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Curious?

I'm walking through the bookstore when I see a bold yellow book, challenging me to answer a provocative question...Curious? My ego wanted to say no, but, and I am so happy about this, I resisted the urge to play it safe, and I said to myself...YES! I *am* curious...

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Trusting the Self

More and more, in my work with myself and my coaching work, I see how fundamental it is that we "trust the self." What I mean by this is that we trust our motives, we trust our capabilities, we trust our "goodness", we trust that we are OK. Here's what trusting the...

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Mother Universe

Everyone seems to be OK with the concept of "Mother Nature". A benevolent force/source that organizes and creates towards the highest good of the natural system(s). We may not understand all of how Mother Nature works, but we intuitively know that She has her ways...

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Natural Motivation-Action

Believe it or not, it is possible to live life as follows: - You know what to do in any given moment - You want to do it - The thing you WANT to do IS the thing best for you and the world at large - You don't procrastinate - You don't suffer mentally and...

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Joy

I really live an amazing kind of life.  One where I am in JOY more often than not.  The form my life takes is ordinary enough in the day-to-day trappings.  I have joyous things and incredibly challenging things and everything in between.  Yet,...

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False Awakenings

It’s a common phenomenon in lucid dreaming.  You are lucid, enjoying being fully “awake” and aware inside of your dream, when you wake up.  You might tell your spouse about your lucid dream, then go on to start your day.  Then, you...

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Dealing with Guilt

OK, here is where I am at on guilt.  [Socrates deserves some credit on this one as well, but then again he never wants to take any credit!] There is such a thing as healthy, natural guilt.  It comes when we say or do something not fully aligned with what we know is...

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The Control Paradox

The arrogance. What makes me, one of 8 billion humans on a tiny blue planet, shared with a multitude of organisms in a vast universe; think that I should be in control of the fine details of life’s events? This traffic should move faster so I can...

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Enneagram Types in Star Trek

The Enneagram is a powerful system for understanding our personalities, and our true natures. Now, I'm quite sure the characters in Star Trek (in this article I'll use examples from TOS (the original series), TNG (the Next Generation), and Voyager) are not as...

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Articles, General Blog, Movies/TV

Enneagram Types in Star Trek

The Enneagram is a powerful system for understanding our personalities, and our true natures. Now, I'm quite sure the characters in Star Trek (in this article I'll use examples from TOS (the original series), TNG (the Next Generation), and Voyager) are not as...