Well, my friends here at Collective Inquiry may have lost their collective minds when they invited me to do a guest spot. It is an honor, and frankly a bit intimidating, to contribute to such a wonderful place of wisdom and depth. Lately, I have been reflecting on the role of standards in our lives. Rigidly defined standards feel like Read more…
Throughout our life we construct our own personal reality. Some of the reality is based on what we are taught, some of it is based on the messages we receive, and some of it is based on how we are hard wired. What is interesting to me is how tightly we hold to our reality, even if it causes us Read more…
Whenever I walk into the therapy office where I practice, I walk directly to the candy dish where I strategically pluck out a piece of Dove chocolate from the mound of Hershey’s kisses. I do this for two reasons: (1) I have a slight affinity to chocolate (it can make any day a good day) and (2) I get the Read more…
Over at zenhabits, Leo Babauta recently wrote the counsel that he would give his kids as they move into adulthood. The advice he provides fits quite well with the theme of this blog. For example, he writes: “You are good enough. Most people are afraid to do things because they are afraid they’re not good enough, afraid they’ll fail. But Read more…
