May 9, 2025

There’s an idea among many spiritual seekers that the ego is a bad thing and that we need to somehow ‘get rid of it’. A few teachers remind us that getting rid of the ego is not possible, so instead we need to subdue it or otherwise minimize it. Essentially, we need to either excise or repress the part of us that interfaces with the world in...

Mar 28, 2023

When I was in college, Star Trek: Next Generation was out. I loved the concept of Data, a humanistic android with no emotions though he strove to understand them. Boy were there times when I wished I had no emotions! See, emotional awareness was not something I grew up with, at all – something I’d wager was pretty much the norm for most...

Jan 5, 2023

Now that I’ve touched on the topic of starting to actively work with projections (aka The Hall of Mirrors) with the goal of owning and thus defusing those projections, I want to now mention a skill set which is vital to starting and truly mastering this type of work. Fortunately, it’s a topic that once again I’m thrilled to hear being echoed...

Mar 6, 2022

Self-Sabotage … Isn’t Self-Sabotage is something I am extremely familiar with, and something I battle with greater and lesser success seemingly daily. If you’ve ever had issues with this destructive pattern, I’m sharing what I’ve learned on how to uncover the root causes and then share some ideas on what to do once all of that is...

Jun 2, 2018

When it comes to emotional awareness, learning to ask what purpose an action or choice served will yield more useful results than asking why we do what we do. This post explores a bit about the difference between these questions, and takes a look at the emotional responses both types are likely to evoke and how to leverage those responses for our own gain....

Mar 13, 2018

There’s a game I’ve learned to play which I have found immensely helpful. It originally came from Miles Robinson over at Living. He calls it the No Nots game, and I’ve taught it to several of my friends when their negative self-talk was getting to me. Essentially, the game is simple and yet it’s surprisingly, wonderfully challenging....