How We Mortgage our Present

Let’s not demean ourselves, demean our dreams by pushing them off on some list of things we want to do before we die…the promise of this moment is all we have. ~ Charlie Wittmack ~ The Journey Begins with a Single Step Some 2600 years ago, the Chinese philosopher Lau Tzu wrote, The tallest tree […]

Michael Crichton on Climbing Kilimanjaro

After climbing Kilimanjaro, I had to acknowledge that I was mentally and physically tough. I was forced to redefine myself. [It] was the hardest thing I had ever done…but I had done it. “I had defined myself too narrowly” In his wonderful book Travels (1988), author and director Michael Crichton describes his ascent of Mt. […]

Richard Leider: A Life that Matters

The number one fear was a fear of nulli- fication…that they would go to their graves and no one would notice…They had a deep hunger to have mattered, to have made a difference. I recently rediscovered New Dimensions radio. I first heard of New Dimensions in the mid 1990s through a book called An Open […]

Every problem is just Fear

Perfectionism is a formidable Threshold Guardian, a real quest-killer. It leads us into the 3Ps vicious cycle: perfectionism, procrastination and paralysis. It can prevent us from even starting our journeys. Recently I came across this 2014 series of short videos from an Oprah Winfrey “Supersoul Sunday” program. Winfrey interviews Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, […]

“Unblocking” Your Journey

Often life calls us to journeys of healing to revise a broken life narrative. Hakomi therapy offers us valuable insights into the journey’s healing power and how it can help us refocus and restart our lives. I was working on my Pinterest boards recently, and I came across a site called The Hakomi Institute. I […]