by Molly Gordon | Jun 10, 2016 | Choice, Fear, Video, Wellbeing, Wisdom
Though it might seem like we need to make a choice between anxiety and an insight that can see through or behind our moment to moment experience, we really don’t. Awareness takes care of things without effort or intervention.
by Molly Gordon | May 13, 2016 | Choice, Emotional intelligence, Thought, Video, Wisdom
In which I recount my great cat box insight: in any given moment you either want to clean the cat box or you don’t. Pretending that you are not doing what you choose to do just makes things unnecessarily complicated.
by Molly Gordon | Feb 19, 2016 | Choice, Emotional intelligence, Freedom, Responsibility, Video, Wisdom
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...
by Molly Gordon | Feb 5, 2016 | Choice, Consciousness, Freedom, Happiness, Video, Wisdom
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...
by Molly Gordon | Jan 29, 2016 | Choice, Creativity, Freedom, Thought, Video
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...
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