Are you too busy to be ALIVE?

Are you too busy chasing it to realize you already have it? In Buddhism, there is something called enlightened "aimlessness."  To the Western mind, this is close to

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Is ‘let it go’ good advice?

If you’ve been keeping up with the newsletters this month (read them here and here), you know the “secret” to de-stressing is "letting it be."  There’s another phrase that seems

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Stress: Loosen the reins

We left you last week with the question: Why is it so hard to objectively observe your own thoughts? Here’s the answer: Because most of us believe that our thinking is reality.  We

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A Better Understanding of Stress

Disclaimer: there are no instagram-level, quick-fix solutions to curing stress.  So this newsletter is coming at you in two parts, and requires more than just a quick read.

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We have two ears and one mouth

Most of us act like we have three mouths and half an ear.  This is true even for those of us who are quieter.  Our thoughts are a

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I think therefore…

We came across an article the other day that referenced Descartes famous line, “I think therefore I am.”  It got us thinking.  What a limiting idea!  It’s not

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Are you acting like Goldilocks??

Unless, of course, you want to be perpetually dissatisfied with your life.  That’s always an option!The endeavor to get the outside world to be juuuuuust right to please

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Not too tight, not too loose as a philosophy for life

Have you ever tried to hold onto a watermelon seed?  It is wet and slippery, yet hard.  It tricks you into thinking you can control it if you just

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Are you treating life like a waiting room?

When we are in the waiting room we are focused on getting to what’s next.  Think about how you are when you travel."How long until we can board

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Are you fully participating in your life?

Years ago we created a participation scale for some workshop or another...after forty years we have a lot of great ideas just laying around waiting to be picked

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