Category: Your True Nature

There’s Nothing to Wait For

There’s a nice woman who is rapidly waking up to the fact that she’s not responsible for every good and productive thing that happens in her life.Even when she doesn’t focus, concentrate, set an intention, or deliberately set a goal, things still happen.Her kids still eat breakfast. She manages to get her car in for

Do you Suffer From Terminal Uniqueness? There is a Cure.

A client just told me about terminal uniqueness. It’s a term used often in Alcoholics Anonymous to refer to the tendency to believe that our particular experience, obstacles, or struggles are unique to us.They are unlike anything anyone else deals with.Of course it looks that way. We see the nuances of our own stuff, while

Thoughts Change. You Don’t.

It’s noon, and so far today two people have said that they feel much calmer after our brief chat and one person asked if I was “some kind of miracle worker”. I’m definitely not a miracle worker. The conversations I have with people often lead to what feel like miracles—brand new ways of viewing old

Free Yourself From Habits by Seeing That You Already Are

“Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything—anger, anxiety, or possessions—we cannot be free.” ~Thich Nhat HanhImagine there is a river running through you. Your entire experience of life flows through you, down that river. Everything you think, feel, and do passes

Habits Change When You Stop Trying so Hard (The Worst True Advice You’ll Ever Hear)

If you ever meet a woman who is having a hard time becoming pregnant, please don’t tell her stories about people who got pregnant when they stopped trying.Relax, surrender, let it happen naturally, stop trying so hard….…it’s the worst advice ever, but not because it’s untrue. It actually is true. When we relax and get

Wisdom Isn’t “in” You, Wisdom “is” You. Oh Yeah, and There is no “You”.

Let’s look at something that’s so absurdly simple it can be hard to see. There’s really just one thing in life. One thing that’s real.People call that one “thing” a lot of names. The names are not the thing, but because we use words to communicate—and because the one thing happens to be invisible—attaching words

Knowing When You’re Hungry (and Other Decisions that Aren’t Yours to Make)

Miller is fascinated with my ability to drive a car. How do you keep the car in the middle of your lane? Aren’t you scared pulling onto the highway with all those big trucks? How do you know where to go? You almost never get lost! Why does Daddy stop at yellow lights but you

Thank You

Thank You is not manmade. It moves through, not from; realized, not created. Thank You hides in plain sight, patiently waiting to be felt.We seek and we miss it. We stop seeking and it finds us.Thank You finds me in unlikely moments and I know that is on purpose. Sitting at a stoplight. In the middle

Here’s How We’re Going to End the Violence. I Have a Plan.

Okay guys, here’s how we’re going to end this senseless violence nonsense. I have a plan. And it includes you, so listen up.I need you to realize the truth about your human experience and your spiritual essence—what is real and what isn’t—as deeply and fully and as you can.I know that sounds bossy. And I get

Your But Is Too Big

When I was seven or eight years old, I got to pick out two flavored lip balms from my mom’s Avon catalog. The flavors I chose were Banana Split and Strawberry Shortcake. The lip balms came in tubes just like real, grown up lipstick. This was the highlight of my summer, no kidding.The fancy-looking Avon lady