The Disease of Easy

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The Disease of Easy

What most people call the "comfort zone" is not really comfortable. It is merely habitual, a kind of rut, that we repeat. Patterned behavior, or habits, can be life sustaining. But they can also limit us, turning us into robots and, often, victims of our patterns as well. Putting effort into breaking patterned behavior can be one of the most life enhancing acts and can give the unconscious both practice and permission to update old, limiting, and outdated patterns. 

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For All It's Worth

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For All It's Worth

Sometimes, even in the middle of a busy day, something in the world catches my attention and shifts me back to myself. It may be the shape of a cloud, or tree leaves backlit by the sun, or a couple walking hand-in-hand, or a toddler in an awkward sprint.  If I stay with the feeling for just a few moments, something settles in me as if the world is enough in that moment. What moments cradle your soul? 

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The World Will Have Its Way

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The World Will Have Its Way

I recently developed a map of the archetypal journey that integrates my work as a poet and my work in NLP and hypnotherapy. The map includes four major areas and tasks that we humans must complete to navigate each area. One task involves coming to terms with the greater forces of life. Wether it is "acts of God," or daily weather patterns; whether it is social and political upheaval or family disputes, we are all nested in forces and agents outside of ourselves. We are often carried along by these greater forces against our will. How do you relate to chance and circumstance?

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