Imagination is the most important tool we have for getting from where we are to somewhere new. The boldness of the "somewhere new" you create for yourself is going to depend on the boldness of your imagination. How much have you been using your imagination muscle?...
I'm walking through the bookstore when I see a bold yellow book, challenging me to answer a provocative question...Curious? My ego wanted to say no, but, and I am so happy about this, I resisted the urge to play it safe, and I said to myself...YES! I *am* curious...
More and more, in my work with myself and my coaching work, I see how fundamental it is that we "trust the self." What I mean by this is that we trust our motives, we trust our capabilities, we trust our "goodness", we trust that we are OK. Here's what trusting the...
Last year I was looking at my frog pond and saw something really weird. A frog's great big white belly was face-up (I guess that's what we'd call belly-up!) and it was kind of rolling around in the water. I ran over to see what was going on, and I saw that a great...
Everyone seems to be OK with the concept of "Mother Nature". A benevolent force/source that organizes and creates towards the highest good of the natural system(s). We may not understand all of how Mother Nature works, but we intuitively know that She has her ways...
Believe it or not, it is possible to live life as follows: - You know what to do in any given moment - You want to do it - The thing you WANT to do IS the thing best for you and the world at large - You don't procrastinate - You don't suffer mentally and...
Fear. The kind I deal with, and most of my clients deal with, is fear of taking action, fear of the unknown, fear of being ourselves. When fear gets in the way for us, we really are giving into the fear of fear. And, really, fear of ridiculous...
I really live an amazing kind of life. One where I am in JOY more often than not. The form my life takes is ordinary enough in the day-to-day trappings. I have joyous things and incredibly challenging things and everything in between. Yet,...
This weekend I had a powerful conversation with my uncle, Royal Orr. We discussed his work in Africa, specifically the Makete and Njombe Districts of Tanzania, in efforts to bring patient-centered HIV-AIDS treatment and education to rural Africa. He described...
Here are some questions to ask yourself, frequently, which address some of the fundamental factors that go into massive personal success. How well do you know, and honor, what you really value? If someone looked at your life from the outside, and judged what...
It’s a common phenomenon in lucid dreaming. You are lucid, enjoying being fully “awake” and aware inside of your dream, when you wake up. You might tell your spouse about your lucid dream, then go on to start your day. Then, you...
OK, here is where I am at on guilt. [Socrates deserves some credit on this one as well, but then again he never wants to take any credit!] There is such a thing as healthy, natural guilt. It comes when we say or do something not fully aligned with what we know is...
The arrogance. What makes me, one of 8 billion humans on a tiny blue planet, shared with a multitude of organisms in a vast universe; think that I should be in control of the fine details of life’s events? This traffic should move faster so I can...
I attended a Conversations with Byron Katie event today, and it was very rewarding. There is no doubt that Katie's technique of "The Work" leads to peace, connection with self, and alignment with a Universe built on (of) love. Some of my favorite quotes from Katie...
The Enneagram is a powerful system for understanding our personalities, and our true natures. Now, I'm quite sure the characters in Star Trek (in this article I'll use examples from TOS (the original series), TNG (the Next Generation), and Voyager) are not as...
Aha! That tricky ego is finding it's way around that whole Minding Your Own Business thing... Yes, it is your business what you think, feel, say and do...But there are some caveats! - Major caveat: All of the above must be IN THIS MOMENT. It is not your business...
Last night, I met the best teacher in the world. I've always contended that coaching is different than teaching. Now I'm not sure. Being in the presence of this "teacher" changed me wholly and deeply. Why? What was going on? I was made more fully aware of my...
I posted a short article on the MyLifeCoach.com blog, on the Top 5 Backdoor Methods to Holistic Health and Self-Development... These are all goals that have handles...Things you can grab onto and manipulate and try and improve in your life. These are also all goals...
I attended a Conversations with Byron Katie event today, and it was very rewarding. There is no doubt that Katie's technique of "The Work" leads to peace, connection with self, and alignment with a Universe built on (of) love. Some of my favorite quotes from Katie...
The Enneagram is a powerful system for understanding our personalities, and our true natures. Now, I'm quite sure the characters in Star Trek (in this article I'll use examples from TOS (the original series), TNG (the Next Generation), and Voyager) are not as...
Aha! That tricky ego is finding it's way around that whole Minding Your Own Business thing... Yes, it is your business what you think, feel, say and do...But there are some caveats! - Major caveat: All of the above must be IN THIS MOMENT. It is not your business...
Last night, I met the best teacher in the world. I've always contended that coaching is different than teaching. Now I'm not sure. Being in the presence of this "teacher" changed me wholly and deeply. Why? What was going on? I was made more fully aware of my...
I posted a short article on the MyLifeCoach.com blog, on the Top 5 Backdoor Methods to Holistic Health and Self-Development... These are all goals that have handles...Things you can grab onto and manipulate and try and improve in your life. These are also all goals...
