What’s in the Water?
Guidance for Swimming Against the Stream
In waking up to whiteness, there are questions to answer and ideas to confront. Molly’s insights bring perspective and clarity.
What’s Really Going on When Going with the Flow Isn’t Working
Have you ever felt like you were going with the flow, but the flow wasn't serving up the insight, support, or momentum you need? You doubt your choice and wonder if it might not make more sense, just this once, to push the river. What's likely is that you aren't going...
There’s Nothing You Need to Fix in Order to Be More Loving
Love happens on two levels: the love we do and the love we are. The love we are is like the sun. The love we do, which is the product of our thinking in the moment, is like the weather. When the weather is clear, the sun shines through. When it is stormy, not so much....
You are the man behind the curtain: An invitation to see the magic in your life
One of the many memorable scenes in "The Wizard of Oz" shows Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion finally standing before the Great and Powerful Oz. They have come to present him with the broom belonging to the Wicked Witch of the West...
How to Deal with Runaway Guilt
Guilt is like a car alarm. Some of us have super-sensitive alarms that go off at the slightest vibration. Here's how to deal with that. Click here to learn about my newest program, The Art of Living: Creating Magic and Meaning in Life and Work. Save $100 when you sign...
Blame and the pressure to be right are the enemies of response-ability
Responsibility is response-ability. It is a gift, the ability to express our life force in choices and action in the world. When we pressure ourselves with self-criticism or blame, we may try to get out from under the pressure by dodging responsibility. It never...
Enjoy the Ride (Dealing with Difficult Experiences)
How does seeing where experience comes from help us? By reminding us that even when the ride gets really, really scary, we are safe in our seats. Jumping off the ride (retreating from life) won't help. Staying put gives us our best shot at enjoying the ride.Click here...
Again with the Freedom to Choose (Your Wild and Precious Life)
The theme of choice continues in this reflection on the difference in how we experience choice depending on whether we are regarding it as a test or an expression of our human capacity. I riff on Mary Oliver's well-known line, "What is it you plan to do with your one...
When Reality Hits, It Isn’t “Reality”
When Reality Hits, It Isn't "Reality" A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away I was a heavy smoker. Heavy as in two packs a day. One day I decided to quit. It was the last day of a hunting trip in eastern Washington. (Yes, in that other galaxy in that other...
Choosing Right Versus Generating Choices
A choice between two things is not a choice; it's a dilemma. Instead of setting up your cognitive filters to sort things into binary options, what if you changed your agenda from making the right choice or the best choice to discovering how to generate choices in the...