Aug 30, 2020 | Expanding self-awareness, Featured Posts, Overcoming self-doubt and fear, Self-improvement & psychedelics
In 2005 I travelled to Nepal with a friend who was a Doctor of Acupuncture. She had had her own practice for almost two decades and had a rich body of knowledge. She wanted to travel to Katmandu to stay with a friend there, a Buddhist monk. She was going to practice... 
Aug 16, 2020 | Expanding self-awareness, Joy & Contentment, Self-improvement & psychedelics
Does it seem a bit arrogant for me to claim I know the one thing that will bring more calm to your life? I think back to my days of waking up and going from zero to sixty in a matter of moments: getting breakfast made, making lunches, scrambling to get out the door on... 
Jul 26, 2020 | Befriending sadness and grief, Expanding self-awareness, Imagining a better world, Self-improvement & psychedelics
What makes someone tough? Is it because they bury all emotions? Or because they are unexpressive and unemotional in response to challenging events around them? Or is it rather that they have grit and the ability to power through unimaginable life situations that would... 
Jul 11, 2020 | Expanding self-awareness, Joy & Contentment, Overcoming self-doubt and fear
“You use up everything you’ve got trying to give everyone what they want” Nina Simone When it comes to compliments, I find them easier to accept if I don’t make too much of them. I don’t need people to tell me that I’m amazing for me to continue doing something I... 
Jun 28, 2020 | Befriending sadness and grief, Expanding self-awareness, Healing, Overcoming self-doubt and fear, Self-improvement & psychedelics
It’s kind of poetic, the idea of being broken. Being broken allows us to behave in certain ways – generally ways that keep us small. Being broken becomes a badge of honor that we proudly carry along with us. It feels almost righteous, like we have earned something....