

Direct Knowing, True Intimacy
The direct unmediated felt experience of: • hugging someone we love, • your grandchild snuggling up to you while reading them a story, •...


Courage to be Kind
Aren't we always doing our best - trying to maintain some kind of balance (homeostasis), accommodating, adjusting & reacting to all...


Nowhere to Run
As we see our own thoughts, self-talk, planned & spoken words, planned & actual behavior, more & more objectively and in greater &...


Solving a Tough Paradox
“ 'The fear of death is rooted in an instinct for self-preservation that humans share with other species. Although we share this instinct...


Feeling Safe?
"We tend to approach pleasurable opportunities to promote well-being and survival, and conversely avoid or withdraw from painful...


Meaningful Connection
The older I get, the more I value & seek authenticity. “Midlife is the time to let go of an overdominant ego and to contemplate the...


Fear Itself
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself” Franklin D. Roosevelt Fear hides our courage to discover & embrace, with an open...


Identity
"Who am I?" is an honest, deep, central question. A quick, snappy answer is problematic. Thinking about it long & deep, and concluding "I...


Authenticity
Of all that we notice in our lives, we relate to in one of two qualitatively different ways: fear or love. It's easy (instinctive?) to...


From Riddle to Roadmap
There are so MANY wise advices! They sound tantalizingly true: "Just this"; "Only have no preferences"; "All shall be well"; "Let go of...