I’m an introvert. It’s estimated that up to half the population are introverts.  If you’re one yourself, you know you need time to be alone. Not talking, not doing, but just being with YOU. I know I need this time. As an entrepreneur, I get to choose the time I take off, which can be

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O.k. Maybe it’s not JOY, like jumping up and down joy, or going on vacation joy, or skiing a powder day joy, but it certainly makes a difference in your amount of mental suffering you do or don’t have when you get sick. You see, there is pain and there is suffering. Pain/discomfort is not

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Several years ago I was at a meditation retreat with my teacher Matthew, and one of the students asked this question, “I notice your car is very clean. Do you do this intentionally?”  “Yes,” he replied, “Taking care of what takes care of you is part of the spiritual path.” My mind began going in

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Here’s how I use to start my day:  Wake up (with a little dread), not really wanting to get out of bed to face the day, but get out of bed anyway.  Get up, open the computer (react to all the emails, spam, newsletters, and whatever else was filling my inbox), check the newspaper for

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Yesterday I woke up feeling, well, you know, blue… Blue, lonely, sad, frustrated, bland, unmotivated, blue… I had nothing to complain about – other than things weren’t going exactly as I wanted them to.  My business teaches me this every day – being patient and o.k. with life just as it is. But damn it

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I use to love to read “adventure” books like the tales of Lewis and Clark, gnarly climbing adventures of struggle and survival, exploration of the African continent before white men were there, and other crazy tales. I’d get swallowed in the adventure book (staying up until 2am reading).  I didn’t just read about it either.

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Something I may ask you when you work with me 1-on-1 is: “What are you doing for fun this week?”  And you may reply (or think), “I don’t know – I don’t have time to have fun” or “I’m not really sure what it means to have fun.” I’m not picking on you, only pointing

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You might not want to hear this, but I’m going to say it anyway: Gossiping is toxic to your health. There, I said it. Just saying it is going against the grain of society and culture. Scary, but true. I once read in Yoga Journal a short article that said that gossiping helps to create

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A few years ago I was talking with a friend. She was concerned about some things happening in her life (I think you can relate), and said, “If only the health care system in the U.S. were more like Europe.” I replied, “Ya, if only I had more money.” She said, “If only my kids

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You get up and think, “Ugh – I’ve got to get going, so much to do” with a sinking feeling in your chest. So you get up and go through the motions. Thoughts are racing to the future of all that needs to get done. That tightness in your chest…you got a break from it

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