For many – dare I even say most? – people, resolutions are those things you know you should stop or start doing and with the turn of the new calendar year, you tell yourself this is finally the time. I’m going to the gym. I’m going to stop smoking. I’m going to save money. I’m […]
True Waking Up Means Not Going Back To Sleep
“The breezes at dawn have secrets to tell youDon’t go back to sleep!You must ask for what you really want.Don’t go back to sleep!People are going back and forth across the doorsill where the two worlds touch,The door is round and openDon’t go back to sleep!” Rumi What is happening in your life that is trying […]
The purpose of polarizing
What if instead of pushing people apart, polarizing language actually has a purpose to help us come together? I could be completely wrong about this – and I’m prepared to be – but hear me out. Napoleon Hill told us in Think and Grow Rich that “Opinions are the cheapest commodities on earth. Everyone has […]
Is war ever civil?
There is a new topic floating around the media today. Here’s the headline (and here’s a link to the story): Congressman warns US heading towards civil war – 31% of Americans agree So. there are a few dialogue points here. (Remember, dialogue means suspending previous assumptions in order to learn from each other.) Is this true? […]
Is it possible to find common ground?
It’s been an interesting weekend watching the March for our Lives and all the rhetoric that surrounds it on national media. I have tried my best to remain neutral about this moment in time, but I find that, like probably most Americans, I do have an opinion. The distinction I am doing my best to […]
Why bother?
I’m concerned that, given the current state of affairs in America (pick which one), we’re forgetting how to truly communicate with each other. As our trust and honesty seem to whither away, we find ourselves either afraid to say what’s on our minds, or are seemingly unable to communicate in ways that highlight our similarities […]
Let’s get REAL.
We love our authentic Mexican food. We love brand-name sports shoes, and watches, and purses, and clothes, and sunglasses. The knock-offs are rarely as sturdy and, well, authentic as the originals. There is a conversation to be had about being REAL vs. trying to copy someone or something else. In the book Think and Grow […]
Transferring the Vision
Have you ever experienced or heard about something really exciting that you want to share with someone else and you want them to be as excited about it as you are? And then you get disappointed when they just don’t get it like you want them to? Yeah, me either. What is it about someone […]
Are YOU a Badass?
When I first heard that word (badass) in the title of Jen Sincero’s first book You Are A Badass, it stirred many varied feelings in me. I’m sure there are probably as many contexts for the word “badass” as for any other word, but when I heard it, it took me back to my very-much-younger […]
You are the boss of you
And I am the boss of me. But I am not the boss of you. How is it that every little kid in the world has, at some time in his or her little life, uttered the words “YOU’RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME!”? Where does that thought even reside in the collective consciousness of […]