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Being a Mirror
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Leap of Faith: Average Joes and Volcanoes
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Beliefs and Motes
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A Lesson About Growing Up
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Front — Back – Yin — Yang
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Communication 101: Miniskirts, Truth, and The Right Way
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Making Things Better — Nuance, Beliefs, Circularity, and Choice
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Mindful Living — Body, Mind, Spirit as Classroom
Mindful living is passionate, engaged living. This article looks at being present in your body,…
On Killing the Buddha
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Be Where You Are
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Gentle Support vs. Strangler Figs
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Have your emotions. Act responsibly in spite of them.
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Infinite Choice — On Waking Up
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The Attack of the Why-But Monster — On Waking Up
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Awake as Compared to Asleep — Whole Being
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The Finger That Points to the Moon…
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Thoughts on Letting Go
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Finding Compassionate Wholeness
Compassionate wholeness happens infrequently in our world, because of the downward pull toward security and…
About Embodiment — 12 Ideas
Embodiment — you are all of you — body, mind, and energy. There are ways…
About No Past – 12 Ideas
No Past — One of the toughest ‘sells,’ both in therapy and in life, is…
About Happiness – 12 Ideas
About Happiness — The key to happiness and contentment: happiness is determined by your intention.
About I‑am-ness — 12 Ideas
I‑am-ness — One particularly interesting way to look at ourselves as human beings is to…
About Being Chained – 12 Ideas Series
About Being Chained – I must take full responsibility for my choices, decisions, and directions.…