Thanks to a dear client for this one! Several experiments show that we can encourage new behaviors by introducing fun. What a great video to pass on to the leaders of your business and friends! Look at companies like Apple, whose stock has returned to pre-crash highs, and we see that fun is the best [...]

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If you’ve seen the movie The Secret you’ve seen Michael. Michael is a profound spiritual teacher who has now been recognized by PBS who is hosting a special presentation. What I like about Michael is that he had moved greatly past “visualization” and the simple law of attraction over a decade ago and to “visioning”. [...]

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Thanksgiving started out as a harvest celebration. A day of giving thanks for the harvest and to express gratitude in general started in 1621. Though probably religious in origin, as most have distanced themselves from real religion as a way of life, giving thanks to a deity, let alone to anyone, seems to be a [...]

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PBS is airing a special show by Dr. James Gordon called Unstuck. Dr. Gordon is a graduate of Harvard Medical School, clinical professor at Georgetown University School of Medicine and Founder & Director of Center for Mind Body Medicine in Washington D.C. Unstuck will cover his seven-stage program where he discusses some of the keys [...]

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In talking with a friend today, I was reminded of one of my favorite sayings of Dr. Michael Beckwith: “Friendship is often an agreement in mediocrity.” Michaels’s point is that, in our culture, “friendship” is usually based on a hidden contract that both people will let each other stay the same. That each will let [...]

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Suffering can simply be said to be our ego-mind’s obsession with knowing. It demands that it has all the facts. It makes up stories about what the future holds.  The truth is however, that this present moment and every moment of our future is a complete mystery. Stop right now. Notice that the next five [...]

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It seems sooner or later parents and children suffer a break. That tender bond when they were little has become elusive. Children may start to resent their parents or want distance from them. One of the reasons for this is that a parent may stop asking for or reject the help of their children. You [...]

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