How many times have you said, “Just say it” to others or yourself? I know I’m always thinking it: Just get it out, speak it. SPIT IT OUT! Why speak? Because the truth will set you free. There is energy behind your feelings, needs and opinions. So when you hold in your emotions, don’t say [...]

Your conscious and unconscious minds may act like adversaries, attempting to pull you in two directions. They are meant to work together to enrich your life. Proving that you are more than your thoughts David Brooks, past senior editor at The Weekly Standard, contributing editor at Newsweek and the Atlantic Monthly, now New York Times [...]

For last year the crew of The Man’s Guide to Love have traveled the country asking men about their feelings, experiences and advice about love. CNN explains how we believe men don’t want to speak about love. Yet in these videos you see men opening up often with their love next to them. These short [...]

“Bloated with Data, yet starved for wisdom” are the words of Dr. Elizabeth Kapu’uwailani Lindsey. A former actress turned anthropologist who grew up being trained by Hawaiian elders. This TED talk comes out of her work with the Mapping Human Story project sponsored by Google. As Dr. Lindsey says, “When an elder dies, a library [...]

What do you want to change? What keeps tripping you up? After 35 years of study, changing myself and teaching it to others, I have come to learn a few things about change – don’t be impressed. I had a lot to accept and change. First the obvious, change doesn’t stop. But you knew that. [...]

Men don’t listen. It’s a horrible stereotype—but as far as most women are concerned, it’s an irrefutable fact. Why don’t we just listen? Why do we always try to fix everything? Because, as men, we are instinctually wired and acculturated to provide for and protect our partners through helping, fixing and directing.  When a man’s [...]

Whole is in – at least it is for Martha Stewart. She decided to change the name of her magazine Body + Soul to Whole Living to match her site www.wholeliving.com. As I have said, whole is the new green. We all are looking for a way to enrich our lives. Living a life in [...]

Who Is in Charge – Your Rational or Emotional Brain?   A recent NPR story speaks about how our emotional brain often makes those tough decisions – but that’s not a surprise. If we’re to get honest, we would admit that the big or stressful decisions are often emotional decisions. In our rational culture we [...]