Propelled by Discomfort

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA“The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers.”  -M Scott Peck

 

We resist change. We prefer our known discomfort to the fear of what we don’t know. We stay...

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Sil & Eliza Reynolds on Action Verbs

Sil & Eliza Reynolds, authors of the book “Mother & Daughtering” shares insights on how to foster open communication.
Visit TheOpeningDoor.org Saturday at 9am PST to listen to the full interview.

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The Opening Door – Show 51: Sera Beak – Red Hot & Holy – A Heretic’s Love Story

Where is your Red Hot Sexy? Don’t miss Sera Beak, author and teacher about the deep love that begins inside. She shares her own personal journey of how her own awakening spilled into every aspect of her life. Red Hot and Sexy is a sensuality of the heart. Be prepared for a whole new perspective of what makes us most sexy.

seraSera Beak is a Harvard-trained scholar of comparative world religions who...

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Sera Beak on Sexuality & Religion

Sera Beak shares her thoughts on reconciling sexuality with spirituality/religion.

Visit TheOpeningDoor.org Saturday at 9am PST to listen to the full interview.

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Enlightened Self-Consciousness: A Warm Homecoming

fatherandson5resized“Self consciousness is the indispensible means to enlightenment; at the same time it is the greatest obstacle in the way.”  -Aldous Huxley

 

I live among teenagers, which brings me into intimate contact with the often crippling kind of self consciousness that awakens in the human mind during adolescence. The experience of being seen in these years swings between a primal desire and a punishing...

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Fairness As Love’s Currency

senegal-children“Fairness does not mean everyone gets the same. Fairness means everyone gets what they need.”  -Rick Riordan

 

Fairness is a value construct that is inborn into all of us. Even the smallest of children recognize and bear witness to experiences of injustice among their peers. This very human urge towards making things fair is one of the fundamental ways that love acts as a currency in life. All of...

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The Opening Door – Show 50: Laura Munson – This Is Not the Story That You Think It Is

photo_lauramunson_03Letting go is a real life choice. Not only a path to authentically stay present to the groundless situations that happen in our relationships, it is also a remarkable courageous surrender to controlling the outcome. The trade off of certainty for a real experience of the present moment is more than worth it as we hear author Laura Munson describe her season of unlikely happiness inThis Is Not The...

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Positivity Reinvents Us: Shana Tova

11albuferaToday is the first night of the Jewish New Year, and after 50 celebrations I have only just learned that this high holy day commemorates the union of Adam and Eve. I am celebrating with love and gratitude as I welcome in this new year in San Francisco. Sitting high among the lights of this beautiful metropolis with a view to the water and the bridges in every direction, I tried to open the party...

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SOCAP: An Entrepreneur’s Camp

4c9a841152258f37f98f64eb2135f8ebI landed in San Francisco late Saturday for the SOCAP pre conference Accelerator experience for Entrepreneurs. First day, we did speed dating, instagram video making, and visualization meditations at this cool permanent HUB of startups in downtown San Fran. I could have stayed free at a hostel, but am dreaming big now, so I went for a booking.com deal when I first learned I won the spot here. I...

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