Create the Life You Desire
Motherhood is hard. It is by far the most demanding and relentless responsibility I’ve ever had. The full reality of parenthood is not often talked about. There’s a lot of hype about how rewarding it is . . . yes . . . and . . . I never hear about any pre-parenthood counseling that … Read more
Anyone who has ever devoted the full intensity of honed human attention to a task knows that even the most mundane act has something deeper to offer. When we stay present with whatever we are doing, even a simple chore is an opportunity for transformation . This particular example of how chores can reveal hidden … Read more
We are living in a time that offers us countless ways of escaping real life. And while clicking on headlines on the internet might not be as taboo or destructive as an opium habit, it is still a form of distraction that steals us away from reality and eats away at free time we could … Read more
“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” – Wayne Dyer Everyday Zen by Charlotte Joko Beck is one of the most powerful life changing books I’ve ever read. Joko reminds us to stop thinking life will be better at some other point in time. (After work. My day … Read more
Let’s skip some airy-fairy intro to this topic. Seriously folks, what is life? What are we doing here? Why are we conscious, sentient beings? In our attempts to figure out What is life? we’ve got a couple certainties we can start with. For one, change is constant. Things change all the time whether we want … Read more
What are the best books to read to change your life? This special spotlight is for books that contain valuable insights and knowledge that can help you live a happier, healthier, and more productive life. The kind of books where, at the end of the book, you are not the same person that started the … Read more
Book Review of Less: Accomplishing More by Doing Less “When busy, find the one that is not busy”. In today’s fast-pased, gizmo-infested, uber-multitasking world, it is safe enough to say that everyone could use a bit more zen. Written by Marc Lesser – a Zen priest CEO with an MBA – Less offers practical and … Read more
The present moment holds the secret key to how to change habits. I talked myself out of going to yoga. This was certainly not the first time I had not followed through on a plan. On this particular day, however, it occurred to me that one of the reasons we may not follow through on … Read more
For many or us, a silent mind seems nearly impossible. A constant stream of thoughts flows through our mind. The good news is that the mind can be trained to reduce the volume of thoughts that race through it every minute, allowing us to live in the present moment. A useful tool for understanding this idea … Read more