If we wish to find out what works, we must start with our own values and personal situation. Marvin Weisbord Change is all about learning new ways to feel, think and act. I am always seeking simple analogies that…
Whether personally or in business, January is a month for reflecting on the past and renewing commitments that move us forward on our chosen life paths. Without such reflection, our human tendency is to repeat the mistakes of the past.…
With the recent publication of our yoga actions book on legs and knees, I received a number of requests for help with eliminating knee pain. As we age, it seems our knees take the brunt of our daily stress and…
In the words of Malcolm Gladwell, “cultural legacies cast a long historical shadow.” They persist, generation after generation, virtually intact, even as the economic and social and demographic conditions that spawned them have vanished. Outliers: The Story of Success, 2008 In many…
Take a moment now to do some sense making. Move your awareness inside your body and see if you can sense whether you are content. If your experience tells you this is not the case, then sense what is there…
Ask yourself, “Which emotions are most challenging for you to understand and then to master? If you are like me, you probably answer “anger, hurt and fear.” In many respects this should come as no surprise considering corporal punishment, one form of social oppression, was only outlawed in Canadian schools in 2004. In essence, we have only begun to change oppressive behaviours that support the development of anger, fear and hurt. Even though research has proven that raising children (or animals) without love develops loveless and fearful beings, we are slow to change our behaviours and beliefs.
From the macrocosm of our planet through to the microcosm of our physical bodies, we are experiencing a radical paradigm shift. A paradigm is a thought model or worldview shared by individuals or societies that influences how they think, feel…
Whether you are parenting infants and teens or managing a team of employees, your ultimate goal is to develop their self-determination — the skills and choices that lead to healthy, happy, humane living. Simply stated but not easily accomplished because…
At a recent evening meal, I was surprised to hear one of the female guests say, “People don’t really change, do they?” Given the current organizational ethos — change is the only constant — along with women being the purveyors…
Human perception (how we view the world) is dependent on what we experience in our body. The anatomy of any experience follows this sequence — first sensation, then emotion, then thought. Our personal experiences of sensation-emotion-thought are limited in that…
The head provides knowledge, but the heart offers wisdom. Consider this — there is a positive correlation between suffering and resistance. The more you resist, the more you suffer. The research is in. The more you accept what emerges in…
Happiness can be synthesized! Humans have a psycho- logical immune system, which helps them to change their view of the world. Dan Gilbert When we choose to experience and accept whatever crosses our path for what it is, Dan Gilbert,…
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