Freedom, if not my highest personal value, is certainly in the top three (along with Being Awake and Telling the Truth). My early environment seemed to limit me in countless ways – everything was divided into good and bad. Good = smart, looking pretty, being nice/kind/generous/supportive/demure. Bad = making B’s in school, looking skanky, being... Learn More

I am a big fan of adventuring – whitewater rafting, walking with lions, swimming with wild dolphins, backpacking in the Okavango, parasailing – generally exploring places I’ve never been, including living in Africa. A couple of weeks ago, Sylvia Hebert, Lavita Marks, Darrell Essary and I hiked around various “vortex energy centers” in Sedona. Another... Learn More

Going slow as fast as I can – lyrics in a current popular song. These words caught me … so I started looking at what caught me about that phrase and how is it applicable in my life? If I go too fast, I run over the top of sacred moments, or feelings that I... Learn More

There are two kinds of rebels – the obvious kind who flout the rules, do whatever they want, whenever they want … an adult version of “the spoiled brat.” The second kind agrees with you, but figuratively crosses their fingers behind their backs .. saying what they think you want to hear, later behaving however... Learn More

RQ – Resilience Quotient – the amount of time it takes for you to emulate the Phoenix – rising again and again to create your life from the last crash and burn. I was talking to my friend Eddie about the mechanism for increasing RQ. Comparing experiences, we decided that the first step would be... Learn More

The Reticular Activating System (RAS) is a small part of our brain with a most important job. It is the gatekeeper that weeds out sensory input that isn’t life threatening or relevant to our current focus. Skin (touch) alone has about a million nerve cells recording pressure, pain, etc., every second. The RAS can only... Learn More