Challenges
The Sugar Cookie Effect
Life isn’t fair. Most of us struggle with this basic tenet of life. We don’t always understand why some people get the good end of the stick of…
Read MoreLove is letting go of fear
Do you remember learning to swim or ride a bike? The terrifying moments of crippling fear where you swore you’d drown or fall off the bike to your peril?…
Read MoreThe Hungry Ghost
This past weekend I was up in Boston helping to facilitate intenSati leadership training. While I’ve helped at previous trainings to various degrees over the last two years, this…
Read MoreThe Open-Hearted Truth Teller
“You know what we’re going to put you in?” she said. My eyes rolled back in my head at the tangible excitement in her voice. I knew that…
Read MoreThis is Spiritual Design
Long ago, the Buddha was speaking in a small town, sharing what he’d learned about freedom from suffering, when a woman suddenly rushed up to him holding the…
Read MoreHow to know the right thing to do in every moment
At some point in our lives, we have wished to be somewhere else, doing something else or with someone else, questioning What If… and If Only This… What…
Read MoreThe Lies We Tell
You’re on the verge of breaking every day and it’s not healthy. Even worse, you’re defending it. You’re defending your own mental health and stability – do you think…
Read MoreStanding in the middle of all this
Life continually moves through contrasts – rise and fall, success and failure, loss and gain, acceptance and blame. In these moments it’s difficult, if not near-impossible, to keep a…
Read MoreLiving Life is Living Off Course
Last week I flew out to Texas with Dona for YTT Faculty Training. On the plane, I was reading an article about aviation that spoke to the evolution of…
Read MoreThe Detour is the Destination
The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. That’s what we’ve been taught anyways, right? In any geometric problem, you can count on this unwavering fact.…
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