John Coats’ Book – Original Sinners – Now Available!
Many of you remember John Coats, one of the original Senior Trainers alongside Brad Brown and Roy Whitten in the early days. For those of you who have never had the good fortune to hang out with John, he is a Texan, started his professional life as an Episcopal priest, then became a Senior Trainer... Learn More
Wasting Time … and Being Fallow
This is a question for me. When am I really wasting time and when am I being fallow, allowing regeneration of body and spirit? What I've come up with is that 'wasting time' is my reactive mind's way of discounting the way I spend time. It (my reactive mind) basically demands I be productive all... Learn More
Wasting Time vs Being Productive
In a skype call with Louise Smith (London) a few days ago, she was looking ahead in her calendar and how much space was in it, and how she was planning to fill in the blanks. Having that much openness in her diary is a novel experience. Wherever there are slots of available time, she... Learn More
Seeing the Past in Perspective
Today I met a man from my past – a man I dated 25-plus years ago, who is doing what he was born to do, and who is now happily married. I didn't know I was going to see him today. It was weird. I was trying to figure out what was appropriate behavior. I... Learn More
Late Night Musing – 4 November 2009
I feel pleasantly weary. Tonight several things happened. I inadvertently unleashed, at least partially, the 'black panther' in me. I felt very protective of a good friend of mine; who, in reality, absolutely does not need my protection. She is a highly competent, capable, evolved person … period. In retrospect, I took a 'swipe' at... Learn More
Liking Who I Am
Yesterday a friend was complaining about how hard her life was and how one bad thing after another kept happening. And I flashed back to some of the stories of the inmates in a medium-high security prison in which we had conducted More To Life Weekends. Many of the inmates were either abused as children... Learn More