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“The world cannot ruffle the dignity of a soul that dwells in its own tranquility” John O’Donahue poet, philosopher and writer (Beauty the Invisible Embrace) Have you ever just wished that you could navigate daily life with its not infrequent challenges and demands with a Zen-like equanimity and peace? My own exploration began one Christmas …
Managing Emotions: A Path Towards Freedom, Wisdom and Peace Read More »
“The ancient rhythms of the earth have insinuated themselves into the rhythms of the human heart. The earth is not outside us; it is within: the clay from where the tree of the body grows.” John O’Donoghue (Poet, Philosopher) I recently read two nature books by Robert Macfarlane, The Old Ways and The Wild Spaces. …
The Power of Presence – What Nature Can Teach Us Read More »
“It seemed to be a necessary ritual that he should prepare himself for sleep by meditating under the solemnity of the night sky… a mysterious transaction between the infinity of the soul and the infinity of the universe.” ~ Victor Hugo Rituals, both religious and secular have been part of human cultures the world over, …
“Most of us don’t listen with the intent to understand. We listen with the intent to reply.” Stephen Covey (American educator, businessman and author) A moment of magic occurs when you know that someone is truly listening to you. Their body language, their eyes, their focus and above all, sometimes, their silence create engagement. Intense …
When Ross Bentley, a retired Indy car driver and world-renowned car racing coach discovered the work of Carol Dweck, an eminent Stanford psychologist, who has spent years studying human motivation, he was elated to find her research confirmed what he had discerned in his years of coaching race car drivers. Dr. Dweck has determined that …
Imagine designing your own compass, where you replace the cardinal directions with a word, a person or a phrase that illustrates the “direction” that you plan to use as your heading for that day. How often do we begin each day without having made these conscious choices about how we are going to approach the …
How To Set A Powerful Heading On Your Daily Compass Read More »
If someone asked you to describe your “inner self”, how would you respond? Would you stay silent, be confused, feel irritated, begin to babble or simply ignore the question? In many ways it is extraordinarily strange, yet extraordinarily common that we resist taking the time to understand and reflect on the innermost workings of the …
Lead from Within: Paying Attention to the Space Inside Read More »
“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.”- Henry David Thoreau. What does it mean to live your life deliberately, …
“Until one is committed, there is always hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative and creation, there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help …
