The Energetics of Thanksgiving

When I was doing my undergraduate studies at Naropa University studying Contemplative, or Buddhist, Psychology, we had many discussions about how one’s environment affects their well-being. For instance, the common practice of putting a group of mentally ill people together in a room with folding chairs, thrift store couches, no windows, and an uninspired therapist [...]

The Sweetness of No Escape

This is a little quote that has been feeding me for years:

“Our wisdom is all mixed up with what we call our neurosis.  Our brilliance, our juiciness, our spiciness, is all mixed up with our craziness and our confusion, and therefore it doesn’t do any good to try to get rid of our so-called negative [...]