Anxiety: From Surviving to Thriving

How to Transform Anxiety into Inspiration Are you anxious at times? I am. Let’s face it, there’s plenty of anxiety to go around: the downturn in economy, lay-offs, relationship crises, pandemics, violence – and that’s just for starters. Actually, anxiety is a natural alarm system that keeps us safe and productive. But it can become a chronic mindset. When that happens, it can deaden joy and stifle...

The Guest House – Rumi

This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture, still, treat each guest honorably. He may be clearing you out for some new delight. The dark thought, the shame, the malice, meet...

How to Relax

It is funny  (or perhaps a sad commentary) that I would even need to write on this topic — how to relax. It seems like it should be something we all know how to do.  After all, aren’t we constantly searching for ways to be less lazy? So then, does it not  logically follow that we already know how to be lazy? It is possible you already have mastered the art of relaxing.  If so, congratulations. You are...

In Relationship

In a relationship or marriage, the number one ingredient that keeps a couple together is success in resolving conflicts. Love goes far, but it only goes so far. It is difficult to keep good feelings alive in the midst of strife. Eventually, something has to give, and too often it is the commitment. A couple, like an individual, typically has an instinct to try to solve one’s own problems. However, a...

The Art of Getting Less Done

While working long hours and cranking out a lot of widgets is one way to go, another is to work on important things, to create amazing things, and then to relax. I’m not saying you should surf the web all day, or take naps all afternoon … but why not? Why not enjoy a much deserved, or a not so well deserved  nap? Why not take a long lunch and then a siesta? Why not enjoy a long bath, or a good book? I hear...