today you can fin me at evan’s blog, where i was given the great opportunity to write about a clean body and mind on a clean earth. i’m grateful for the opportunity; it has focused my mind a bit on the topic of non-duality. basically, the premise is that in order to truly live in… Continue reading body, mind, earth
Category: emotional health
letting go of guilt: a conversation
earlier this year, i wrote a few posts on guilt. this turned into a case study with one of my readers where over the course of a few months, we sent emails back and forth. this reader, let’s call her carla, has agreed to publish some of our emails. of course, we’ve changed some of… Continue reading letting go of guilt: a conversation
lazy vacation
friends, i’m going to do the unthinkable. i will not blog for 8 days!!! see you on the 31st, for the carnival of eating disorders. in the meantime, please amuse yourself, look to your left, and have fun with my over 1,000 posts and pages! (or you could also do what i do: go out,… Continue reading lazy vacation
the intensive journal process
i haven’t written anything about journaling for a while, so i was very pleased when i got an offer to write a paid review for the progoff intensive journal® program. it was a particularly nice surprise because i actually own ira progoff’s at a journal workshop, the basic text and guide for using the intensive… Continue reading the intensive journal process
blogathon: wise words
this is an entry for my participation in the 2008 blogathon, a 24-hour marathon of blogging. please support the cause and donate – however much, however little – to the canadian mental health association (vancouver/burnaby branch). to donate, email me or use this URL: www.canadahelps.org/CharityProfilePage.aspx?CharityID=d2252. you should be able to get there by clicking the… Continue reading blogathon: wise words
blogathon: i want
i want to feel healthy, be calm, be strong and mighty, feel attractive, be full of joy. so many “i wants”. most of the time, just saying “i want” doesn’t make it so. it’s like painting a picture using a faint pencil with just a few outlines. much better than nothing, that’s for sure but… Continue reading blogathon: i want
blogathon: 13 ways to crunch the energy crash!
my fellow blogathonner from the strawberry ghetto was getting a little comatose earlier on. i know my energy is probably going to crash at some point later on so i thought i’d tell you what i know works in such situations (and if i’m with it enough, i might report later on how it worked… Continue reading blogathon: 13 ways to crunch the energy crash!
blogathon: the no complaining rule
the cost of negativity is one of the things jon gordon points out in his book the no complaining rule negativity costs the US economy between $250 to $300 billion every year in lost productivity (gallup) 90% of doctor visits are stress related (centers for disease control), and the #1 cause of office stress is… Continue reading blogathon: the no complaining rule
josh waitzkin, an inspiring performer
the everyday becomes exquisitely beautiful. the notion of boredom becomes alien and absurd as we naturally soak in the lovely subtleties of the “banal.” josh waitzkin this quote is from waitzkin’s the art of learning, a book i’ll comfortably put on my all-time top 10 books on personal development. it’s not just a “good” book.… Continue reading josh waitzkin, an inspiring performer
the voice that dares not sing its name
when i was a child in germany, everyone was singing, all the time. you sang while doing the dishes, at church, with others just for fun, everywhere. waiting at the bus stop, i’d while away the time singing. paraguay wasn’t much different. my singing repertoire was enhanced by beautiful songs in the native language, accompanied… Continue reading the voice that dares not sing its name