It’s beneficial to unplug and create sacred spaces. Here are some tips for doing so. In my previous post, I discussed why we need to unplug to create sacred spaces. In this post, I want to offer some tips on how to unplug to create sacred spaces. You might rightly ask, “Why bother to…
give your mind a break in this plugged in, hyper-connected world In this plugged-in, hyper-connected world, we need time to give our minds a break. We need to unplug to create sacred spaces — time apart from technology and information overload. Yes, I get the irony that I’m writing a blog about this and,…
I recently returned from my first trip to Hawaii…Aloha! I went with my family and had a wonderful time. It is truly magical there…I can see why everyone I’ve ever talked to who has visited there touts her beauty. We stayed in Waikiki on Ohau for about a week…it was too difficult to make an adventure…
Eckhart Tolle is a spiritual teacher and author of the bestseller The Power of Now, which I read after one of my clients highly encouraged me to do so. I’ve read A New Earth twice now (well, read once then listened to the unabridged audiobook) and prefer it to The Power of Now. Perhaps…
I read this Buddhist story about our true nature being like pure gold that I’d like to share. Imagine that I have a gold nugget in my right hand and I have one of the same size, weight, and purity in my left hand. The only difference is that the one in my left…
In my last post, I reviewed the implications of Shakespeare’s quote from Hamlet, “There is nothing good or bad but thinking makes it so.” When we tap into the power of this statement, we can liberate ourselves from a great deal of unnecessary distress and suffering. One way of doing this is trying to…
Another favorite saying that I hear and use a lot is, “It is what it is.” This seemingly obvious statement holds great power if we can learn to accept the reality of its meaning and use it strategically. It neatly captures the essence of other things about which I’ve written. Simply put, there are…
I’m not a Buddhist, but I like a lot of the Buddhist philosophy that I’ve read. One approach that stays with me, funny enough, was just a short article that a stumbled across in a health magazine. One aspect of the article that stuck with me is the belief that ascribing labels such as…