On most Thursdays between my morning and afternoon client visits, I enjoy a lunch buffet of Southern Indian food. The restaurant, Nirvanam, has a great selection of dishes, the food is delicious and the price is very reasonable. I’ve been a regular there for some time now.
Read more →What is the true nature of healing? That question has been on my mind a lot lately. This October marks the 6th anniversary of the passing of my mother from a combination of cancer and Wegener’s Granulomatosis. As this anniversary crawls closer and closer, I find myself
Read more →Lately, I’ve been amused by the recurrence of several issues I thought I’d adequately dealt with over the course of my self-work. In fact, I’m not alone in this discovery. Recently, a client wrote to me, “I don’t know what that was all about – so many
Read more →Part of the big picture of a Utopian future must include efficient use of resources. Efficient use of resources often is depicted as limiting our use of fossil fuels and preserving our forests. These are both important elements of efficiency, but they aren’t the whole picture. Food
Read more →There’s a struggle going on between Big Agriculture and small, family owned farms. It doesn’t get much coverage on the news, but the family farm as we grew up to know it is disappearing. And with it, not only is a way of life being left behind,
Read more →One of the more interesting elements of human thinking is our tendency towards optimism. The vast majority of emotionally healthy individuals exhibit a strong bias of believing that things are going to turn out for the best. Regardless of whether that be getting a promotion, not getting
Read more →If you’re at all like I am, I grew up having friends and family in the farming community. I got to hang out with cows in the pasture, was chased by geese while trying to cross the yard, drove tractors and simply enjoyed the freshest produce possible.
Read more →A lot of us have been taught that our emotional state is entirely dependent upon our thoughts. This belief has many of us completely ignoring our physical health even as we’re concerned with improving our emotional well-being. That separation of thinking stands in stark contrast to the
Read more →When I was growing up, I was fairly patriotic. I loved Canada and felt a very special connection with its vast wilderness, incredible biodiversity and beauty. Somewhat naively, I assumed that most Canadians felt this way, especially politicians, who arguably had good reason to protect Canada’s precious
Read more →A long, long time ago, I read Robert M. Pirsig’s Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. For me, it was a seminal book in terms of my personal outlook on life. For those who have never read the book, it is an exploration into the metaphysics
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