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How To Stop Trying To Control Everything Part 1
Here’s a measure of “progress.” What have you let go of today? What have you said and meant “Fuck it” to today? Each letting go is a relief, a move toward increased tranquility, awareness, a joy and fulfillment. A Mentor A mother brings her child to Gandhi to seek counsel because the child is eating too much candy. Gandhi tells
Stepping Back with Awareness
Waking up is not an end to our neuroses, it just puts an end to them being a personal obstacle that must be overcome. – Joan Tollifson Oftentimes, we get rigidly tied to a definition of self. That definition could be positive in the case of “I am an attractive person” or negative in the case of “I am dumb
The Stable Ground of Self-Compassion
Be a Compassionate Mess. Kristen Neff Have you ever had that person in your life whom you can tell loved you just by the way he or she looked at you? They can be almost embarrassingly doting at times, but when you are in their presence, all your rough edges feel a little smoother. Why is it so hard for
The Wisdom to Know the Difference
Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference. Serenity Prayer A while back, a client told me, “I’m not sure if I’m cured.” He said this after having made major changes in his life. He had stopped destructive tendencies and started healthier
Why Modern Man is Unhappy & What He Can Do About It Part 3
In Part 1 and Part 2 of this series, we talked about the struggle that our hunter-gatherer brains have in making sense of this modern world. At every turn, there seems to be a shiny object that we have been led to believe will be the silver bullet that brings contentment, but so often we are left with disappointment and
Why Modern Man is Unhappy & What He Can Do About It Part 2
In Part 1, we dove into the predicament in which modern man finds himself. He has played by the rules and the game has let him down. What society has told him would make him happy, in fact has left him disillusioned, disconnected and discontented. So let’s examine what could have gone wrong. We are hunter-gatherers living in a world