On Being Connected
On being connected: it’s tricky, relating without judging. It takes effort and presence.
Zen and Simple Presence — Zen Principles
Zen and Simple Presence — waking up is not all that hard to do, but…
Zen and Emotional Balance — Zen Principles
Zen and Emotional Balance–there’s nothing “Zen” about blocking emotions. In fact, Zen is all about…
Zen and Karma — Zen Principles
Zen Principles: Zen and Karma — karma is not a system of rewards and…
Zen and Clinging — Zen Principles
Zen and Clinging — Clinging is what causes suffering, or so said the Buddha. This…
Zen and Innocence — Zen Principles
Zen Principles: Zen and Innocence — finding a place of childlike innocence allows us to…
Zen and Clarity — Zen Principles
Zen Principles: Zen and Clarity — learning to see clearly is key to creating peace…
Recharging and De-cluttering for 2024
Recharging and De-cluttering — 10 Ways to Make 2024 a Year filled with promise and…
Blue Xmas
Blue Xmas — The holiday season is a high stress time, due to our inability…
Zen for the Holidays — 10 Tips
Zen for the Holidays is a collection of hints and tips for dialing down the…
Zen 101 — Self-Responsibility
Self-responsibility is hard, as we live in a time when blame is much more popular.…
Zen 101 — More Zen Ideas
More Zen Ideas — learning to act on our beliefs as opposed to just spouting…
Zen 101 — Essential Zen Lessons
Essential Zen Lessons — Coming into presence is the key focus of Zen, and is…
Discover Yourself — Real Relating
Discover Yourself — relating is a process where we get to experiment with what we…
Finding YourSELF — Real Relating
Real Relating — Finding YourSELF — Most people enter relationships either for what the other…
I Wasn’t Going to do This — Real Relating
Real Relating — I Wasn’t Going to Do This — learning to work through emotions…
Relating 101 — Real Relating
Relating 101 — learning to let go of the past and the future is key…
Some Thoughts on Relating — Real Relating
Some Thoughts on Relating — it’s never a power struggle… it’s learning to see, hear,…
Passion Ego and Charge
Passion, Ego, and Charge — Because we are conditioned, we view most things through the…
Fearless Exploration of the Void
Only through fearless exploration of the void can we come to terms with and work…
The Courage to be Happy
Given society’s propensity to think that ‘love’ should = happiness, it’s a brave thing indeed…
Examining Your Premise
Examining Your Premise — your beliefs underlie everything you think and do — and most…
About Happiness: Never wait for another to “make you happy”
About Happiness: Nothing, including happiness, comes from the outside, so, never wait for another to…
Developing Self-Awareness
Developing Self-awareness — Self responsibility is never about self absorption. Self-responsibility is self awareness.