The assaults by two muscled and possibly drunk jet-skiing brothers went on and on. Were it not for the screams from my 11-year-old daughter and my 11-year-old niece, no doubt the assault would have continued with dire consequences. The three… Continue Reading
As I write these words, I am sitting in the back of my wife’s Prius as we head up 101 from Santa Barbara, feeling a tremendous mixture of emotions after watching my youngest daughter graduate from college. Continue Reading
Ten days ago our friend, Gary Desmond, passed away at just 44 years old. Gary was one of the good ones, and his passing has left us in complete shock. Of all the emotions we’ve felt these past 10 days,… Continue Reading
To understand the secret to acquiring mental peace, we need to understand the methods our brains employ in keeping it from us. It might seem strange to think our own brain is hard at work to (inadvertently) make or keep… Continue Reading
The worst moments of my day almost always occur in the morning, those few minutes where I know I can no longer hit the snooze button and I must arise and face the day. A mixed palate of anxiety and… Continue Reading
Much of my work and many of my sessions in the past five years or more have increasingly involved assisting clients in acquainting themselves with their observing self or mind. Since not all of us understand this aspect of our… Continue Reading
In my last blog I shared what I have found to be universally true about the human condition. We are not always responsible for what happens to us but we are always responsible for how we react. One of my… Continue Reading
In my last blog I explored the two rooms of the mind, the courtroom and the science room or laboratory. In the first room we find a judge, critic or evaluator who uses the blunt tools of goodness, badness, rightness,… Continue Reading
“The person who can freely acknowledge that life is full of difficulties can be free, because they are acknowledging the nature of life – that it can’t be much else.” Shunryu Suzuki It has been my observation that I suffer… Continue Reading
I’m a bloomin’ idiot for flowers! Yes, I am!! And, I’m willing to bet that a goodly number of you will also admit to going bonkers for various blooms, especially in the Spring. Sitting out on my deck the other… Continue Reading
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