May 12, 2011 | Beauty of Beginnings, Endurance Sport, Personal Sustainability
The Majesty of Morning I have never been a meditator, at least not in the sitting still form of meditation. Running and swimming are my forms of meditation. And these two activities are a habitual part of my morning, rain, hail, or shine. In my running, there is a...
April 7, 2011 | Beauty of Beginnings, Economies for justice, Personal Development, Personal Sustainability
Cosmic jokes, hot sex, relationships, money and sufficiency I feel quite sure that the Gods are laughing right now. There is a cosmic joke, and I am at the centre of it. Thankfully, I have some levity around the subject as well, no matter how painful the journey to...
March 14, 2011 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development, Personal Sustainability
Small and large meltdowns. Love and other catastrophes I have been running for 17 years. I started running to get fit after giving birth to my daughter. It has become a way of life. I have run close to 20 marathons around the world and many ultra-marathons. My...
February 15, 2011 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Personal Sustainability
What would love do? An antidote to fear Listening to an audio of Ken Wilber on Love and Evolution, he reminded me that the opposite of love is not hate, it is fear. (Course in Miracles) When I am in fear, I squeeze out love. When I am in fear, I contract, shut down,...
January 21, 2011 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Personal Sustainability
The Future Of Marriage The world turns. Everything changes. Yet some things we cling to, desperately trying to breathe into them the last vestiges of life. This is how I see the institution of marriage in the developed world. It is, in its current form, a dinosaur,...
January 19, 2011 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Personal Sustainability
A Study of Fear I have decided to take the next few weeks, or months, to sit in and become deeply acquainted with the fear that shows up in my life. Why? Because I no longer want it to be the driver of my life. As well, after a conversation with Caroline Myss last...
