Meditation is the Way On the way up to the retreat center 2 weeks ago, I turned off my radio for the last half hour of the journey. I felt jumpy. All the noises of the car and the outside world that I don’t normally hear were jarring and strange. Maybe it was my nerves too. I …
Embark on an Inner Journey I took a leap of faith in myself. I decided to take a spot in a Silent Retreat for a week. I’m leaving mid-afternoon today, heading up to the Insight Meditation Society Retreat Center in Barre, MA. There will be no talking. No cell phones. No books or reading. No writing or …
What does it mean to surrender? On Monday this week, Paul had surgery on his left hand. He had these cord like tendons pulling his pinky fingers on both hands in a downward motion. So the pinky couldn’t be stretched up straight anymore. It’s call Dupuytrens Disease and it’s hereditary. He got the right hand …
Who is rubbing off on you? You ever walk into a room for a meeting and you feel like you could cut the tension with a knife? Maybe there is a conflict going on or maybe no one is saying anything at all but you can just feel the negativity. I remember taking notes in …
You Have Inner Wisdom – Are you listening? We often know, sometimes long before we accept it, that something is not good for us. For example, I just knew I shouldn’t be taking on a certain client but my mind told me I needed the money so I did it anyway. Then I paid the …
What’s on your bucket list? In meditation this morning I was asked to review my life in a flash. All my big moments flashed before my eyes. The highs and some of the lowest points too. There’ve been many vacations and adventures. I’ve seen 3 out of 5 grandchildren born and now I’m watching …
New moon means updating your goals My brother-in-law Chuck came to visit us for Christmas last year. He’s been living in Paris for going on 15 years and spent 10 years in Germany before that. He’s a wealth of information and I always learn from him. He bought me several gifts for Christmas and …
There are angels among us Twenty nine years ago on July 14, 1993, it was my 33 birthday. It was 10:00 pm on a Thursday night with a light rainy drizzle as I was driving back from West Hartford where I had spent a few hours with my Dream Therapy group. It had been a …
Floating or Sinking? One of the first leadership conferences I organized with my team was back in the 90’s. Yeah, last century. Some of you can relate? I remember the speaker, talking about emotional resilience, said something like this: You are like a sponge. You soak up as much as you can but at some …
A Transformative Journey in My Career It was just about 10 years ago, the beginning of 2012, and I was checking the countdown app on my phone. I had 450 days left until my last day at my corporate job. I was planning to leave as soon as I had the “Rule of 80,” which …
