“We have to take responsibility for what we are not responsible for.” ~ Robert Moore ~ ♦◊♦ In 2013, I attended a large workshop with 2000-ish people, about half men and women. One day, the facilitator asked this question of the men: “Men, raise your hand if you have felt unsafe at any point during the last week.”
I had two bowls of cereal for dinner the other night. The next morning, I went out and played my worst game of pickup basketball … ever. Afterwards, while I sat dejected on the grassy side of this Santa Monica basketball court overlooking a sun-splashed Pacific Ocean, I posted on Facebook that I’ve decided it’s
“Can I walk you to your car?” I asked her. “Oh, don’t worry, I can walk myself,” she responded. The boy inside me thought, yeah, she can walk herself; she doesn’t need me. The Man inside me thought, yes, she can walk herself, and I will walk her, anyway. It was dark outside, a bit
Earlier this year, in 2013, I hit a bottom. I wasn’t homeless or completely broke, but I could see both from where I stood in January. I had been working on some exciting projects, managing spiritual music artists and producing major events with world-renowned teachers and performers. But so much of that was for non-profit
I just spent 6 days in Dominican Republic at Awesomeness Fest, an adventurous 5-day networking event for visionary professionals doing grounded big-dream work to push humanity forward. I had simple, heartfelt conversations with inspiring people like X-PRIZE founding investor Anousheh Ansari, the first Iranian woman to soar to Space, and Luminita Saviuc, the beautiful young
Sometimes I hear a voice in my head grumble, “Why bother blogging?” If there’s already so many thoughtful blogs out there, what difference could my voice possibly make? Anyway, it seems I’ve set a high standard for myself; if I don’t think I have a real wowzer to share with you, why say anything? But
“Action without Vision is ignorance … … Vision without Action is impotence.”* The idea of setting goals and scheduling my life … well, it bores me. However, I’ve recently started “designing my life” … thanks to an insight my own personal life coach helped me discover, and I’m so inspired that I want to share
I started a 30-day “woman fast” 7 days ago. Scoff if you must. “Wow, 30 full days,” you say sarcastically as your eyes roll and your empathy shrivels. But this is what it means: no dates, no sex, no actual flirting, no making out, no strategic loitering in the yogurt aisle or after yoga class,
My best ideas come when I first get deeply honest about the gap between what I actually see and what I want to see. I take in and acknowledge reality, the world I see around and within me at this moment; and then overlay that reality with my dream, my vision, what I want to
I’m always a bit nervous when I hit “Publish” on a blog. I never know how these words are going to be received by you. Like most creators, I want more than anything that you embrace my every creation like some precious discovered treasure glinting resplendent in your eyes that you can’t help but stare