The Motion of Emotion

My emotions are not me. They are my energy, in motion. I am not responsible for my emotions—I am responsible for what I do with them. It’s interesting to me how much my feelings change, how much I am in a state of shifting emotion. This awareness affirms that in...

Don’t Shoot the Messenger

The messenger brings with them a message that is not really their own. It has been given to them, to deliver to you. If you don’t like their message, if you don’t want to receive what they’re sharing, you may feel angry with them. You might want to...

Sharing the Responsibility of Not Setting Prices

Recently, there was an interesting experiment conducted in not setting prices and charitable giving, by UC San Diego Rady School of Management and Disney Research. Conducting their experiment at a popular roller coaster, using post-roller coaster action photos as the...

The Truth About Our Darkness

We don’t really have a problem with peoples imperfections. We don’t really hate the dark aspects we each contain. It feels like we do, but our feelings can be misleading sometimes. It’s easy to point out and judge another for the things that...

Co-Creating Communication

I’ve got this tendency in communication, maybe you have it too… I sometimes take on more responsibility than is rightfully mine. You see, I am good at communicating. It comes naturally. I like it and because of this, I sometimes take on the job of doing...