I have used the infamous Beatles song lyric many times in my writings, “All you need is friends…”Today I was reminded of that yet again. Dear friend Claire Wolfe planned a ladies week at The Oaks in Ojai, CA. I had intended to go but life got in the way of that intention. Never being...Read More
Dr. Success Challenge: Notice what messages you have received in the first few hours of the day. These messages can be written, spoken, texted, in a commerical or a song you heard. What thoughts came to mind? The message I received today during my meditiation was to FOCUS. My main task is to formalize and...Read More
I have a favorite line in my first Don’t Die™ Book: “Change is not the promise that there will be no challenges, but the hope that with each challenge you learn to grow with greater trust. What I can promise is that all this hope, change, and trust take time.” I had made a 30...Read More
There is a lot of folklore about things coming in threes. Today I received three messages about taking responsibility. Each message came in a wonderful way. The first was in the daily message from TUT. The next came in the way of a quote printed in my journal which stated you don’t achieve what you...Read More
Oh, it’s that old awareness and perspective thing coming back to haunt us all again. So you want to have kids, yah? Parents beware for what you wish! Harvard researcher, Dr. Daniel Gilbert’s research shows that ‘people with young children living with them are the least happy of all.’ How is that for a Monday...Read More
Dr. Success Challenge thanks to TUT morning message: Think of an area of your life you feel discomfort. Things like your lack of follow up and follow through; your vocabulary before a speech; your finances; the condition of your home — either literally, figuratively or both. Now imagine that area of comfort at 110% of...Read More
I received an email today from my first teacher in the behavioral sciences, Pamela Cole. At the end there was this quote, “Let us be grateful for the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” Marcel Proust Seeds, gardening, planting and transformation have been a part of...Read More
The work of transformation is not about the world getting more peaceful. The work of transformation is about YOU becoming more peaceful regardless of what happens in the world. Then there is the peace of knowing we are all human. This is what that sounds like: Andrea: You have to describe that story without using shame,...Read More
I once bought a book entitled Living Without Goals just because the title ticked me off so much. The thought of living without goals is so counter intuitive and so alien to me I actually bought the book just to prove the author was wrong. I bought that book 20 years ago. Today I write...Read More
