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Petrol for the Soul #327
What do you think about jazz? I think I’m getting it more and more. What I know I need to work on in my life is how to improvise and roll with things. Jazz seems to be all about that… so I’m trying to take my lessons from Miles Davis (most of his videos aren’t […]
Taking Deeper Responsibility
If you slow down and look around you will see what you really want. Carolyn Elliot says,“Having is evidence of wanting.” Which is an amazing and modern paraphrase to what Carl Jung is famous for saying,”Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it Fate.” Look around and […]
Petrol for the Soul #326
It sure is good to be alive. Two things I’ll offer you in this blog are appreciation and beauty. What are you grateful for and what is beautiful in your life? My idea for the week: Something thought provoking: Something amazing/beautiful: The wild card: Thanks for your time, have a great week!
Attachments and Archetypes
When I was a wee lad I remember being sensitive and loving. I wanted affection and to be held. I loved being held. (Yeah, really weird and rare.) I perceived that I didn’t get the love I wanted because I was unloveable and broken (insert your particular reason here). Obviously there was something wrong with […]
Petrol for the Soul #325
Well! Time keeps ticking we keep getting opportunities to manage our mindset, evolve, find more love, and face our shadows. Welcome to the party. My idea for the week: Something thought provoking: Something amazing/beautiful: The wild card: Thanks for your time, have a great week!
Action Versus Distraction
Change is hard. The reason it’s hard for me is because it’s scary. We all know this. We fear change. Will things be worse? What if the people don’t like the new… ? We love familiarity. We love certainty. When we experience fear rather than excitement the wrong part of us is online and running […]
Petrol for the Soul #324
At the forefront of these videos is my idea for the week. I talk about ego, our relationship with it, and fear. Then Andrew Huberman gives us the cold, hard facts about what alcohol does to us (it’s not pretty), some beautiful and amazing music from Odesza featuring Naomi Williams (what a voice!), and then […]
Let’s talk about ego death…
Things The Ego Dislikes 1. Stillness 2. Vulnerability 3. Meditation 4. Oneness 5. Acceptance 6. Surrender 7. Asking for help 8. Looking inward 9. Listening to others 10. Opening ourselves to love 11. Looking beyond the physical Catchy list and… what does it mean? I’ve been examining the ego for a long time. Mine, others, […]
Petrol for the Soul #323
A simple and easy way to think about change is to embrace new things that are at a higher vibration and to let go of things that are holding us back. There are acute examples of this and it’s important to establish patterns of new thoughts, behaviors, and views of the world. My idea for […]
Just do the work.
In my own work and in my clients’ work, I notice a strong desire to dig in, to do some really hard work to get underneath stuff. But it comes at the cost of acknowledging and addressing those things that are clearly needing attention that are glaringly obvious. Like the concept of doing the work […]