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The Dark Side of Money Mandalas

The Dark Side of Money Mandalas

Yes, I love you. And no, I do not want to join your abundance fractal or money mandala or gifting circle or sacred economy lotus. Why? Because to me, this is a reincarnation of an old paradigm game… now wrapped in spiritual language. Here is how it generally...

Harnessing the Power of Healthy Anger

Harnessing the Power of Healthy Anger

During my women’s retreat at Molino del Rey healing center in Spain this past week, there was a recurring theme around anger: our repression and our expression of anger; our addiction and our aversion to anger; how anger can be helpful and how it can be harmful....

Three Blocks to Living a Purposeful Life

Three Blocks to Living a Purposeful Life

More and more we are waking up and seeing how disconnected we are from Purpose. It is painful to realize. Yet the conventional coaching wisdom on this is reductionist to the point that it’s almost flippant: follow your passions, listen to your heart, embrace...

The Difference Between Giving Up and Letting Go

The Difference Between Giving Up and Letting Go

It’s been a while since I have written anything new. I am looking at a folder full of half-written, never published blog articles. And none of them feel particularly relevant right now. Today, it feels like I am coming to confessional. The past few weeks have...

How to Choose Focus over FOMO

How to Choose Focus over FOMO

Focus. In our hyper-connected “always-on” world, we have instant and constant access to an infinite amount of possibilities, opportunities, and distractions. But we have a finite amount of energy, a limited number of hours in the day. If we don’t tune into this...

Here is Why You Will Never Find Your Purpose

Here is Why You Will Never Find Your Purpose

Who ARE you? In the era of consumerism, your identity was once anchored by where you live, what car you drive, what clothes you wear… all markers of how much money you have. And then the classic cocktail party question started to become: what do you do? An answer that...

This is the Real Secret to Manifesting

This is the Real Secret to Manifesting

What does it mean to manifest something? And what is the real secret to manifesting? How do you do it? When so-called spiritual ideas become popularized, there can be a lot of distortion of the original intent, or at least it seems like some important details are...

Choosing for a Reason

Choosing for a Reason

There is power in our choices. Conversely, there is potential energy in the choices we have not yet made. And when we make a choice, things start to move. I will quote Abraham Hicks because I think this sums it up so well: “Make more decisions everyday. Because a...

Is Purpose Only for the Privileged?

Is Purpose Only for the Privileged?

Sometimes when I talk to people about ideas around work and purpose, I get resistance. That resistance often comes at me in the form of purpose shaming… People push back with questions like: Isn’t it selfish or self-indulgent to be going on about this whole purpose...

Keep Going. Just Keep Going.

Keep Going. Just Keep Going.

At a recent Life Reboot retreat in Hawaii, one of the women in the group shared a story about seeking an oceanview swing. With her permission, I am sharing my version of her story here. Near the entrance to the Kalani Retreat Center on the Big Island of Hawaii, where...