A quick hello from the middle of nowhere. And a few thoughts on meditation… No, you’re not going to levitate to the planet of la-la and bliss. You’re going to sit there and feel trapped in your own mind. Continue reading
Category Archives: Existential Stuff
Dose of Inspiration: 100 Years From Now, All New People
Yup. That’s it. Just look around you today. Look at all the people you meet. Look at all the people you work with. Look at all the people in the grocery store. 100 years from now (with some exceptions), all new people. No, we’re not a bunch of emo-misanthropes– quite the contrary. Just checking ourselves … Continue reading
Practical Patchwork: Move Forward With Acceptance
A little whining can go along way toward making changes. If conditions suck, and we can’t take it any longer, then we want to change them. Complaining can be a way of releasing feelings of fear about change and help us accept responsibility for the changes that are within our control. Continue reading
Ghost Sickness, Heartbreak Syndrome and Other Troubles
This month is National Native American Heritage Month. We feel moved to honor this month, so we have decided to explore and educate ourselves about a couple of culture-bound issues faced by some Native Americans: Ghost Sickness and Heartbreak Syndrome…not your ordinary Western diagnosis. Continue reading
Daily Dose of Inspiration
Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together. Continue reading
There Is No There, There…
Most people can relate to wanting something so desperately that they believe it would make them feel different– feel better. This is the mythical pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. We can be more useful and productive in our aid to others and be less concerned with chasing rainbows and the ghosts of selfish interests. Continue reading
Practical Patch Work : Start With Gratitude
In the face of a lot of opinions, ideas, tools and techniques for self-development, it can get confusing about what action to take. What can be done, right now, today, in this moment to make a change? Start with Gratitude! Continue reading
Have You Already Lost Your Right to Vote? Call it Democracy!
Do you have a right to vote? Are you being disenfranchised by obstacles such as impossible voter wait times and biased voting stations? Continue reading
I Am A Wall, I Must Climb
Is someone’s bad behavior a barrier to your happiness? Continue reading
Introduction to Meditation
Over the last 40 years meditation has been used as a secular mind-body therapeutic approach for a variety of psychological and health-related problems. Its positive therapeutic benefits have been described in many ways in the scientific health care literature, including improved coping with distressing emotions, reduction in anxiety, reduction in depression and improved coping with pain. Continue reading
Duct Tape and Bubblegum 