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Taking a Break to Work on A Book
Thank you to everyone for the feedback on these blogs. I hope they continue to be helpful. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed writing them. For the time being, I am taking a break to work on a book. The subject will explore why so many men are unhappy and what we can do about that. Please look for it sometime in the
The Two Inner Coaches
Billy Schroeder was absolutely exhausted. He was a few days into a tortuous 10-day marathon practice in West Texas that was being run by Texas A&M’s head football coach, Paul “Bear” Bryant. There were no regular water breaks and no medical personnel on hand to help these student-athletes cope with the temperatures that exceeded 100 degrees. Having given everything that
How to Stop Falling for the Body’s False Alarms
Imagine you are back in your school days and you look over just in time to spot that mischievous classmate of yours pulling the fire alarm. Instantly, the bells start clanging and the lights start flashing. It’s total chaos. Understandably, some people are clearly panicked. They are half walking, half running in an attempt to flee the threat. After all,
Being Awake While You Are Alive Part 2
In Part 1, we talked about why our defacto mode of mindlessness perhaps developed and is exacerbated by this high tech-world of ours. We touched on some of the reasons why we might want to develop this skill of being awake that Dan Harris has dubbed a “superpower.” In this blog, I want to dive right in to some practices,
Being Awake While You Are Alive Part 1
“An average human looks without seeing, listens without hearing, touches without feeling, eats without tasting, moves without physical awareness, inhales without awareness of odor or fragrance, and talks without thinking.” – Leonardo Da Vinci I have to admit, I felt a slight sense of writer’s block coming on when I thought about writing this blog. After all, what could be written about presence or mindfulness that hasn’t already? There are countless
How To Stop Trying To Control Everything Part 2
It is always the false that makes you suffer, the false desires and fears, the false values and ideas, the false relationships between people. Abandon the false and you are free of pain; truth makes happy, truth liberates.” Nisargadatta Maharaj In Part 1, we talked about how control is like a compulsion. It feels uncontrollable, it’s rooted in fear and