Scene: After a 5-day workshop, Clare Vivian-Neal (my co-leader) was all energized and raring to go. I was pooped (17 year age difference). She suggested going to downtown Suva for a celebratory meal. I said OK. A few minutes later, I noticed I was mad. Weird. Truly I didn’t know what was going on. So... Learn More

This is at the request of Jenny Meadows – the most extraordinary editor, with whom I am in the final phase of edits/re-writes of a book about lifeshocks and the Clearing/Clarity Process. Scene: the airport at Nadi, Fiji, sitting with a woman who happens to be very powerful, a leader in her country. We started... Learn More

I’ve been especially aghast recently about the flood of information that is twisted to suit the agenda of the promoter. Sometimes that information is a downright, intentional lie to hoodwink the mark – *we* being the mark. It’s been coming at me via TV, newspapers, magazines, and especially the internet.   Here’s how it looks to... Learn More

Tonight I learned (or rather, re-learned) something from my grandson, now 4 years old. He's usually an easy go-to-sleep-er – eat, bathe, play with cars, brush teeth, get in bed, read a book – no problem. Not tonight. Tonight he was hyped up, wouldn't stay in bed, wouldn't settle down. He made promise after promise, which... Learn More

The other day, I patted myself on the back. A fellow driver on a very busy freeway jerked his car into the lane right in front of me. I jammed on the brakes. And … I didn't call him my usual 7 letter word (starting with A, ending with E). And neither of my grandchildren... Learn More

I've been monitoring my own space about the shooting in Newtown, as well as monitoring the posts about it on FaceBook and on TV. My first reaction was one of shock and horror – "this can't be happening, this shouldn't be happening." That phase didn't last long, once the reality became clear – it Did... Learn More