What makes reframing so powerful?

#272 – What makes reframing so powerful?This morning, while cleaning up after breakfast, the Spanish saying, "you start a circus and the little people grow on you" came to mind. I was thinking of the apparent "bad luck" streak I'm experiencing. I get...

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Apr 05, 2025
What does the Ghost of Misplaced Shame want from you?

#271 – What does the Ghost of Misplaced Shame want from you?Two or three months into his incarceration, my son told me, "I have this shame..." and left the sentence hanging, not knowing what else to say.I understood but didn't agree because I knew th...

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Apr 04, 2025
What part of you resists what is?

#270 – What part of you resists what is?Whatever part that is, it's a waste of time, because what is can't be changed. So, why fight it?"I'm not fighting anything," you may say.Oh, no? So why do you complain about everything that you don't like –– th...

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Apr 03, 2025
How can the "Who am I" question give you peace?

#268 – How can the "Who am I" question give you peace?Asking questions is empowering because it frees us from the Ego-driven mental patterns.Where the Ghost of Need to Prove makes us scrambling for justification of our righteousness, or the Ghost of...

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Apr 02, 2025
Who are you?

#267 – Who are you?You're not your Ego.You're not your thoughts.You're not the fear for what's happening in the world, as you watch how a mature democracy appears to slide into autocracy boosted by lies and parallel realities.You're not the sadn...

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Apr 01, 2025
What part of you insists on suffering?

#267 – What part of you insists on suffering?Trying to answer this simple question will change everything in your experience.Yesterday, after listening to Michael A. Singer's book, The Untethered Soul, I attempted to answer this question in earnest f...

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Mar 31, 2025
How did a Ghost become a Time Spirit?

#266 – How did a Ghost become a Time Spirit?Yesterday, in my weekend retail job, I understood how a Ghost (mental creations that help us cope with fear and uncertainty in childhood) had become a Time Spirit (collective mental creations that help a gr...

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Mar 30, 2025
What does Personal Power feel like?

#265 – What does Personal Power feel like?Positional Power is something you wear, like a high-top hat, or a red silk-and-gold mantle. It changes you in the eyes of others and hence, changes how others treat you.Personal Power comes from inside – it's...

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Mar 29, 2025
When does feedback become desire to control?

#264 – When does feedback become desire to control?The ability to receive feedback is, experts say, a fundamental leadership skill.I agree. Yet sometimes, feedback more than intended for the receiver's growth, it's a set of instructions for how...

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Mar 28, 2025
What role do you feel trapped in?

#263 – What role do you feel trapped in?Like any system, families have parts. In relationships, we refer to parts as "roles."Some roles are "outer" (father, older sibling, cook, handy-person), and some are "inner" (caregiver, trouble-maker, peace-kee...

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Mar 27, 2025