My friend, Barry, a meditation teacher, is fond of saying that the spiritual path is like warfare. It’s a battle waged within. As Pogo said, “We have met the enemy, and he is us.” And, in that regard, Rinpoche’s quote is especially germane. “Emotions are the generals of ego’s army.” When we choose to do the work of going within and finding silence beyond the incessant chatter of the mind, that mind inevitably rebels. Some …
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It’s always gratifying to know when you’ve made a difference; when your actions or words have impacted someone’s life, and they’re somehow different because of their encounter with you. Over the years, I’ve had the good fortune to work with and help many, many people. I’ve done it for their physical well being in my role as chiropractor, I’ve done it for their emotional well being as a coach and counselor, and I’ve done it …
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EXCERPT FROM UNHYPNOSIS As a typically shallow person of my gender, I happened to take notice of a certain physical attribute of a female friend. It started innocently and unintentionally as I glimpsed her bending over my colleague’s desk while they spoke. At the time, she was wearing a pair of burgundy velvet pants that fit like a glove. Inadvertently, I found myself obsessing about her anatomical perfection in that particular region. From there my …
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Last week, I posted a story of one of my clients who faced a painful situation with her soon-to-be husband. I outlined the ten rules of forgiveness I taught her and alluded to the ten steps to letting go, promising to tell you about them here. If you read last weeks post, you’ll also find lots of spirited conversations, mostly with Dave AKA Barking Unicorn, about the spiritual take on forgiveness. Worth a read! Anyway, …
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I recently worked with a young woman who was despondent and panic-stricken about her fiancee “going too far” at his bachelor party. She was too wounded to imagine marrying him, despite the love and esteem in which she held him, the conviction that he was a trustworthy guy, or the realization that bachelor parties are a predictable formula for exactly this sort of thing. I gave her some “tough love” and some hard hitting advice. …
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