“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won.”  -Gandhi While visiting my nephew in California this week, I got to watch him with his friends. What a treat. He and they are incredible people; thoughtful, wise and talented. A great conversation took place while he was preparing a dinner for us, something he does fairly often, apparently…and he’s good at it. “Why is everything you …
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“FEAR is False Evidence Appearing Real!” -Tony Robbins Isn’t it remarkable how clever your brain is at talking you out of things? You know that action precedes results, but in THIS case, you think, there’s a good reason not to take action. Of course, you tell yourself, next time conditions will be right, and I’ll do it! But what happens next time? Often the same thing! Perhaps now is the time to recognize the pattern…and break it. …
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“Our minds are habitual abusers of our souls, repeat offenders.”  -Dr. Steve Taubman We want a better life. We want a bigger house, a better car, a prettier girlfriend, a more successful husband, fame and fortune, and lots of other stuff. We hope that these things will make us happy. Yet we find that they don’t. We eventually come to realize the truth. Our source of happiness is within. Our striving for a better life …
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“Life is the movie you see through your own unique eyes. It makes little difference what’s happening out there.”     -Dennis Whaitley Flying back from a speaking engagement, I struck up a conversation with my seatmate. She said her husband’s a lawyer who makes his career submitting DNA evidence on old cases to reopen them and have falsely imprisoned convicts released. Turns out that, even in the face of overwhelming evidence, the state is often reluctant to …
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Every once in a while I need to revisit this fundamental question. People ask and are often confused by the term “mindfulness.” Or it carries “New Age” baggage it doesn’t deserve.  Mindfulness is as practical and mainstream a concept as discipline or integrity. Have you ever read stories about a woman who didn’t realize she was pregnant and then suddenly gave birth in the bathroom? That’s the opposite of mindfulness. Being so completely cut off from …
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