Understanding we are Worthy, Capable, Connected, and Called to Adventure for a more Joyful and Resilient Life
This care package is about a self-regulation technique called "Taking Your Emotional Temperature" and how it can help us manage stressful times. (You can find links to related posts down below.) A simple way to take your emotional temperature is to stop once or twice (or however many) times a day and ask yourself, "How… Continue reading Care Package #3 for Stressful Times
Do you live from the inside out or the outside in? Okay, to be honest, that is not an entirely fair question to ask you at the beginning of this post. I coined the phrases Living from the Inside Out and Living from the Outisde In. And I haven't even told you what they mean… Continue reading Do You Live from the Inside Out or Outside In?
This weekend I did something scary, and I am really glad I did it. I flew out to Santa Barbara, California by myself to present a paper at a philosophy conference at UC Santa Barbara. New Experiences Now, I have presented at philosophy conferences before. I have also flown by myself in the past. However,… Continue reading I Did Something Scary This Weekend–It was Good
Sometimes we feel like we have no purpose, and this is really painful. Human beings need purpose. We need to feel like we have something special that we share with the world. Given this need, it is understandable why we suffer painful feelings when we think we aren’t good at anything. For example, we may… Continue reading When We Feel Like We Have No Purpose
We all have those days in which we feel like we are not worth much. If you are feeling that way today, I sympathize with you. I feel that way, too, sometimes. Sometimes we feel like we have a list like this hanging over our head. One of the things that causes us to feel… Continue reading When You Feel Like You’re Not Worth Much
Do you need more wisdom and guidance about something in your life? Do you feel confused about the right action or path to take in a certain area of your life? If so, you are not alone. All of us, at one point or another (or at many points), find ourselves in need of wisdom… Continue reading Receiving Wisdom and Guidance: A Contemplative Practice
I have been thinking about society and the good life lately. Let’s take a minute to think about the culture we live in. There are many good things about U.S. culture and cultures like it. But one of the negative aspects of our culture is that it often encourages a hyper-individualistic view of ourselves and… Continue reading You, Society, and the Good Life
This post is about how to know if people are treating you badly. The Power of Love I write frequently about people becoming more powerful together by loving themselves and each other. (Love here = actions of kindness, compassion, and respect that nurture the good and heal the wounded in ourselves and others). If we… Continue reading How to Know if People are Treating You Badly
Last May, I realized I was having problems with shallow, erratic breathing and that it was causing a lot of anxiety[1], low energy, and other problems. I began a simple breathing practice to help some of these issues. It has brought a lot of beautiful changes in my life like increased energy, the ability to… Continue reading Month Ten and Eleven of Beautiful Breathing: Dealing with Our Shadow Side
I have a hypothesis, and this is it: When we adopt any practice that nourishes our spirit, it creates a beautiful up-spiral. I think of up-spirals as those feelings and actions we have which help us feel more free, alive, energetic, and capable of living our lives the way we want. Our spirits feel nourished,… Continue reading Month Eight and Nine of Beautiful Breathing: I Get Rid of Stuff and Lose the Most Important Weight of All