The hip term these days for people not getting back to you is "flaking out" or just "flaking." As in, "We had a couple dates and then they flaked on me." Another slang that's come through the dating door is "ghosting," which ratchets up flaking, where the person just mostly disappears.But this isn't about
There's an old story about a pious man named Izzy*, who every night, on his knees at the side of his bed would pray for one singular thing. With folded hands and eyes squeezed shut, he'd earnestly and imploringly ask God, "Dear God, please, please let me win the lottery! Please, please let me
Our "invisible inner world" is where all our undying hopes and dreams come from. So it's important that each of us is able to locate the door to our invisible inner world and, even more vital, learn how to enter. This isn't as easy as simply walking through it – as it's guarded by
"It was at the height of the War on Drugs but I considered cannabis my War on Anxiety." Back in the day, anxiety was the wallpaper and furnishings of my mind. I (somehow) soldiered through but living in anxiety was a way of life for me. I'd panic in social situations, I'd worry about
I get letters… "It is so good to hear someone else talking about this! I stumbled upon this intentional healing practice with cannabis after having what could be called my initial Kundalini experience and it is truly amazing and has helped me face and release so much trauma! It helped me to move into
If you had a friend who just got a bad haircut and they asked you what you thought of it. How would you answer? Or, let's say, a loved one baked you a pie that tasted awful, what would you say? Let's ratchet it up and go to another scenario where you were late
No matter who you are or where you are, life has become a churning sea of uncertainty – swirling with events that are provoking stress and overwhelm, fear and anxiety. So how do we navigate circumstances that undermine our safety, our understanding, our sanity? The mystical meaning behind an ancient symbol can offer some
"How are you doing?" Asking this is the polite and well intended custom of being social. But it's also a set-up for bellyaching and comparing complaints, which gets really old – especially if you're looking for ways to not stay "in your story". Here's a bright alternative that will take you to a more
In our current weirdness that we call the COVID-19 event – the resounding answer to uncertainty, mood swings, and relationship bumps is: "Meditate!" A glance at the media portrays countless people hotfooting it to meditation to find calm while the world spins out of control – ripping away all our familiar patterns
It appears our discussions around the rising of kundalini energy has ignited a lot of questions – more like curiosity – about energies coursing through our bodies, especially those who are experiencing this in our gatherings. It's something that I want to address in this week's blog: I do love hearing
