What Icarus Can Teach Us

by | Mar 31, 2017

Do you know the Greek myth of Icarus? Icarus is the son of Daedalus who dared to fly too near the sun on wings of feathers and wax. His father cautioned him that flying too near the Sun would cause the wax to melt. But Icarus became enthralled with his ability to fly...

Attached to Who We Are

by | Feb 16, 2016

Have you noticed — when you are living for the moment — you’re not attached to some fixed idea of who you are? In those moments of presence, you are you — you are nobody. There is no attachment to any idea of who you are. In those moments, you experience...

Fixed In Place

by | Feb 20, 2015

My lower mind is the part of my mental construct that demands for me to be a fixed thing. It desires definition and certainty. It desires to pin ME down. Whereas my higher mind understands the freedom I receive from being nobody. My higher mind sees the value of...

You’re So Much More Than Your Story

by | Dec 8, 2014

There’s a growing phenomenon in Business, specifically in Marketing and Branding trends, of increasingly emphasizing the importance of telling your story — or more truthfully, selling your story. This concept confuses me. Asking me what my story is confuses me....

The Want of Others

by | Oct 22, 2013

The wants of others used to matter to me. I thought somehow they were mine to fulfill. At some point I decided that while my wants didn’t matter too much, other people’s were of paramount importance. I convinced myself I was being caring, or helpful, or...