An enlightened Warden of a medium-high security prison near Bastrop, Texas, through the auspices of the psychology department, authorized More To Life Weekends at the federal institution. In fact, we did many of those weekends there, back in the '80s. In one of those weekends, there was a tall dude, whose musculature was so defined,... Learn More

Dan Millman wrote a book, Way of the Peaceful Warrior, which I read in the very early '80s. That book made a big impact on me, and I declared from then on to be a Warrior – a peaceful one. My proclamation was easy, the actual practice was demoralizing. I had lots of 'exceptions' to... Learn More

Saturday morning, I got up, I dressed, I got in the car, I drove to the hotel – my mouth still bled in the cracks on and around my lips, my nose was stuffy and runny – I felt sick. And I was tired of looking like a clown whose mouth-makeup hadn't been scrubbed properly.... Learn More

Today I had a chat with my friend Elaine Van Meter. She was upset at herself for getting caught in the same old loop – committing to her health program with great intentionality, then promptly not keeping her word to herself. (Dang if she wasn't throwing My issue in my own face!!!) It's not that... Learn More

 It's easy to enjoy progression. Advancing in some personal skill set, watching your child get steadier on his feet, seeing your company win a big contract, having your investment portfolio increasing every month – very happy-making. Easy peasy. But what about recession? What is there to enjoy about that? What keeps us from being grateful... Learn More

Sunrise, sunset. Tide in, tide out. Heartbeat – diastole, systole. Breath in, breath out. Bigger picture: progressions/recessions. All natural, all part of the Way It Works – even fiscally. Imagine what it would be like if the tide kept coming in, if the heart only had the diastolic phase, if we could only breathe in,... Learn More