Just because you feel something very strongly does not validate its reality. It certainly confirms that whatever the thought is, it is important to you. But if we consider how many things have been grippingly important to us over the years, we have to observe that what we thought was important as a teenager, in […]

The motivation for activities can come from one of two sources- The ego, or The Source of all that is. We can call this Source the Way, the flow, the Tao, God, Christ, Buddha, Mother Nature, The Michael Jordan Zone… we can call it anything so long as we recognize that it is a real […]

If you could have someone to talk to like a therapist, or a teacher, or a mentor, or a guide, who could help you out of pain and confusion, how would you want that dynamic to occur? Would you want the person to listen to the topics that trouble you and then offer you ways […]

Follow this pathway of logic by either writing or saying aloud the following concepts: Pathway #1: The contents of my thoughts are all about past events. This means all my thoughts are memories of things that have happened but which are not happening now, except in the experience of mental memory. My thinking mind only […]

Your life experience has taught you aspects about reality that I have not yet learned. My life experience has taught me aspects about reality you have not yet learned. The reason we have encountered each other is because both of us have arrived at a place to be able to learn what each is teaching […]

What are some tools for navigating anger? Every morning I wake up before my mind does and for a few seconds, maybe even the length of a minute I experience a brief comfortable ocean of empty, floating, almost disoriented relaxation. And then slowly a thought- a memory of some unfinished situation lifts up, crosses through, […]

If someone is being dishonest with you, no amount of communication on your part will compel them to be straight and honest. People who choose to dodge and evade responsibility for their actions (or inactions) are not capable of being in a relationship.  It is easy for well-intending people to believe at first that the […]

The human mind is designed to register danger and conflict more than it registers peace and harmony.  When we experience harmony for very long we often grow nervous and wonder when trouble will inevitably show up.   Conflict and injury is easy to cause.  It can happen fast and the repair time is much slower […]

“My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever.” – Chief Joseph – Nez Perce of the Wallowa Valley in Northwest Oregon. Anger is as unavoidable as the weather.  We can not stop rain and we can not stop anger. But like the weather, how we […]

Wanting things often hurts because if we want something it means we don’t have it yet. This can create long-term frustration and discontent. But we can change how we experience our interests so that our desires feel good rather than bad. Goals are markers in time that structure our passions and engage the world with […]

Dear beautiful people- I want to help you heal your money by offering free, honest, and sound financial advice which has personally helped me achieve excellent results.  We only ever hear what we are ready to hear and there is no way of knowing when or why a certain life lesson lands for us at a […]