relationships
Why You Should Care a Little Less
“I’m really struggling with this one class I teach,” my friend told me over lunch. I nodded, knowing how stressful the last year has been for her in…
Read MoreAbandon hope of a better past
Over the last week in California, something shifted for me. It wasn’t a singular action that spurred this shift in consciousness, nor was it the trip itself. But, removing…
Read MoreConfront Your Duck
We all complain. Your puppy pees on the carpet for the umpteenth time. Your favorite series airs its final episode. Your laptop crashes and the repair technician…
Read MoreThe 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 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 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 MoreTake a Leap
A part of you is ready. And a part of you is not. This is the essential disposition of any person who’s wanting to trust the universe.…
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