#505 – What part of you insists on looking perfect?Whatever that part is, AI video is boosting its power over you––over us all.This morning I saw on Substack that a well-known, social-media savvy congresswoman had posted a new video, and clicked...
#504 – How do you disempower your Ego by "trusting the process?""Trust the process" is more than a cliché. When you truly trust that the process you're in will take you where you want to go, you're telling your Ego, "I've got this."At 5:31 this...
#503 – How does self-awareness help you become your full self?Realizing your full potential requires continuous evolution, which is impossible unless you stay aware of your self moment by moment.But isn't that self-absorbed navel gazing, you may ask?...
#502 – What message does comparing and competing send your mind?The reason we humans compare ourselves and compete is because we need to make sure we have resources (food, mates, power). Better said: our Ego needs to make sure we won't die (of starva...
#501 – What part of you needs you to always look good?The prospect of being rejected freaks your Ego so much that it'll make you lie even to yourself if that'll keep its positive image inside your mind.Reading a passage in Patti Smith's M Train last...
#500 – What are you willing to forgive, unconditionally?What are you willing to forgive––no buts, no ifs, no questions asked? What complaints are you willing to drop? What grudges are you ready to forget?Start by analyzing your surroundings: what bot...
#499 – What's your reward for forgiving everyone, including yourself?When you forgive, it's you whose life improves.Making good on my promise to set my daily intention to forgive all involved in my son's case, I started to send an "I forgive you...
#498 – What scares you about facing your true intentions?Feeling like a "good person" is a strong driver for most of us. Facing the possibility that we're not one is hard.Three years ago, my sister's accusation that I'd manipulated her into doing som...
#497 – What intentions are driving you through life?Whenever you're not fully conscious of your intentions, autopilot's on. In that mode, you take your Ego's orders.Soon after my son was arrested, I told Barbara Huson I wanted to publish an essay abo...
#496 – What's your unprocessed grief trying to tell you?The thing about grief is that it shows up unlabeled. You feel inexplicable fatigue, paralysis, or lack of excitement, yet you don't know where these come from. You try to go on with your life as...