1) Re-framing Freedom What underlies many of these suggestions is the task of re-framing our conception of what it means to be “free.” Due to various chapters in humanity’s history and our ancestral legacies a kind of culture has emerged...
Why Your Anxiety is not Just Your Problem!
I was sitting with a philosopher friend of mine discussing life and its many joys and trials when he came out with something...
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Three Paradigm Shifts That Will Change Your Approach to Learning
“When patterns are broken, new worlds emerge” Tuli Kupferberg What are some of the key paradigms, or ways of thinking and...
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5 Great Ways to Get Grounded
The majority of us living “modern” lifestyles struggle to maintain a healthy balance and connection to our bodies. We move less...
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Despite this oft repeated adage “it takes a village to raise a child”our society seems to have headed in the opposite direction. The nuclear family model and pressures of modern society leave little space for sharing the task of child-rearing...
Sometimes the universe conspires for certain things to cross our paths. This was the case for me with John O’Donohue’s book “Anam Cara.” The book poetically explores a whole slew of ideas stemming from the Irish/Celtic concept (anam cara) which...
We all have those moments where we find ourselves staring at a blank page thinking….nothing. In fact, I had one of those moments as I tried to begin writing this blog post. Unfortunately many of us experience this “blank” feeling as a big...
There seems to be a dichotomy set up in some peoples minds between being “nice” and being “honest.” Not in the sense that “nice” people are constantly lying through their teeth, but rather a lot of us seem to...