The path is the goal
Are you always hoping or planning to find a better house, better job, or better income? Does it seem that the future holds a time when you will be more…
Be the Change
As each of us moves along our life path, at some point, we realize that our happiness depends not only on our own success and well-being but on the effect…
Life goes on
Whether you are struggling with a particularly difficult challenge, or just finding yourself caught up in the disturbing news of this time, how can you find a sense of equilibrium?…
Writing your aspirations
Mindfulness, which is essential to our well-being and process of transformation, is about paying attention to our moment to moment experience, with curiosity, and without judgment. But human beings are…
The Times They Are A-Changin’
Bob Dylan wrote the song “The Times They Are A-Changin” in fall of 1963, a pivotal time in US history. Martin Luther King had just delivered his “I Have a…
Light in the Darkness
Sometimes things seem to stay the same for a long time, and then there comes a sudden change. However, nothing really stays the same from day to day, and in…
Dealing with Fear
In this time of great fear and uncertainty, we all recognize that what is happening now is not limited to any one country, nationality, race, or religion. This is a…
Hero’s Journey
As we begin a new year—and a new decade—I thought it would be a good time to review Joseph Campbell’s mythic tale of the Hero’s Journey. Joseph Campbell studied the great…
Everybody’s a dreamer and everybody’s a star
There’s a song called Celluloid Heroes by the Kinks, one of the most influential rock groups of the 1960s and early 70s. They wrote so many great songs. But this one…
Incremental shifts
September is around the corner, and many of us consider it the beginning of a new phase. This is when school starts again, the weather changes--at least where I live--…
