Addictions and substance abuse cause so much pain they bring out our urge to wage war. Perhaps there are other ways to see the problem, spiritual ways to understand why people become addicted that might reduce the shame and provide insights to help people who abuse substances. My partner Olga Kostrova and I navigate through…
Freedom from all forms of bondage is everyone’s goal on the way to finding loving relationships and fulfilling life experiences. The stickiest factor in life’s snares is the ego with all its defenses, desires and aversions. Because our egos are so powerful and persistent it’s an almost impossible challenge to escape their hold on us.…
Is there a way to find power, peace passion and grace amid the chaos, suffering and powerful negative forces in the world? As a man do you ever allow yourself to just let go and release all the efforts and feelings you’ve been holding inside? Women, do you long for a way to help the…
Mike & Catriona Harris reports doing business together almost cost them their marriage until dividing up responsibilities and respecting each other’s roles turned their relationship around and led to numerous awards. Uproar PR with now three offices in North America, Orlando, Toronto and Chicago (quick name a 4th city that ends in “o”?) is the…
“…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,…
On an all too regular a basis, since the word went out about my healing gift and coaching / teaching practice, I’ve been receiving notes from people saying they are contemplating suicide. It’s overwhelming and it fills my heart with sadness for the state of humanity. As people reveal what makes their lives so unbearable…
“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…
