Relax your way to success We were tossing a frisbee last night and – my daughter’s tossing has room for improvement. She was muscling up and trying too hard rather than letting aerodynamics do its job. From my limited golf experience, I know that muscling up and trying too hard pretty much guarantees a shank. […]
Upstream adjustments
Upstream adjustments A friend of mine has a sign on his refrigerator, “Abs are made in the kitchen”. That’s a great reminder to delay gratification and to support him in making the choices that are congruent with his health and fitness goals. There is also an upstream adjustment that can be made, “Abs are made […]
Forgiveness of Self
Forgiveness of Self Is there anything that you haven’t forgiven yourself for doing (or not doing)? If we are honest with ourselves – most likely there are some areas of unforgiveness. If we cannot forgive ourselves, then on some level we are saying that we are bad and wrong. If we are bad and wrong […]
Wonder vs Worry
What are we waiting for???
Throwing ice cubes into the ocean
Throwing ice cubes into the ocean A couple of weeks ago, we were snorkeling in the Caribbean. If someone had thrown ice cubes into the delightful warm water around me, it wouldn’t have mattered. The volume of warm water was infinitely more than the volume of a few ice cubes. The impact of those ice […]
Punitive or corrective
A strange sleep
Bigger than our problems
Bigger than our problems There’s an old saying about being bigger than our problems. What would happen if we took this literally? Think about one of your big problems. This could be with a person or a situation. Now notice that from your mind’s eye perspective, that person or that situation is bigger than you […]
Cave Tubing Wisdom
Cave Tubing Wisdom We went cave tubing (floating on a river that runs underneath a mountain) in Belize. The crystal-clear water in this beautiful river comes from springs. So, day in and day out this river is full of water that just comes out of the ground. Somehow this got me thinking about having a […]