“…We are speaking of opening yourself to the other human beings in order to promote human welfare. The monarch’s power comes from being very soft. It comes from opening your heart so that you share it with others. You have nothing to hide, no suit of armor. Your experience is naked and direct. It is…
What the hell is self-love anyway and what’s an insecure person got to do to find it? I’ve been privileged to staff dozens of initiation weekends with the ManKind Project and seen previously insecure, lonely men experiencing profound positive change toward self-love, brotherhood and self-understanding. There’s a curious step in the process though. When people…
Aldo and Barbara Maresca are old friends of mine, their tiny, original Los Gatos, CA, restaurant was the site of my 50th birthday party. A sweeter couple you’ll never find. Telling you about the huge success they now enjoy brings tears of joy to my eyes. 21 years ago Aldo Maresca emigrated here from Sorrento,…
“People want you to be happy. Don’t keep serving them your pain! If you could untie your wings And free your soul of jealousy You and everyone around you Would fly up like doves.” – Rumi I have a massage therapist friend who says she only has two thoughts when she’s giving a massage. It…
This story is the one “you” write every day… and “I” witness… It goes like this… There is a beautiful black sand beach hidden from the world. Wild waves of Pacific Ocean crash into rocks and split into thousands of colorful drops that glitter in the sunrise… A Girl in Shorts comes every morning to…
James R. Hahn is a very successful live performance artist (see his work here) and creator of truly authentic audience experiences. This couple’s business inspiration has been co-starring for 30 years with his wife Kay. Whether it was music early in their career or the live performances and murals they do today this pair challenges…
Are you a rescue too? Although I’m a dog, as you can see by my photo, I can empathize with humans who get adopted or maybe even more with foster kids who have their lives turned completely around by someone, the right one(s), coming into their lives with love they’d never known, or forgotten, existed.…
If I say to you now “get naked”, can you easily do it? Can you step into your authenticity, fearlessly, fully and completely? Every day I see how people struggle to find their voice – whether they run a large organization or a small business… or even in their relationship with their loved ones… So,…
There was time when it was completely maddening trying to understand my wife and I think it’s because she unconditionally loves me. Here’s how it seems. My wife Olga won’t do anything I want her to do. I mean that. In the smallest of matters her response to my wants and preferences is often an…
Since a very young age, probably since my early teens, I’ve been captivated by the enigmatic beauty of characters created by Boris Vallejo, and I later found the same, in the work of Dorian Cleavenger. The images made me feel in each fiber of my being what I have not realized within myself yet –…
