Where those difficult emotions might be coming from, what might be amplifying them, and why it’s important to be gentle with yourself when they show up.
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Get Off the Bus
The “bus” I’m talking about is entire populations of people all gabbling without listening to one another and without thinking clearly. The bus is hurtling toward a cliff, with no-one in the driver’s seat. The opinions, the conflict, the angst, are all fueling the bus. Here’s how to understand what’s going on, and how to disengage from the insanity.
3 Ways to Bring Ourselves Home
You have a limited amount of mental space and its up to you to choose what to fill it with. In this post, I’ll share 3 practices for using our thinking to “bring ourselves home.”
Empowered Thinking for Deep Change
We’re so in the habit of controlling each other or being controlled that we’ve forgotten how to think for ourselves. We’re so overwhelmed by the challenges we face that we assume there’s nothing we can do (and it’s all our fault). And we assume that controlling each other is necessary and failing was inevitable because humans are just basically bad.
Let’s explore how we might replace these habits and assumptions with more empowered ways of thinking.
The Dark Moon – Realigning Ourselves With the Rhythm of Life
The moon influences the ocean and its tides, the flow of sap and the life force in our gardens, and the behavior of many different birds, animals, and crustaceans. If we choose to pay attention, it can also indicate ways that we humans can align ourselves with the rhythms and cycles of life in our efforts to bring ourselves back into harmony with nature.
Spring Equinox – Journaling to Invite Balance
The Equinoxes mark the two points in the year round of the seasons where the number of hours of daylight and darkness are roughly equal, and so they are a good time to invite balance into our lives. This post introduces the Wheel of the Year and shares my Journaling practice for the Equinoxes.
The Commons, Common Sense, and a Common Field of Consciousness
21st century science now finally agrees with Eastern philosophy and Indigenous wisdom that we share a common field of consciousness. It’s hidden in plain site, all around us all the time. It’s even more under-appreciated and under-utilized than the other forms of “the commons” that we share.
The Cycle of Life
Introducing the metaphorical “seasons” of birth/emergence, growth, full bloom, harvest, decay, death, and re-emergence. We misunderstand the seasons of decay and death, so we go to extraordinary lengths to avoid them – which means we miss out on the gifts of inner growth they have to offer.
The 3 Skill Sets We Need for a Kinder Culture
There are 3 core skill sets that I believe can help us live together in more compassionate, just, sustainable, and enjoyable ways. I call them: Internal Self-parenting Skills, Sustainable Living Skills, and Relationship Skills.
The Stick, the Carrot, and the Gift
Most of us, most of the time, do the things we do for stick, carrot, or avoidance reasons. But to really thrive, we need to do things for gift reasons.