I recently heard an interview with Dr. Joe Vitale, contemporary spiritual and self-growth guide to the masses. (Did you know that he was homeless [but not lost] for a while and completely destitute for a decade before realizing his full potential?) Vitale spoke about intention, the act of consciously, purposefully directing your will and attention toward something you are trying to accomplish … [Read more...]
When Parents Suffer the Loss of Expectation
Isn't it just so frustrating and stressful when things don't go your way? We should be able to have our cake and eat it too. Right? But who ever said life was supposed to cooperate like that? Now, believe it or not, I'm all for visualization, energy, and spiritual exercises that are designed to align our deeper motivations and energies with our outward actions so that we draw more … [Read more...]
3 Essential Elements of Genuine Happiness
It’s all over the news these days. There are hundreds of TED talks on this topic. Researchers are devoting their entire careers to this theme. I’m talking about the often elusive cultivation of genuine, lasting happiness. To hopefully not bore you to happy tears, I’m going to take a slightly different angle on this topic while synthesizing some of the hugely important research on this hugely … [Read more...]
Compassion Transforms Parental Suffering
I was walking to work the other day and happened to witness a disturbing interaction between a mother and a young child. This child was running away from the mother (and grandmother) while the caregivers waited, with increasing frustration, for the child’s return. I was across the street, a very busy and loud street. But I clearly heard the shouts and agitated pleas of the mother, … [Read more...]
Hope For A Greater Good
It's so easy these days to be down on the world. There is so much misery and suffering, so much war and violence, so much self-righteousness, so much self-hatred. And yet… And yet, every single day there are millions of people across our planet making enormous strides for a higher and positive purpose. But we forget this. You may even forget this about yourself. You may be one of … [Read more...]
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