A Life Lesson That Works

A long time ago I learned a “law of life”: Tell the truth and keep your agreements, and life will turn out perfectly. And “perfectly” may not fit your picture. Keeping Agreements “Keep your agreements” is easy to understand: It comes down to keeping your word, doing what you said you would do. To

27 Mar, 2014
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The Story of Adam and Eve

The story of Adam and Eve is a great metaphor to help us understand how our minds work. When Adam and Eve lived in the Garden of Eden they lived in a state of pure beingness, experiencing complete harmony, without worry, fear, or the need to protect themselves or strategize for their survival. They were

20 Mar, 2014
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What Carlos Castaneda Taught Me about How to Live a More Effective Life

On Tuesday, my new book, Your Mind Is What Your Brain Does for a Living: Learn How to Make It Work for You, was released, and it made me think about the path that brought me to writing a book about mindfulness and how we can use our mind to rewire our brain. Looking back,

13 Mar, 2014
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Now Available: Your Mind Is What Your Brain Does for a Living

I’m excited that my third book, Your Mind Is What Your Brain Does for a Living: Learn How to Make It Work for You, is OFFICIALLY ON SALE! This book culminates 35 years of searching, self-reflection, therapy, and research. I learned that many of our actions run on “automatic pilot,” causing us to react

11 Mar, 2014
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Why I Love The Four Agreements by Miguel Ruiz

Last week I wrote about mindfulness and how we can use it to stay focused on what is actually happening, without inserting our past-based judgments and interpretations into our experiences as we do when we are on automatic pilot. Mindfulness empowers us to make more appropriate and productive choices because we are reacting to what

6 Mar, 2014
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