“I love you, Tim, and I am proud of you. You have shown great courage to get to where you are, and you have so much more life yet to live.” I now have a mirror by my desk where I look myself in the eye and say little affirmations like this during the day. Does this sound strange? If …
Tama Kieves had it made. A Harvard Law School graduate, she had achieved what most people would consider “success” – a well paying position with a large firm. But something inside told her there was more to life than filing legal briefs and earning a big pay check. In “This Time I Dance!: Creating the Work You Love” Kieves tells …
“Activate your inner Beyoncé,” minister Cynthia James encouraged us to do in a talk I attended awhile back at Mile Hi Church in Denver. Reverend Cynthia wanted us to express ourselves to the fullest. “Don’t restrict it – Beyoncé holds nothing back!” she said. Until yesterday’s Super Bowl I had never seen Beyoncé perform. Wow! Talk about being uninhibited. The …
I was thinking the other day how much time I devote to spiritual growth. Reading books. Listening to inspirational music. Regularly taking in weekly podcasts from some of my favorite ministers. Meditating. All activities I really get into. But lately I haven’t been praying much. So I decided I want to learn more about prayer. One of my “podcast ministers” …
Whenever an inspirational speaker comes to town I try to attend. I’ve seen Deepak Chopra, Wayne Dyer, Marianne Williamson, and others in recent years. Thanks to the new DVD Awaken Soul to Soul I didn’t have to leave home to hear the words of nine of today’s most progressive thinkers. “We are the lucky generation,” Barbara Marx-Hubbard says at the …
When I first picked up Carolyn Myss’ new book “Archetypes: Who are you?” I asked myself, do I really need another tool to examine what makes me tick? I’ve studied the enneagram, myers-briggs, psychology, and other introspective methods. What makes archetypes any different? I’m glad I quieted my inner skeptic and read Myss’ book. What I found was a fascinating …
Earlier this week I picked my five favorite books of the 21 reviews I had written on this blog in 2012. But there are other books I have read that I did not get around to reviewing. Here are my three favorites in this category, along with a mini-review for each: Joyous Freedom Journal For A Fuller Life by Petra …
I love reading books about spirituality and personal growth. While I still write posts about other topics, this blog has evolved into being primarily a site where I share my reviews (I wrote 21 reviews here in 2012). It was difficult to pick just five top books among the many good ones I read this year. Here are my selections. …
Here’s a moving video from International Children’s Fund that I saw this week. While the Newton tragedy is still fresh in our minds this is a reminder that children are being lost every hour all over the World.
Davidji’s new book “Secrets of Meditation – A Practical Guide to Inner Peace and Personal Transformation” came just at the right time for me. I have been meditating most days since taking a workshop a year and a half ago. But lately I haven’t been as consistent with my practice. Davidji had his off and on times with meditation, too, …