Philip Goldberg writes the human story of the spiritual guru Paramahansa Yogananda — As an idealistic, inquisitive student in the 1960s, I made what seemed like a radical shift from Marxist, atheist, anti-religious, political activist to questing seeker, enchanted by the … [Read more...] about Yogananda & Me: The Human Story of a Spiritual Guru
Spirituality, Faith & Intuition
Lessons from Beyond: How the Death of My Son Taught Me To Live
When a doctor cannot logically explain the communication he receives from his son after his tragic death, he relearns how to live life — The death of my son, Christopher, at the age of 22, changed everything I thought I knew, in ways I never expected. Beyond my grief, came … [Read more...] about Lessons from Beyond: How the Death of My Son Taught Me To Live
Stories in Motion: Oracles for the Modern Seeker
A highly sensitive child who could sense the emotions and stories of others, learns to express her true gifts and powers via oracles — Growing up as a highly sensitive person, given to knowing things about everyone around me (without permission), I felt way too much, all … [Read more...] about Stories in Motion: Oracles for the Modern Seeker
Taking Charge: The Key To Our Aliveness
How one woman’s search for deeper meaning and connection reveals a key energetic ingredient that she calls CHARGE — What makes us truly alive? Ever since I was a small child, I’ve been asking some form of that question. What is it that makes people tick? Why do people … [Read more...] about Taking Charge: The Key To Our Aliveness
To Be a Man: Fully Facing Rape and Awakening to True Masculine Power
Redefining true masculine power opens the floodgates to healing men and society as a whole — When the floodgate of sexual harassment and rape allegations against powerful men in media and politics opened this past Fall 2017, it sparked a long overdue national conversation … [Read more...] about To Be a Man: Fully Facing Rape and Awakening to True Masculine Power
The Ripple: How Intuitive Writing Can Change the World, One Word at a Time
A woman’s journey through intuitive writing connects us all to a process for healing the pain of the past — On Christmas Eve I pressed send on a 65,000-word memoir, Love in a Nightmare, detailing the wounds of my childhood. It was attached to an email to my family. The … [Read more...] about The Ripple: How Intuitive Writing Can Change the World, One Word at a Time
The Art of De-Cluttering: A Tiny House Creates A Surprising Catalyst for Expansion
Downsizing to a tiny house brings consciousness to how de-cluttering your life in all aspects creates space for healing, expansion and new paradigms — When I tell people I sold a 2,000-square-foot, three-bedroom, two-bathroom house (as well as almost all of its contents) to live … [Read more...] about The Art of De-Cluttering: A Tiny House Creates A Surprising Catalyst for Expansion
More Beautiful Than Before: How Suffering Transforms Us
A rabbi’s story of the redemptive power of pain — how suffering can provide a window of transformation — There is a crack in everything. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Every one of us sooner or later walks through hell. The hell of being hurt or the hell of hurting another. The hell … [Read more...] about More Beautiful Than Before: How Suffering Transforms Us
From The Eye of The Storm: A Personal Account of Stage 4 Cancer
A 37-year old mother’s raw account of her battle with stage 4 breast cancer — squeezing the joy from amidst her struggle — What is it like to have cancer? Hmm, the best way to describe it is your life gets flash-forwarded, flipped, turned upside down and then in the quiet … [Read more...] about From The Eye of The Storm: A Personal Account of Stage 4 Cancer
Letting Everything In and Through | Explorations of the Human Experience
A poetic exploration of the human experience in all of its guts and glory — Let me keep surrendering myself until I am utterly transparent. —Psalm 19 The ultimate value of staying open is that we’re scoured clean of all that might burden us: memories, wounds, assumptions, and … [Read more...] about Letting Everything In and Through | Explorations of the Human Experience
The Secret Side of Grief: The Culture of Blame
Exploring the dark corner of grief and suffering: blame — There’s such a pervasive weirdness in our culture around grief and death. We judge, and then we blame, dissect, and minimize. People look for the flaws in what someone did to get to this place: She didn’t exercise enough. … [Read more...] about The Secret Side of Grief: The Culture of Blame
Integrity as Your Beacon | What Our Bodies Tell Us About the Choices We Make
Listening To What Our Bodies Have To Say About The Choices We Are Making — A person of integrity is someone whose life isn’t full of contradictions. They do as they say, and they say as they do. Who they are on the inside is who they are on the outside, and who they are on the … [Read more...] about Integrity as Your Beacon | What Our Bodies Tell Us About the Choices We Make
