If you don’t mind me being a bit sassy today, I’m here to make a pretty blunt announcement: change is inevitable. While most of us hate this idea, we all get it. I’m not saying anything new. The problem is, most of us run for the hills when we see change a comin’. Change is … Continue reading
We’re phoning it in (again) this week because just like the rest of the planet, you guessed it, we have Monkey Mind. Monkey Mind is a debilitating disease in which we get self-obsessed, unsettled, restless and well, down right crazy. Unfortunately, this is a common disorder effecting 10 out of 10 species with a prefrontal … Continue reading
Yeah, we know, it’s Valentine’s Day. So what better way to celebrate love… Are you too happy? Is life just way too good? We thought so. For all of you happy people out there, here’s your chance to ruin it all. For all of you depressed, bitter, miserable, and overwhelmed folks, you’re just not trying … Continue reading
Picking out a Christmas tree. Yes, son, that’s Johnny Cash on my shirt. Sometime in the spring, maybe May, of 2007 my life changed forever. I had sold everything I owned, quit my job and moved 700 miles away from everything I’d ever known to chase my white whale… a stunning, educated and wild redhead. … Continue reading
Something completely unexpected has happened; the story of my family has changed. My dad was a Marine serving in Viet Nam and it messed him up, but not only him, it messed us all up. It’s not only until recently, 46 years later, that healing has begun. We are 4 brothers in my family. My … Continue reading
In my early thirties, I was examining my life as I think many folks do when they get to be that age. For me, I was in the midst of a life change that would chart a new course for my life. Old patterns, habits and behaviors that had served me well as survival tools … Continue reading
Get out your duct tape! Today is Duct Tape Do-It-Yourself Sunday! Continue reading
The idea of “you” is the story you chose to believe in based upon situations and circumstances that have conditioned your responses since birth. At any moment you can (if you chose to) divorce yourself of this narrative and contemplate a larger truth for your life. Continue reading
It happens. One day, for whatever reason many of us find ourselves way out in the wild. Lost, confused and disoriented as to how we got here, we start to look for the way out. How long will it take to get out? Continue reading
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
Duct Tape and Bubblegum 