“Try to look at your weakness and convert it
into your strength. That’s success.”
Zig Ziglar
Several months ago I wrote a newsletter about the experience of failure, specifically describing my experiences with it in theater (Lessons of a Locked Door). In that article I promised to share the key to this particular locked door once I
“Unexpressed emotions never die.
They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways.”
Sigmund Freud
There is a trap those of us who do a lot of self-work tend to fall into. After a few years we start to expect a lot from ourselves, and become impatient if old patterns come up or we
“Suffering is not holding you. You are holding suffering.”
Osho
A few years ago I attended a 5 day retreat led by a spiritual teacher. The nature of the event was such that from the first day I felt bonded to the 89 other attendees, and by the end I had the visceral sensation that every
“May I arrive at the perfect time.”
Jane Cudney (my grandmother)
I was recently running late for an appointment downtown. While driving I was first focused on time and traffic, my body tense with the effort of not being late.
Fortunately, this is Portland and it was rush hour, so I had time to rethink my strategy.
“Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again,
this time more intelligently.”
Henry Ford
I’ve wanted to be an actress for as long as I can remember. Theater specifically has been my first love and passion in a way nothing yet has been able to match. This is funny to say since when I had my psychic
“Two steps forward, one step back seems
to be the way a lot of progress goes.”
Jim Parsons
Several of my clients recently told me they’d achieved their goals. Their chronic issues had resolved and they no longer felt imprisoned by their patterns. I enthusiastically endorsed their success, and cautioned the work wasn’t over yet.
Sure enough, within a few
“Let go and be free.”
ATGW
Recently I dreamed an elderly Japanese man offered to do an energy clearing on my hands. In the dream I recognized I needed his help but didn’t want him to do it and refused. Events then led to me to taking a Qi Gong class from him during which I
“To everything there is a season and a time
to every purpose under heaven.”
Ecclesiastes
The weekend of January 23rd, 2009 I was in charge of the food for a black belt test in Pukulan, an intensive Indonesian martial art. The test lasted for 48 hours, and it was my job to provide meals for about 30
“I see my path, but I don’t know where it leads.
Not knowing where I’m going is what inspires me to travel it.”
Rosalia de Castro
This will likely be my last newsletter for a while. We are now preparing for our daughter to be born in November, and as a result I won’t have events
“If heaven is a happy place, then the happier
I am the closer I am to heaven.”
Sarah Curts at age 5
What would you do right now if you were joyful, passionate, vibrant?
This is the question I’ve been asking myself multiple times a day for the last several weeks. I’m someone who’s long struggled with lethargy,
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