Our bodies feel our battles As our minds fight our wars We have all we possibly need But we’re always wanting more Fear whirls and swirls above me Emotions in eternal motion Waves of anguish and anxiety The calm beneath the ocean Breathe in so we can be as one Make this our finest hour […]

The statistics seem contradictory, a total paradox. After all, these are the very best of times, right? We are living longer and modern medicine is discovering the cure for so many diseases; we surround ourselves with every imaginable toy in our supersized homes; we can Google any topic, Skype anyone anywhere for free or stream […]

This is not my story but, rather, a story that pertains to all of us. As we all try to manage our lives on our personal journey – the struggles and challenges that confront us – unbeknownst to us, there is a higher purpose to our daily existence. A far greater calling. But we cannot see […]

We have all witnessed, and perhaps even guilty ourselves of, being seduced and giving preferential treatment to beauty: the hot girl standing in line at the coffee shop; the impeccably dressed interview candidate; the handsome waiter; the better looking presidential candidate.  Beauty is rewarded by the masses and is a universal theme found from the superficial […]

Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn’t matter whether you’re the lion or a gazelle – when […]

We are a coffee culture.  In fact, coffee is so woven into the fabric of our daily lives that we don’t just simply drink coffee, we have coffee.  It is so integrated in our daily routine and often feels like an experience, an event of some sort.  We have fun, we have sex, we have second […]

We are wired by society to be overachievers.  So much so, that we now have to claim we are giving 110% as a mere 100% was apparently not sufficient enough.  Our culture reminds us, demands of us, that we constantly up our game and take it to the next level as the social pressures cause […]

The unconscious mind is a dark, murky, mysterious wonderland.  It is a shadowy place that holds all our memories, ideas, feelings and thoughts that are out of conscious awareness.  Considering only 5-9 bits of information can be held consciously at one time, the overwhelmingly vast majority of data resides in your unconscious mind. The iceberg […]

Life is full of decisions and difficult choices, and the ensuing evaluation process can be a numbing experience even when the options you are facing are positive.  I remember when I had three amazing job interviews that would require relocation to three different cities.  Naturally, I agonized for days, vacillating between the compelling opportunities.  Each […]

We all have set routines in life, especially during the week, that may involve some variation of the following: Wake up, exercise, tea or coffee break(s), work, lunch, chat with friends, walk the dog, dinner, TV, read, sleep. The cycle then repeats all over again with similar events. From a macro perspective, quite a simple and non-remarkable daily […]