Category: Authenticity

  • Confessions of an Optimist on Thanksgiving

    Confessions of an Optimist on Thanksgiving

    “Your life – in fact, the future of the world – is within your own power to change. We just have to think differently – together.” —LYNNE McTAGGART from “HOW YOUR THOUGHTS CAN CREATE PEACE IN 2024“ Evidently, I’m the character “Joy” from the Pixar movie Inside Out, or so…

  • Is DISCIPLINE a Bad Word?

    Is DISCIPLINE a Bad Word?

    I was raised by hippies. Maybe not in the way you’d usually think of hippies. In my house everyone was a rebel. I was encouraged to express myself and even called my parents by their first names. No-one wanted to do anything on a schedule or with any discernable regularity.…

  • Gratitude on Thanksgiving

    Gratitude on Thanksgiving

    (Podcast and Post Originally Published on: 11/30/10; Revised: 11/28/13) As we enter the Holiday Season, I notice people’s mindsets tend to line up along a continuum: one extreme experiences the joy of the season, while the other wants it to be over as quickly as possible. We all have the…

  • The Dream of the Siren’s Song

    The Dream of the Siren’s Song

    Charmed out of life we see, No life on earth can be Hid from our dreaming… – The Siren’s Song1 [buzzsprout episode=”23826″ player=”true”] Dreaming… dreams… so many connotations. There are the “big dreams” we have for our lives, and the dreams we have when we sleep… but there is another…