Be where you really are
In my new book, RADICAL HABITS (available June 26th) Habit # 11 is “Be where you really are”. And I’d like to talk about this today. Yesterday I wrote a blog post called “I almost bit her head off”.…...
View ArticleWe all want connection, we just screw it up really easily
The last few days have been interesting. A lot of conversation had arisen from some posts I recently wrote – discussion about being, about loving people, about letting go of right and wrong while still...
View ArticleAre invisible needs ruining your life?
I have a theory I call the “Hungry Mouth” theory. It’s something I came across early in my private practice and still observe on a daily basis. It goes like this: When we have unmet needs, needs that...
View ArticleLetting people be grown-ups
I was talking with someone a while back and this person was being very careful with what he was saying and not speaking the full truth. So I asked him “Can you just be honest and let me be a grown up...
View ArticleSetting boundaries with love
I received a request to write about boundaries – specifically the concepts of accepting others and letting each person be their own way in the world and see the world through their own lens, but also...
View ArticleFlies can be magic if you let them
It has repeatedly come to my attention that talking to animals is bizarre, especially when they respond in ways that others find surprising. Case in point: the fly. One day this summer we had an...
View ArticleUnderstanding why you care about being beautiful (for men, too!)
The subject of beauty has fascinated me, and is one I’ve studied, for more than a decade. And it has been an issue I’ve encountered in a variety of ways nearly my whole life. Our society does all kinds...
View ArticleLove makes everything juicy
It is freezing outside. The kind of cold that coats everything in tiny diamonds. The ordinary faded brown deck becomes a platform for a queen. The leaves are all twinklyfine like God is about to come...
View ArticleBeauty and suffering – a prayer for today
The raindrops hurl themselves toward the earth, bringing a joy to the grey of morning. My body feels a kind of celebration, a relief from the heat, “This must be what the plants, the soil, are feeling”...
View ArticleKindness is kind of blowing my mind
Kindness is wonderful for many reasons. It’s such a humble and lovely way to be. But yesterday I got a view into kindness that gave me another perspective that kind of blew my mind. Here’s how it...
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