Good Clean Reads

“Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.” -William James

There is an incredible satisfaction to getting a task done that has been weighing on you. I am so close to completing my first book that I can taste it. Attending to the details for closure is hard for a big picture thinker like me. Today, with the help of my journalism student daughter, I am proud to...

“Most of my advances were by mistake. You uncover what is when you get rid of what isn’t.” Buckminster Fuller

Lately the idea of getting rid of old, unwanted and unnecessary stuff has been on my mind. Perhaps it is the urge toward spring cleaning that comes from witnessing the budding trees and bulbs pushing up through the cold ground that reminds us of nature’s perpetual cycle of rebirth. It...

Discover the new world of brain science and positive psychology with Rick Hanson, PhD, neuropsychologist and author of Buddha’s Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom. Listen to this conversation full of insight and ready to use tips to get your life and love moving in a positive direction. Guaranteed to change the way you think about how your mind works with your brain.

“Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get.” Mark Twain

There are some days that defy our expectations to such a degree that you have to ask yourself how you could have been so far off in your thinking. The weather has been unseasonably spring-like here in the Northwest. Balmy days and brilliant sun are holidays for us and so as the week kept promising more of the same in all the...

“When I was a boy, I thought scent was contained in dewdrops on flowers and if I got up the morning, I could collect it and make perfume.” -Oscar De La Renta

The most underrated sense that we have is our sense of smell. Whether it is the smell of food at the ready, fresh flower blossoms on a tree or the scent of someone leaning in to kiss you, our sense of smell wakes up one of the most primary...

“We shall not cease from exploring, and the end of our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.” ~T.S. Eliot

I am becoming reacquainted with the power of goal setting lately. I used to teach how the power of our written intentions can change your life, and for many years kept regular lists of what I was working to create. Even a to-do list carries some...

“The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step. So we must never neglect any work of peace within our reach, however small.” Adlai E. Stevenson

From the moment I lifted my groggy head off the pillow, too tired to begin a new day, I struggled with the companionship and affiliation that fatigue keeps with negativity. It is like an invisible cloak that accompanies the tired mind,...

The important thing is to strive towards a goal which is not immediately visible. That goal is not the concern of the mind, but of the spirit. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Years ago when I was a career counselor in Seattle at the phone company I devoted an entire week of a job search workshop to goal setting. It is not a hard skill to master, yet one that is rarely practiced. A study of Harvard...

Explore the relationship foundations for Sacred Sexuality with author/speaker Michael Mirdad. His teachings provide an empowering and insightful keys to connecting with yourself in order to connect deeply with a partner. This engaging conversation will open up new ways of seeing your relationship and deepen your intimate connections.