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A recent report by the Association for Psychological Science titled “Wandering Minds and Aging Cells” (Epel, Puterman, Lin, Blackburn, Lazaro and Mendes) shows that a mind that is present and in the moment indicates well-being, whereas shifting our energy to the past or future can lead to unhappiness.   Science has finally begun to prove whatRead more

Certain things excite me — like reading that there is a new nonprofit group taking donations from people so it can buy debt for pennies on the dollar. But instead of “owning” the debt to make money on it, this group will abolish it. Poof! No more debt.   You may wonder how this couldRead more

Thanks to reader Jeanne Schwarzer: after reading my last post titled “Shifting Gears,” she sent me this story:   A man lived along a lake in Mexico. Every day he fished from the lake and cooked the fish for his family for lunch. Then he’d catch more fish in the afternoon, have a siesta, and thenRead more

why do i do this putting myself into situations that demand so much offering so little free time taking all my energy, focus   what if i stopped driving myself so fast, furious allowed space to pause breathe just be   would i be a slacker unmotivated without ambition   or would i be balancedRead more

next month will be my big promotion and i’ll have made it big but until then i’ll keep working overtime sacrificing dealing with the stress hanging in there until then   next week i’ll start my new exercise program begin taking care of my health but until then i’ll enjoy sitting on the couch eatingRead more

How is it that two people can experience the same thing yet have different stories about what happened? It’s because we interpret reality differently based on our unique lens on life, based on the story we tell ourselves about what happened.   But what if you could recognize that it is only a story, oneRead more

On Thursday, Oct. 18th from 8 to 9:30 p.m. ET (6 to 7:30 p.m. MT), Rick O’Shields will interview me on his show Everyday Connection. We’ll have a friendly chat about my life journey, my views on transformation, and what life is all about. We’ll talk a bit about my new book, The Spiritual HumanRead more

when i stop efforting exerting and forcing when i allow life to flow things seem to fall into place simply   when i stop lamenting what’s wrong with the world looking for the good instead happiness creeps in simply   when i stop wanting yearning for what isn’t when i feel gratitude for what isRead more

So you just finished a fantastic spiritual workshop or seminar and have tons of great concepts spinning around in your brain…but wait…don’t set those notes on the bookshelf thinking you’ll read through them and use them someday. You know it’s not likely that you’ll get back to them once they’re conveniently out of sight. Instead,Read more

doing moving executing checking off when out of nowhere totally unexpectedly comes the lull [               ] a space is created for you to rest recover get well when you didn’t have time or room in your calendar for this to happen yet here it is the lull [Read more