Be Your Own Inner Champion

Man cheering in a stadium

I don’t fancy myself as a football lover—no hater here…mostly neutral. But I was so amazed by what Tom Brdy and the New England Patriots pulled off in Superbowl LI that I may have to start watching NFL more often. Truth: I watched the game to see the half-time show as I am a crazy […]

Want Something? Write It Down or Better Yet: Do a Vision Board

life story in a paper

You know the routine: you long for an outcome you want in your life, you have great ideas, but somehow, you can’t organize all the thoughts much less create the outcome. These ideas are the beginning of a vision, which is the act or power of anticipating that which will or may come to be. […]

Relationships: Go Clean

a heart made of bark entangled in a branch

The benefits of clean relationship practices are a lot like those of clean eating: a sense of well-being and knowledge that your are on the right path. Speaking of eating, my brain loves to think in recipes so here’s mine for clean: Clean = Being Clear + Being Responsible + Being a Leader Being Clear: […]

Meditation and Moms

MOM

Imagine it’s a reasonable waking hour in your bedroom. The same bedroom that is cocooned in a spa-like ambience: clean, with the peaceful aroma of lavender floating out of the diffuser like gossamer being spun. You arise from the perfect-number-of-hours slumber refreshed and ready for you day. You touch your still-sleeping prince charming gently on […]

The Pillars of Meditation: Pillar 1 – Prepare

Concrete Pillars

This is the first in a four-part series about what I call the pillars of meditation. Whenever I think of pillar, I envision Grecian columns holding up important touchstones of civilization. Pillars provide a foundation on which other things rest. In this case, it’s the foundation of what will hopefully become a successful meditation practice, […]