OPENNESS & CURIOSITY VS DOGMA & DIVISIVENESS

In this video, I get real and expose to you the anger and judgmentalism I woke up feeling this morning. I talk about how easy it is to collapse there and I give some tips on rising out of that and approaching life from a different perspective. Let me know if you find it helpful or how it is for you these days in the midst of all the collective stress. I'm interested.

HOW TO DEAL WITH EACH MOMENT WITH MORE EASE

In today's video, I start with a poem by Juliet Fay who is my friend, colleague, and co-host of our new podcast Riffing on Realness. Juliet gives us some powerful advice on how to move through life with more ease and flow. We are living in a time of high stress and we have choices about how to approach these times. This is what I explore in these 4 minutes.

HELP IN OVERCOMING OVERWHELM

If you are feeling overwhelmed, take a listen to this video. I’ll share with you how to take unnecessary things off of your mind so that you can attend to the necessary things. The brain tends to think that there is imminent danger when there is none. It could be just a shadow, not a scary monster. Clear up those shadows, and you’ll resources available for the true monsters.

PUTTING DOWN YOUR PAIN

As long as you clutch your past and grasp at your future, your hands can't receive anything else. Not "accepting what is" causes us to suffer and keeps us from seeing ways that we might be able to change the situation if it needs changing and finding something wonderful that can emerge in a situation that feels so awful.

STOP LIVING DEFENSIVELY

We live defensively in an attempt to protect ourselves. There is certainly a time and place to be on the defense but we are not meant to live in that state moment to moment. It truly is exhausting and it limits our ability to connect well with life, others, and even with ourselves.

YOUR FAILURES AS SUPERPOWER

I invite you to accept yourself in all your messy, imperfect glory. As you do so, you will have a much deeper and richer connection to life and to others. It takes courage but I know you’re up for that. There is so much on offer that is available to us as we embrace all of who we were.

SOCIAL MEDIA & DISCONNECTION