I grew up an experiential learner, guided by my interests and the love of learning that is natural to all humans. (That’s right; I said learning was natural to all humans.). As a teenager I chose to go to public school for the final two years...
Why Conscious Birth is a Key to “Revolution”
Conscious Birth A couple of years ago I took a two week course on spiritual midwifery with Uva Meiner, a midwife from Costa Rica...
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Writing Great Songs Without Music Theory
Everyone has their own process when it comes to writing, be it song-writing, creative writing or writing a thesis. As a self...
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20 Ways to Let Go of Stress
Sometimes it seems like people are living their lives at breakneck speed. Perhaps it’s because we’re trying to match...
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“When patterns are broken, new worlds emerge” Tuli Kupferberg What are some of the key paradigms, or ways of thinking and seeing the world, that need to shift in order for us to view learning differently? Are we recreating patterns in our...
I’m writing about this because one of the biggest, baddest monsters under the bed of most creative writers is the desire to please others. One of the most inspiration-crushing reflexes of the artist is to analyze and judge everything that comes...
To Do or Not to Do To put it mildly, there is a bit of an obsession with “doing” in the current market culture. Productivity levels, infinite growth as a norm, success as climbing the social ladder. We are encouraged to use our time to produce...
To me, the title of this post encapsulates the crux of most modern-day existential and relationship dilemma’s. How do we go about balancing this, relatively recent, cultural obsession with personal freedom with the unavoidable reality of...