A New Earth of: Create a Better Life is Eckhart Tolle’s epic follow up to the seismically successful Power of Now. If you’re into self-help/personal growth, both ought to be on your reading list. When you drill down on the ideas in the book, there are really only a few essential ones, but they are genuinely […]
The Art of Grace
Grace is one of those qualities you associate with older, wiser, less sociopathic people, right? I find that it’s better to think of grace as a state rather than a personal quality. It’s open to anyone to cultivate grace and, according to this article at least, very much worth your time to do so. It […]
How, When and Why to use the ‘Beginner’s Mind’ Practice
Having a ‘beginner’s mind’ means training yourself to view your current, past and future experiences with greater openness and flexibility. The practice is beneficial for a variety of reasons, but generally speaking, it will increase your joy quota, and decrease your anxiety/worry quota. A lot of us behave like know-it-alls when experiencing our lives, which […]
How to Use the Enneagram of Personality for Personal Growth
Last updated: June 2020 The Enneagram is by far the most useful resource I have found for my inner work. I just don’t think I’d be how I am now – in terms of my internal experience and the various external expressions of my being – without learning it and using it. If you’ve only […]
How Practicing Mindfulness Changes Your life, in Non-Vague Terms
Practicing mindfulness gives us the ability to be happy and content, no matter the circumstances. Based on my own experience with practicing mindfulness, it is the only thing that grows that ability! It is also through practicing mindfulness that we find a sense of ‘self beyond the self’ – a connection to something greater than […]
From Thought to Thing – The 7 Stages of Manifestation
Esoteric eastern philosophy suggests there are seven stages of manifestation which we all go through to realize our highest aspirations. Whether we’re manifesting a start up, a book, a painting, a relationship, or even just a habit – and whether we’re aware of it or not – we progress through the seven stages, or get […]