I have this background operating belief that we are spirit beings here by choice, to play with form: limits and boundaries, space and time, things that do not exist ‘out there’ in the limitless state of the cosmos. We come from a place nearly impossible to imagine, so we speculate. And we play. And we […]

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I’ve played with ‘affirmations’ most of my life. I used to set them up as prediction portals for building my future. Given enough time, one learns the fulfillment rate is less than stellar, for sure way less than half. Besides, our wishes vary so much over time, based so often on seemingly random coincidences, that […]

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Like so many things, it may get down to math. As I’ve navigated the disruption of my broken dominant wrist these past two months, I’ve had to “mood check” myself repeatedly against so many of the platitudes and preferences that guide me day to day. So many belief systems are designed for sunny days; can […]

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it's the little acts of consciousness that add up to a happier life. Stop letting old wiring of safety, security, and survival block the flow of joy!

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Way back  in the ‘90s, the California legislature created a task force on Self-Esteem. Legislator John Vasconcellos had been studying the burgeoning research on the vast array of negative outcomes — both individually and collectively — that were associated with low self-esteem. It’s an age-old truism that we are limited in valuing others if we […]

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