You have a distant memory of when things seemed to magically fall into place. There was flow. Life was lighter, fun, full of laughter. You had your mojo.

Mojo (noun)

1. A magic charm, talisman, or spell

2. Good luck, charm or skill that seems to come from something...

Your Life

I want you to imagine that your life is like a house and the rooms in the house represent your experiences in different areas of life. Maybe money, relationships, health, emotions, family, the mind etc. The only thing that is preventing you from getting into...

Hang on, just one. Start with just one.

Well, I’ve got a problem too. Nothing too major. If it wasn’t this problem, I’m sure I would have conjured up another one to keep me company. Something to mull over. Discuss. Decipher. Move away from. Move towards.

After doing...

I sense my nervousness as I begin rigging Zephyr. Or is this excitement? After all, nervous and excitement have the same response. When you’re nervous your heart rate goes up, your hands get clammy and you think about the future. When you’re excited your heart rate goe...

Often in our society, the pessimists are frowned upon, but historically we needed the pessimists to survive.

Let's say after a few lean years we had a fantastic harvest in our village. Yay! Now, all the optimists want to have a huge feast, eat everything and be happy....

Yes, yes this does involve chocolate again. What I want you to do, is substitute the chocolate for that thing you keep doing that you’d rather not be doing. By the way, I know you’re still doing it because we’re all human. Sometimes things can take awhile to change. Wh...

Yum some chocolate would really hit the spot right now. Just a little bit. It won’t hurt, I’ve had a really good week. I can smell Anvers chocolate fudge from here. I can already taste how smooth, sweet and rich it is. It’s cold. I want to read my book and eat chocolat...

A water bearer in China had two large pots, each hung on the ends of a pole which he carried across his neck. One of the pots had a crack in it, while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water. At the end of the long walk from the stream to...

For so many years people have stepped in (and still do) with an “I can do that for you.” “Don’t lift that, you’ll hurt yourself.” “That’s too heavy for you, you’re small.” These people were protecting me. I appreciated that and let them do these things for me.

I start...

A pearl is formed when a grain of sand, parasite or some other irritant works its way into an oyster. As a defence mechanism, a layer of fluid is used to coat the irritant. Layer upon layer of this fluid is deposited until a pearl is formed.

Just like an oyster we all...