Another year passed, another birthday celebrated, and another opportunity to reflect with gratitude on what has come and gone in my life. I start by counting my blessings, which far exceed the candles on my cake — a treasured community…
There is a lot of talk these days, around the online ‘water coolers,’ about the value of inspiration in both leadership and organizations. A quick reference to its definitions produces • divine influence • a sudden brilliant, creative, or timely…
The change from one identity to another is a long, slow march. Even though, on November 30, 2010, I ended my old ‘life’ and the very next day began a new one, I once again had to ask and answer…
After 10 months of growing Right to Joy as an online enterprise and reversing an 80:20 ratio from consulting:writing to writing:consulting, I feel as though we are turning a corner. All our recent clients first connected with the web site…
Everywhere we see signs of abundance (plenty) — homes, gardens, beauty, health, wealth and laughter. And everywhere we see signs of scarcity — homelessness, pollution, violence, poverty, greed and depression. I would go so far as to say both exist…
Today, I am content to make playful choices rather than strive to achieve the several goals I set for myself on a regular basis. Yesterday, my contentment with the process of relaxing, releasing, receiving and then acting was less apparent…
I find the various disciplines that study human behaviour (anthropology, philosophy, psychology, sociology) intriguing. Even as a child, although I wanted to be an astronaut or a doctor, it was really my curiosity about the inner workings or core essence…
An untapped power resides within each of us. It responds to the call of writing. When I wrote those words, I was referring to the profound ability within each of us to express our truth, transform our experience and discover…
Meditation allows our authentic self — our inner hero — to surface and safely guide us through the self-doubts and worries forming our “dark nights of the soul.” The courage required for these heroic acts is simply to sit with…
Every person is sent to this outpost called earth to work on a project that is intended to keep the cosmic order healthy. African Elder Malidoma Some Image courtesy of sattva / FreeDigitalPhotos.net Our life purpose — the creative contribution…
Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional. Buddhist proverb This profound aphorism teaches us that pain is what life’s events inflict on us, while suffering is what we inflict on ourselves, that is, our emotional reactions to those events. The implication…
Are you feeling stretched to your maximum attending to the competing demands in your life? With all that you have to do is it difficult to choose a right course of action? Once you have chosen, are you able to…
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