The debate over grace vs. good works is something that has intrigued me since I was a child. It seemed to be an example of the dysfunction going on in my own home. Lots of words being spoken about what should be and what is that didn’t match what was actually happening mixed with a…
“The Ain (Akasha) is limitless and timeless so that all that issues forth from its bosom does so without in any way diminishing its substance. Actually, in a sense there is nothing outside of this condition, even that which we see and recognise as the physical universe is so only because the Ain has chosen…
It’s a common refrain in drama and comedy, one person is talking and the other is listening, but not actually hearing what is going on with dramatic or comedic results. Shakespeare is full of this stuff which is one of the reasons that his plays are still loved and relevant today. Because this stuff happens…
Self-sabotage is something I see a lot with my clients. What’s interesting is they fear that it’s their way more than I actually see it happening, which is probably a good thing. Awareness is the first step and alla that. And for the most part it’s not conscious, not willful, but a reaction or a…
So what does someone like me do when I want a vacation? Go to an academic conference of course! But not one that has anything to do with work. That would be….work… So I’m going to the Slayage Conference in a little over a week and in preparation I’m reviewing Seasons 6,7 of Buffy and…
What if they made actual horror movies? Not the tactile, creature in the dark kind or the evil is coming to get you kind, but ones with real horror in them. Movies where we agreed to stop avoiding the truth and confronted it. Movies where we actively pursued our dreams without the Rocky music in…
Sometimes I’m talking with a client and realize how inadequate language is as a tool for communication. I swear, interpretive dance may seem ludicrous, but it’s probably more effective than some conversations I get into. Because words are symbols and some people imbue them with one absolute meaning and assume that everyone else believes or…
Ever leave a situation feeling unsatisfied, because everything seems ok and perfectly normal, but something in the back of your mind is nagging, like an itch you can’t scratch and you don’t know quite what it is? Something got missed. Something should have been said and wasn’t or something was said and the point didn’t…
So many times when I speak with people about choosing themselves, living their best life, achieving their dreams, blah-de-blah-de-blah, I see the reaction “I don’t know how I’m going to squeeze that in with everything else I HAVE to do.” From there I try to determine if that’s just a knee jerk reaction because they…
Long term plans can help us achieve the most amazing results. While we really like the examples of overnight success, they rarely actually are. We’re just looking at the results of thousands of decisions that have accumulated into the underdog, look they done good, hero story. Excellence is rarely something that appears deus ex machina,…