In his recent book, We Are The Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast, Jonathan Safran Foer, speaks to his personal 4-point plan to fight climate change. He states concisely what most of us already know — the top four…
In his 10th edition of The Biology of Belief, Bruce Lipton (2015) draws “the proverbial line in the sand” when he states, “On one side … is a world defined by neo-Darwinism, which casts life as an unending war among…
In the end, it’s all a question of balance. Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance, 1995 One of my greatest life lessons could be simplified to “all things in moderation.” In my case, choosing the path of moderation literally pulled me…
The level of structure that people seek always is in direct ratio to the amount of chaos they have inside. Tom Robbins, Skinny Legs and All As with any behaviour, in its extreme, control becomes dysfunctional and even delusional. …
Photo: Ai Weiwei’s Forever Bicycles alludes to the Forever Brand of bicycles that flooded China’s streets during the artist’s childhood yet remained financially out of reach for many. We must all suffer from one of two pains. The pain of…
When the chips are down, I can attest from personal experience that one of the hardest decisions we face in life is choosing whether to walk away or try harder. Think of a situation (climate change, etc.) or a personal…
A long time ago, I asked a mentor to help me make a decision. The details of that decision are unimportant. What is important is what he said to me. There are two kinds of people in the world, Helen. …
When we rest awareness on the present moment’s emerging experience whether within or without, we are deeply collaborating with all of life. Simply, we are surrendering to what is and trusting that what we need is being provided to us in…
Image by Tuomas Lehtinen freedigitalphotos.net Beware of destination addiction: The idea that happiness is in the next place, the next job, or even with the next partner. Until we give up the idea that happiness is somewhere else, it will…
There comes a time in one’s wisdom or life’s journey where healing personal wounds is outgrown and replaced by concern for the collective woundedness of humanity and the planet at large. These shared or universal wounds — poverty, pollution, oppression,…
Can you imagine a world where everyone is loved and loving? Now, can you imagine yourself loving everyone? Did your thoughts go to that one person in your life who is difficult to love and who possibly is not loving…
Today, I am in discussion with a friend who, to put it simply, is “in-between” that which he no longer is and that which he has yet to become. Years ago, William Bridges called this transitional space the Void. Others…
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