Herd vs. Heard

Does your need to belong exceed your need to discover your authentic nature and speak your own truth? Or does your need to live an authentic life exceed your need to belong to the herd? When I was in high school, my hunger to fit in and belong was so great that during the summer—in…

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Stop, Look, Listen

Our body is designed to operate from a state of balance, though our culture perpetuates disconnection and imbalance with all if its striving to dominate.  So what can we do when we find ourselves feeling overwhelmed, out of balance, or stressed by life? The simple answer is to Stop, Look, and Listen. It doesn’t matter…

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We Can’t Choose

This sweet animated video reminds us that we can’t choose whom we love or what we love any more than we can choose who we are. Learning how to identity and embrace our authentic nature with all of its glory and desires is part of our human journey. The process of embracing our true nature…

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Master of My Fate

I have come to the conclusion that the trick to living a good and purposeful life is to figure out how to keep your head screwed on straight in the middle of adversity and challenges. When you do lose your clarity, I feel it is important to know how to re-screw your head back onto…

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Masks

We all wear masks from time to time. It is a way to protect ourselves, hide our inner most feelings, maneuver difficult situations, and explore new ways of being. Unfortunately, if you aren’t aware of your own mask and the reason you feel a need to wear it, in a certain situation you can lose…

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Soar vs. Sore

When you feel angry or upset, do you allow those negative feelings to pull you down and drain your positive life-force energy? If things don’t work out the way you want them to, do you get angry or sore? Or do you know how to shake off unconstructive and negative feelings and re-embrace your positive…

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Congruent

When I woke up one morning I found the word “congruent” lodged in my mind. At first it was an interesting experience, but after about an hour or two its presence became annoying. No matter how hard I tried I couldn’t get it to go away, so I decided I needed to pull it closer,…

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Pier vs. Peer

How do you approach your relationships? Do you approach them as a peer—meaning you view the other person as an equal? Or do you approach them as a pier—meaning you think you need to prop up the other person or carry more than your part of the load? Or do you approach relationships from the…

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