These posts look at a central aspect I’ve identified in living a fulfilling existence.
I know when a client is ready to work with me. They are ready to walk into their fullness, but they don’t know where to start. There is an almost audible groaning, a frustration that keeps them awake at night. They can’t live another day doing what they have been doing. They know something is …
I’m no mathematician, but recently, I’ve been mildly obsessed with discovering the equation for determining my level of fulfillment. The idea is that if I can determine what goes into a fulfilling life (and what depletes the fulfillment), then I can cultivate a more fulfilling life. Easier said than done. While we all experience fulfillment …
When I moved to South Africa in 2010, people kept asking me, “Don’t you miss New York?” The truth is, I didn’t. At first I didn’t know why, then I put my finger on it: In New York I lived to work, in South Africa I worked to live. Like most, I got swept up …
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For years, I would write my thoughts down with no particular sense of direction or order. It was when I started to practice a few specific approaches that things really started to change.
We live in a world that seems to constantly be sucking us dry of joy. If we aren’t careful we can get pulled into a downward spiral of bad news. Because of this, so many of us are not accessing the joy that is available to us. For this reason I have created the “Wheel of Joy”.
In the past, it was easy for me to look at other people’s lives and wonder if they have something that I should want. There was even a tendency to overlook my own heart’s desires. But the road to matching my life and lifestyle with my values has been marked by discovery and acceptance.
Last week, I was speaking with a friend, and at the end of the conversation she said, “Next time, let’s meet for drinks at an outside location.” I found myself paralyzed for a moment as I realised I had become much too comfortable in my pandemic chrysalis. I hadn’t given much thought to what re-emerging …