From addict, drug smuggler and prison inmate to social entrepreneur and revered meditation teacher — one man frees himself from emotional handcuffs — Here’s a sobering story. In 1985, I was sentenced to 25 years without parole for drug trafficking. My life as I knew it was over. I was 35 ... Read More about Radical Responsibility: The Key To Moving From Suffering To True Agency & Freedom
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Flipping your Mindset: The Healing Power of Affirmations, Mindfulness and Gratitude
Negative thinking happens to all of us, but you don’t have to stay stuck there. Here are practices to bring more positivity and joy to your life — My mind is racing all day. I spend so much of my day talking to myself… do you as well? Our minds work non-stop. Besides some meditation now and ... Read More about Flipping your Mindset: The Healing Power of Affirmations, Mindfulness and Gratitude
Invest In Yourself With Self Love
Loving yourself can start with some self-love routines — How much time in a day do you invest in yourself? It never matters how long you do it as long you do it. You are worth more than you can ever imagine. We all get busy investing our worth in stock shares and properties to make ... Read More about Invest In Yourself With Self Love
Self Reflection: Journaling as a Means to Greater Understanding and Growth
Want to jumpstart your journey of self-reflection? Pick up a journal and start to write — Some of you might think that journals are only for young girls. I did, too. When I was a kid I used to keep a journal. As I grew up, I abandoned it. I was an adult and adults do not keep a diary, ... Read More about Self Reflection: Journaling as a Means to Greater Understanding and Growth
Our Best Self in the Face of Fear and Failure
Mindful strategies to shift our flawed thinking and patterns that invite the illusions of fear and failure — I can barely breathe. The possibility of failure on an epic scale threatens everything my team and I have worked to achieve. I feel paralyzed. How in the world do I reach deep within ... Read More about Our Best Self in the Face of Fear and Failure
Secrets of True Motivation: Understanding Your Themes
Discerning your life themes can help you tap into a wellspring of energy and motivation — One of the biggest blocks to creating our best self by making lasting change in our lives comes down to energy and motivation. All change requires effort, and motivation is one of the fabled secrets to ... Read More about Secrets of True Motivation: Understanding Your Themes
5 Ways to Shift Your Energy and Life Through Body Kindness
5 Simple things you can do to create change in your life by being kind to your body — Are there things about your body that you’d like to be different? Have you tried all kinds of things to create change but none of them seem to work the way you want? Perhaps what your body is really asking ... Read More about 5 Ways to Shift Your Energy and Life Through Body Kindness
How to Make Friends with Our Fears
The secret to overcoming your fear is to consider it your ally, not your enemy — If you don't know the nature of fear, you can never feel fearless. — Pema Chodron When I was six, my father bought me a life-changing gift: a violin. I wouldn’t say I had mind-blowing talent, but I was ... Read More about How to Make Friends with Our Fears
Mindfulness and Race: Bearing Witness to Our Racial Distress
Mindfulness doesn’t erase the reality of racial distress; however, it allows us to explore the question of whether we are contributing to suffering or to freedom — If we turn our attention inward, we often feel the soreness, tenderness, and vulnerability from the habitual ways we have met the ... Read More about Mindfulness and Race: Bearing Witness to Our Racial Distress
This Year, Own It: Stop Blaming and Start Accepting Responsibility for Your Life
Now is the perfect time to stop blaming others and begin to accept responsibility for your life — I love the New Year. It’s a time for fresh starts and endless possibilities. It’s a time to reflect back on what we may have done differently in the past and commit to a better life moving ... Read More about This Year, Own It: Stop Blaming and Start Accepting Responsibility for Your Life
What Your Life Partner Relationship Can Teach You About Yourself
Allowing your life partner to open the windows to your soul — Have you ever felt insecure and alone in your marriage — even if your spouse is sitting right next to you, affirming all of your wonderful qualities, trying to find ways to love and support you? I have experienced this several ... Read More about What Your Life Partner Relationship Can Teach You About Yourself
Releasing Shame to Reclaim Your Self Worth
Identifying and confronting the root causes of shame allows you to release yourself from its limiting clutches and reclaim your self-worth — On this grand life adventure, we all suffer, we all have hurts, and at some point or another we all experience shame. When we keep shame hidden, it ... Read More about Releasing Shame to Reclaim Your Self Worth