I have several e-mail addresses, one of which dates back to about 1993 and another to about 2004. As you can imagine, I get a lot of subscribed, solicited, and unsolicited mail in my inbox for both of these e-mails. Lately, I’ve gotten a lot of e-mails about things our illustrious Congress is doing or considering or trying to get passed—like closing post offices and stopping Saturday mail delivery, or a bill to replace peer review at the National Science Foundation (NSF) with a set of funding criteria chosen and overseen by Congress, which the sponsoring congressman wants to use as a model for every federal science agency we have.  Continue reading →

So, what is this? I thought we explored finding your passion in 1 — Empowering Yourself—Finding Your Passion!? Didn’t we? Well, we explored some ways of seeking out clues as to what your passion might be. But we also talked about your passion as coming from a deep inner resource. That deep inner resource is called many things: your higher self, your spirit, your soul, the “big” I, higher consciousness, and so on. All of these naming conventions are intended to do two things: differentiate that deep inner resource from your ego or self, and to imply its connection/relationship to the Divine force that is within all of us. It is the source of your creativity and is that driving inner force that “lights you up, ignites your fires, drives you to pursue it.” Continue reading →

What is the “truth” about Internet businesses and making money online? Over the past few weeks I’ve received a tremendous number of unsolicited e-mails about how to make a lot of money online “this afternoon” or “overnight” or make money at home on the Internet by following “a few simple steps,” and I can do this because the sender (or the person they refer to) made “$710,000 in 30 days” or makes “$428/hour” or … You’ve probably received some of these, too—if you haven’t, all you need to do is respond to one of the “make money online” links or ads that come up in Google when you search for online businesses and you’ll be added to “opt-in” e-mail lists that are then resold and resold and resold. Continue reading →

My previous blog on inner integrity was a pretty academic discussion of one way of viewing the foundations of inner integrity. Today, I’d like to look at the reality of inner integrity. How have I experienced inner integrity—or the lack of it? How have you experienced it? We’ll also look at a TEDx talk by Mike Robbins, who has written about authenticity in his book, Be Yourself: Everyone Else is Taken. We’ll look at what is authenticity—how is it related to inner integrity? Here’s Mike’s talk on authenticity: Continue reading →

What came to me in this morning’s meditation is to write about inner integrity—what is it, what does it mean to me, why should I live with inner integrity, and how do I know if I am living with inner integrity? But as I started to write, it became clear that exploring inner integrity also involves exploring feelings and emotions, and clearly understanding the differences between the two…  Continue reading →

So, you’ve got some insight into what the real, deeper you is all about (see blog 6 — Who Are You? Who Am I? for some suggestions about surfacing the real you). And maybe you’ve now got some ideas about what you’re passionate about. And maybe you’ve even got some ideas about how to base a living on that passion. Or maybe you’re not yet sure how to do that.

What I’d like to explore in this blog are some of the ways you could develop an additional income stream based on your passion… Continue reading →

Work, jobs and debt are all on my mind this morning (for a lot of different reasons). Work and jobs are related, but they’re not necessarily related to debt, so let’s explore these this morning and leave debt for a later blog. As always, I welcome your thoughts and ideas on any or all of these topics. How do you view each of them? How have your views made them more or less enjoyable? Did you change your views? If so, how did you do that? Feel free to join the discussion!

What is work and what are jobs, and how are they related? … Continue reading →

5 July 2014: I’ve just added an update to the next-to-last paragraph where I talked about money. You can go directly here for the update, or just reread this entire blog post.

With due respect to The Who, who are you? No, who are you really? There’s the outward manifestation/appearance of you—the you that is seen by acquaintances, store clerks, people on the subway. Then there is the you your colleagues see, the you your close friends see, the you your siblings and cousins see, the you your dad sees, and the perhaps somewhat different you your mom sees.

This outward you is the projection of a constellation of decisions, beliefs, and postulates you’ve adopted from your experiences, your DNA, your heritage, your culture, your country, your religion, your ethnic makeup, … Continue reading →

From time to time, I’ll review and possibly recommend products (and services) from the Internet that support the goals of this site—namely, to help you build a healthy body, mind, and soul, as well as to enhance your life and the living you create. I’ll also identify products that are on my list to try and then review. I’d like your suggestions, too, as to products that you feel meet these overall goals…  Continue reading →