Piles
I’ll paint a brief picture of the space around me so you can get a feel for what I’m wrestling with. I’m building a foundation on which I’m hoping will guide me out of the place I’ve been in for much...
View ArticleSelf-Betrayal
I was having a conversation the other day that I’ve been ruminating incessantly about ever since. I reinforced in this conversation some long standing self-betrayal that I suck at self-motivation. The...
View ArticleThe Loss of a Bedroom
I have a memory that is holier than a block of Swiss cheese. For example, I can remember the name of only one elementary school teacher I had, although I have no clue if I could spell it properly (Ms....
View ArticleJust a Year?
I woke up this morning, poured my coffee and sat down to plan my day. As soon as I sat down, like the nanosecond I sat down, Google blindsided me with a year-in-review video. Facebook does these...
View ArticleHo’oponopono
To end 2020, I wanted to change it up from what’s been coming to the surface of my explorations of my darker self. To be clear, what I mean by that is I have been looking into Carl Jung’s shadow...
View ArticleKnow Thyself
I just finished my 2021 polar bear swim. The tradition for me started 15 or 20 years ago. The first couple of years were hit or miss whether or not I would do it. I let things get in the way. My...
View ArticleBig Boy Bed
I wrote about the loss of a bedroom in a previous post. The idea around what was lurking in the back of my head recently with respect to how a very common event can have long lasting ramifications in...
View ArticleClose Your Eyes
What happens when you close your eyes and think about something you’re proud of? A moment in life where you did something that, minutes, weeks, months, or years beforehand you would never have thought...
View ArticleLetting Go
37 years ago today. It was the afternoon. It was warm and sunny. My mind recalls big fluffy white clouds. It was a baseball kind of day. There’s not a chance I could pull up what I was doing that...
View Article“Biology of Belief” by Bruce Lipton
This one has been percolating for a while. I still don’t have my head wrapped around this to feel that I am going to do this justice. I also need to get it out of my system so I can move on. I...
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