Current Identity
"Current" identity? Most of us consider "my identity" to be perhaps the only dependable, unchangeable, rock-solid thing we have -...
Agility vs Momentum
We have a pronounced tendency to keep doing whatever we've always done, the way we've always done it. The momentum of our life is like a...
Open or Boxed-in?
It's fascinating to observe how boxed-in some people become over the decades. As soon as any topic slightly outside of their comfort zone...
Open Mind and Open Heart
Having facilitated 39 eight-week MBSR courses, to a full spectrum of participants from deeply religious (Christians, Muslims, Jews,...
Normal Resistance to Maturation
“If you feel safe and loved, your brain becomes specialized in exploration, play, and cooperation; if you are frightened and unwanted, it...
Seriously?
I saw a movie in which the characters did all sorts of miserable things to each other, up to and including murder. But the strikingly...
Worldview, Perception, & Behavior
“We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.” Anais Nin “… whether one realizes it or not, everyone possesses a...
Homeward
In some ways, we're all equal. We all want to be happy; none of us wants to suffer. We each have some sense of being part of a larger...
Walls & Speed Bumps
Even when we wholeheartedly wish to achieve or procede towards a worthy goal, we encounter obstacles to slow our "progress", or even...
