How to promote your work: Stick your head in the sand or dance on the beach?

How to promote your work: Stick your head in the sand or dance on the beach?

If you are reading this, you’ve probably thought a fair amount about how to promote your work. My guess is that some of that thinking has been fraught with feelings ranging from queasiness to outright disgust. As if that weren’t uncomfortable enough, you...
Why working on yourself doesn’t work (and the simple thing that does)

Why working on yourself doesn’t work (and the simple thing that does)

Like every human being I’ve ever met, I am sometimes discontented. No big deal. But during a recent spell of gritchiness, I got the idea that I shouldn’t feel that way. Given my deepening understanding of the spiritual principles behind the human...
Beyond second guessing

Beyond second guessing

I’ve been reflecting recently on the fine art of second guessing. Also known as the crazy making practice of stopping yourself before you’ve fully started to see if you’re on the right track. Ack. Ugh. Blech. We all know it’s crazy making, yet...
Trust the Hum

Trust the Hum

Some years back I attended The School for The Work of Byron Katie. When I got home, a therapist friend asked me how I was doing. I told him that mainly I was aware of a hum. It was a good hum. A hum of simple beingness, and I told him that when I was in touch with the...