The job you spent years waiting to be promoted into is given to a new employee. The partner you loved leaves you for another. The friend you trusted runs off with your savings you lent them in good faith. There are endless reasons why you might be sure you deserve to spend the rest of your …
Why be nobody?
“Being like everybody is the same as being nobody.” – Rod Serling You are like no one else. You have unique and special abilities. You have talents that only you can express. Why, then, live as just another faceless person in the crowd? Many choose to blend in, to hide within the camouflage of the crowd. They allow fear and self-doubt to hold them back. Many also choose the refuge of the crowd because it’s easy, it’s safe – little effort is required. But that safety is a self-imposed…
Mail. We Get Mail.
We used to have a feature called Mail. We Get Mail on ….. and the topic would be one that multiple people wrote to me about or would be in comments. This is one that was asked to be rerun … Continue reading →
Quotes of Wisdom: Henry Miller on Man’s Illusion of Being God
We devise astounding means of communication, but do we communicate with one another? We move our bodies to and fro at incredible speeds, but do we really leave the spot we started from? Mentally, morally, spiritually, we are fettered. What have we achieved in mowing down mountain ranges, harnessing the energy of mighty rivers, or … Related posts
You are the trustee of your tomorrow
“The present moment used to be the unimaginable future.” – Stewart Brand, from The Clock of the Long Now Today, in your now, you are the trustee of your tomorrow. Today, it’s up to you to take the actions that create and unfold the tomorrow of your dreams, your hopes, your expectations. Today, you have the ability to both dream and act. So today, act. …
After a Spiritual Awakening Unleashes All Your Emotions
After a spiritual awakening opens up your heart, every emotion you can imagine becomes available to you–every single one. In an open heart, we embrace every emotion that we can humanly experience. We remove our limitations on what we can feel, so we can feel the fullness of love, compassion, terror, hatred, sadness, and more. This is what it means to be truly open-hearted.Do you understand what it means to be unlimited now? I hope you …
Nonsense Words
“Everyone deserves a second chance.” I have no idea where this comes from…maybe the same place where “Be a bigger person.” comes from or a million other stupid expressions that helps keep people stuck. Be a bigger person? WHAT THE … Continue reading →
Impostor Syndrome – Is it Sabotaging Your Career?
Do you tend to dismiss your career success as “just good luck”? Doubt your ability to do things, even when a lot of the time you end up perfectly capable? It could be you are afflicted by “impostor syndrome”, a term some psychologists use to describe an inability to recognise your own success, competence and …
Enlightening Talks: Mark Passio – De-Mystifying The Occult
Mark Passio, the no-nonsense teacher of “Street-Wise” Spirituality, will take his guests on a journey of exploration, examining the world of The Occult and its symbols. What, exactly, IS The Occult? Why should YOU know about it? What kind of knowledge comprises The Occult? Who possesses such knowledge, and how do they use
Get so good they can’t ignore you
“Mastery feeds passion.” You don’t find passion, you create it. Passion is a side effect of building skills, improving knowledge, gaining mastery in your work. It’s the snowball effect of becoming excellent at what you do. It’s the process of then allowing that excellence to drive value to your life and to your world. Get really good at what you do. Let it inspire you to fall in love with your work, with your life. Get so good the world can’t ignore you. – We’ve been working on a new website! Whenever we read these posts, we’re inspired to write our own private thoughts. Now you can write your own private thoughts at 130words.com. It’s easy. It’s private. It’s free. Try it…
Is There Opportunity Outside the Comfort Zone?
In a previous article I talked about the challenges I faced overcoming a herniated disc and some related nerve damage. That article was called How to Avoid Insanity and Stay On Course. Today, I am going to share another episode from that same challenging period of time. Outside the comfort zone! While I was dealing with those issues, my wife was diagnosed with a torn rotator cuff tendon. This wasn’t just a small tear. It was a 1-inch hole right in the middle of her rotator cuff tendon. We’re talking about some serious pain that was way outside her…
Gratituesday
We have not done a Gratituesday post in a very long while. It’s good to focus on what you have rather than what you do not have (or concentrate on what you do not have in terms of disease or … Continue reading →
7 Signs that You’re a Wounded Healer
The wounded healer is anyone who serves others, but who has not healed many of the issues that they aim to help others heal. The wounded healer is also someone who attempts to do lots of helpful and healing things for other people as a means of avoiding taking care of themselves. The unconscious mentality is that if they can help enough other people, then they'll feel good or safe or loved.Of course, this is unconscious…
Mindfulness and Therapy – Is It Really the Match It’s Claimed to Be?
The NHS is now promoting mindfulness for “mental wellbeing”, and many psychotherapists are taking training courses and integrating mindfulness into their practise with clients. Why the sudden popularity? And is the combination of mindfulness and therapy just a trend, or will it last? The Rise of Mindfulness For starters, the attention on mindfulness is not …
Success Story: Leadership and Energy
I received this email recently and wanted to share it. Hopefully through Stephen’s story you will be encouraged in some way. – Jon Dear Mr. Gordon, My name is Stephen Schopf, I am 20 years old and a sophomore studying education at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. I am very interested in coaching basketball at the college level one day and I am involved at coaching in the high school level. When I was a senior at Conestoga High School my parents got separated and I was in a very dark place that was very hard to get out of. My father moved to Tennessee for a new job I was…
Ho-hum doesn’t live here
“No more yes, no more I guess so. It’s either hell yeah or no.” – Jeff Haden Living just good enough is dying by the inch. A half dozen okays is not the same as awesome. Acceptable doesn’t equal excellent. Passion doesn’t live on the ho-hum side of life. Get excited. Become committed. Become accountable to you. Never settle for just good enough. – We’ve been working on a new website! Whenever we read these posts, we’re inspired to write our own
7 Traits of Highly Confident People
Do you marvel at people who seem highly confident and self assured? Would you like to be one of those highly confident people? Achieving that may seem impossible if you are struggling with feelings of worthlessness, but believe me when I tell you that anyone can become more confident. Adopting new behaviors can effectively reprogram how you feel about your own abilities and personal worth. Usually, your behavior is a reflection of your beliefs about who you are and what you think you are capable of, but this process can also run in reverse. So, if you want to change those beliefs and become more confident, you…
Webinar Recording: Spiritual Awakening Stages and Cycles
I wrote a blog post about different spiritual awakening stages and cycles, but I soon decided to follow it up by holding a webinar on this topic. If you haven’t read the blog post already, you can do so on the link below:Spiritual Awakening StagesOne of the things I like to emphasize is that awakening is not linear. So the idea that you go from spiritual awakening stage 1 to spiritual awakening stage 2 to spiritual awakening stage 3 is generally speaking incorrect, although there are some shifts from which you generally do not go backwards. In speaking about spiritual awakening stages, we should not be …
Loneliness As A Risk Factor to Returning To a Bad Relationship
“One of the first steps of recovery is to develop a full life for yourself. Nothing happens until that occurs. Have a plan what to do if you get lonely so you don’t do the disasterous ‘Drink and Dial!’ Or … Continue reading →
Success Story: Olentangy Liberty High School
Hi Jon. I am the girls basketball coach at Olentangy Liberty High School. I want to say thank you for your work. The Energy Bus really got me thinking and started the culture change of my program. Training Camp kind of got us thinking about the legacy we wanted to leave. But The Carpenter and love-serve-care really became our mission as our year went on. In my 1st season as head coach we flipped a toxic, stagnant program to a championship environent. We went 25-2, finished as the 5th ranked team in Ohio, …
Take back your dreams
“Lead the mutiny.” He who controls your plan controls your dreams. He who limits your dreams limits your life. Who’s running yours? If you’re not in control of your dreams, if you’re not running your own plan, you’re living under someone else’s. Is it time to lead the mutiny and take back your dreams and own your future, own your life? – We’ve been working on a new website! Whenever we read these posts, we’re inspired
Webinar: Highly Sensitive People and Living a Spiritual Life
Once a year, I like to turn my attention to the topic of highly sensitive people. As a highly sensitive person, I understand a lot of the unsettling emotions and energies that are going on around me pretty much all the time, but because of the spiritual path, I've learned how to be at peace with…
Searching in Grief
Requested repost: Pining is the subjective and emotional component of urge to search for the lost object. ~ Colin Murray Parkes Colin Murray Parkes was a grief expert who studied the phases of grief and the behavior in those who … Continue reading →
Your Teenager’s Brain -What Is Going On In There?
Is your once affectionate son now a surly person who loathes to exit his bedroom? Your calm and reliable daughter you enjoyed shopping trips with suddenly hyper and daring and refusing to be seen with you? If your teenagers suddenly seem like a different species, you just might be right – at least as far …