In 1987, a woman named Pat Schroeder gave a speech announcing that she was ending her campaign for the presidency. It was unusual for a woman to run at all in those days so that drew some notice. But what really got their attention? She cried. That was a disqualifier....

I found out my friend has ALS. I didn’t respond right away. I postponed, I avoided, I tried to get used to the idea. I finally sent the “can we talk” text. And when he agreed, when I knew we were going to talk...then came the grief. It took me days to move through all...

Last week I attended an online event where one of the presenters was breakthrough play consultant Gary Ware. He led us through some games that had no immediate goal - what I mean by that is, there was nothing to win or lose, nobody was keeping score, and there was...

Did anybody get what they really wanted out of the election? Yes, the Presidency will change hands, and I in no way mean to downplay that. But I think both sides were really dreaming of a total repudiation of the other. We hoped that the results would reveal that many...

A week or so before the election, I heard a political reporter interpreting some polling. He was making the point that the information gave a pretty clear indication of what results we could expect, and that if this were any other election, we would feel pretty...

Our personal and cultural mythologies are very powerful. And when they get disrupted, the results can be both transformative and chaotic.   For the last four years, many of us have wondered what it would take to bring Trump down. He has broken every rule, norm, and...

As I write this I’m doing my best not to puke in my own mouth.   I really don’t want to say this, but I think it’s important...   I suggest we forgive the President.   He is a sick old man who is facing his demise politically and literally. For his entire term, I have...

How does a spiritual practice work?   You probably have a good idea of why you would do one, or what you hope to achieve or create, but how does it function? I bring this up because I believe having some sense of this helps enhance the results.   For me, there are...

Does it feel like part of you is stalled? Treading water? Killing time until things change?   We’re at a peculiar intersection in the big transition. It feels like this is both never going to end while also coming to a head quickly. It can result in a kind of...

What can we learn by understanding our “Inner Saboteur” better?   I recently appeared as a guest on the Profitable Joyful Consulting Podcast. To get you in the mood, I decided to focus this piece on one of the central components of our relationship with the...

How are you holding up in the face of this never ending stream of fear, anger, and hate?   Do you get sucked in, ranting, arguing, or compulsively sharing “Look how stupid they are” posts and videos? It’s tempting - after all, they are really, really stupid.   Do you...

Are you resisting what is? Here’s something I’ve been working on:  For emotionally and energetically sensitive people, this can be an especially complicated and uncomfortable time because there’s so much difficult stuff swirling around. Random feelings and sensations...

How long do you think it will take us to get back to normal?   Sorry, it's a trick question. We're never going back. But more importantly, it’s the wrong question. Because if you're still thinking about the way it used to be and how to turn the past back into the...

I want to try an experiment.   I'm going to describe something my wife does and give you my interpretation of it. Then I'm going to ask for her version and share it here without changing anything I wrote beforehand.   She and I have never discussed it in much depth,...

I think I figured something out.   This is very frustrating for me to write about because I still haven't found a way to describe it to my satisfaction. It's something I'm sure some of you already understand. In some ways it seems overly simple and I'm not sure...

One of the most transformational shifts you can make in consciousness is from a competing for power mindset, to one of power sharing. Competing for power perceives that there is a finite amount of (money, love, authority, attention, resources, etc.), so anything I get...

Why is it so important to be able to identify sociopaths and understand how they operate?   Because we are a civilization in decline and that is when they thrive.   There is a great spiritual shift taking place. Things are changing on many levels and we...