“Why don’t you a blog post on meditation?” asked a man I recently met. “What is every executive in a company were required to?” he continued. What would the world look like? How much petty bullshit and time wasting would vaporize….” Clearly the man had pleasurable meditation experiences. He didn’t know that I [...]
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Desert Detox Lessons
“I need to redo my life, “I said. “You are always redoing your life,” said a friend But I wasn’t really redoing…I was just adding on. I had accumulated too many projects, too many hobbies, too many identities. Without focus I was becoming meaningless. In the words of Robert Hanson, President of Levi’s North America, [...]

A Lesson From a Blind Woman
Sometimes we need to slow down and refocus our line of vision on what really matters. It was 8 am on Sunday morning. My head hurt from last night’s whisky and my internal rollercoaster of competing thoughts. Career. Relationship. Life. What did it all mean? And why am I always hungover? Ugh. I dialed up [...]

Easy Steps to a Balanced Life-Interview with a Health Consultant
Last week I was trying to get a group of friends together for a meal out at a new restaurant. “I can’t. I’m on a cleanse,” said one. “If I weren’t too hungover from the last night, maybe,” said another. “I have a triathlon to train for,” was another reply. From raw diets to raves, [...]
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