Friday morning I went out to my car to go to CrossFit. Flat tire. I had other plans which Life had just thwarted. Not happy. Drove 4 blocks to a service station, parked, got the spare tire out, tried to make the new-fangled jack work. Hmmmm. Two young guys, taking pity on me, changed my... Learn More

Different situations shine light on different aspects of my personality and require different behavior in order to be appropriate to the context. Some behaviors are enforced by law – I can't drive any way I want without risking my license. Some are culturally enforced, like not talking in an elevator – nobody ever told me... Learn More

Here's what I've learned in the past 6 decades. If I'm not willing to tell the truth because I'm afraid I will risk losing the relationship, I won't be real .. and I get swallowed up by the relationship. At that point the relationship isn't really with me anymore, it's with the Not-Me or the... Learn More

My chats with Shelagh Brown (UK artist extraordinaire and MTL coach) continue to be inspiring to me personally. Today we chatted about BEing vs DOing and the importance of BEing True – to ourselves, to our relationships and to the circumstances in which we find ourSelves. In her case, true to her art. In my... Learn More

Last night I arrived barely on time for a function. At the same time, the three other people I was supposed to meet also arrived – barely on time. We were immediately in "task mode" – making decisions, setting up the mastery class, checking to see if we brought all the things we said we... Learn More

While Sarah Bush and I prepare for this coming weekend and our Sacred Passages Re-Treat (to be "treated again"), it has come to my mind that I am smack in the middle of Sacred Passages – all kinds of Sacred Passages in my life. As are we all, one after another. The selling of my... Learn More