When a dear friend and his partner recently moved into their new house (pictured here), his mother asked a poignant question that caught my attention like a headline in 64-point bold capital font. "Do you own it yet?" She didn’t mean whether they'd completed the financial transaction that made them the house's legal owners. She wanted to know whether he felt a deep connection to… read more
The Choice Is Yours
February 2, 2016The sting of rejection can be sharper than the prick of a bee's stinger, but we always have at our disposal the antidote to prevent rejection's sting in the first place: The magic salve of choice, our unequivocal freedom to choose what we want and the meaning we assign to any situation. So often rejection is the result of the Ego feeling bruised because we… read more
Stand Your Ground
October 6, 2015On this lifelong journey of claiming the authentic stories of our lives, it's essential to be crystal clear on exactly what we want. By putting pen to paper and writing out in precise detail the story to which we're taking claim, we create an effective roadmap to keep ourselves on course. By referring often to a laser sharp, written account of what we want, we… read more