For the last few years my wife and I have been simplifying our lives. Basically, we’ve been getting rid of a bunch of stuff, and downsizing wherever possible. Here are some examples: In West Virginia our house sat on 15 acres of land, and it took me over 10 hours to mow everything using a […]
Category: #personalgrowth
Fail Often and Shamelessly
I encourage everyone to fail OFTEN and SHAMELESSLY. This philosophy applies to just about any area of life where you want to learn and grow – and especially to LEARNING SPANISH. Countless people, probably since the advent of humankind, have told us that we must be willing to fail BEFORE we can succeed. Here […]
Let’s Talk About Your Feelings
Are you still sad (triste) that the Utah Jazz traded D-Will to the New Jersey Nets?Do you feel guilty (culpable) for not practicing enough Spanish this week?Are you confused (confundirse) and overwhelmed (abrumado) because you cannot figure out whether we are in Spring, Winter, or Summer right now?If so, don’t be worried (preocupado) … Sólo […]
12 Mindful Movements
The following 12 mindful movements are adapted from the seminal work of Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh. He developed 10 mindful movements that he and his friends have been doing many years, but I changed a few and added a few movements to make the series more amenable to my body … specifically, to […]
Keep It Positive!
I spent a lot of time in my 30s absorbing the teachings of the personal growth movement, going against the grain of Evangelical Christianity to listen to people like Wayne Dyer, Deepak Chopra, Ram Dass, Anthony Roberts, and many others. Other positive thinkers were considered safe and not a threat to your spiritual life, people […]