting out my feelings about the events and seeking what others were seeking – connection.  That evening I wrote the following and sent it out online.  I found it [...]

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