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Training in The 14 Mindfulness Trainings, Studied / Practiced the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), & Currently Working on Psychology and Coaching Certifications. I'm a life-long learner, high-level visionary, business misfit, and 24+ year business owner. I'm a conscious capitalist working on making a positive impact in the world. Love is my religion. Integrity and Enlightenment are my jam. I’m a music junkie that loves live music, punk rock, and vinyl records. I’m an outdoors enthusiast, like a good Captain-n-Coke, and I am a family man with a foul mouth. I've been doing personal development since 1999, studying & practicing meditation and Taoism since 2014, studying & practicing Buddhism since 2018, and taking psychology classes since 2022.
Early on We may all ask… what is meditation about, and is it for me? When we think about meditation, we imagine Tibetan monks sitting cross-legged in absolute silence in a temple on top of a mountain. Blame it on pop culture if you must, but there is some accuracy in that depiction. Meditation […]
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There are sooooo many benefits of meditation. Today we’ll cover 3 benefits of meditation, some big ones. Meditation is a practice where you train your mind to focus on a particular object like your breath, or on an activity like walking. If your mind runs wild, what meditators call Monkey Mind, no worries, there are
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Hellabad Times? Accept them? Are you crazy? When ‘friends’ aren’t really being friendly to nonconformists. Brace yourself for a long, painful, personal story of bad times, and some brief thoughts on how I overcame them. Over the last 7 years, I’ve been working on some personal struggles in my life. I
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Should we have concerns for Billy Corgan? Could he be another suicide in the future? I just read an article (Billy Corgan on Chris Cornell’s Death: “I’ve Been in That Exact Spot a Thousand Times”) where Billy Corgan was talking about suicide and how he’s experienced feelings that might be similar to what took Chris
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When we think of self care, we often think that we take care of ourselves, and doing really good taking care of ourselves, right? Some of us do, but often times in society, we just run ourselves ragged and burn the candle at both ends. Would you agree? To me, even in these crazy
Self Care: Is It Selfish or Mandatory? Read More »
Happy Thanksgiving, to you, my friends! Let’s talk about Thanksgiving Mindfulness… This morning as I plan for the day ahead, I reflect on what it means to be thankful. Over the last few years, I have done what I call #ThankfulThursday and this is the first time that I see the connection with this
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Let me start out by saying this was originally a long-ass Facebook Post. That’s how I do Facebook… longassed. Anyhow, I share this because the references will by stated from the mindset of these ideas being shared on Facebook, however although you can use them on Facebook or in person or anywhere, I wanted you
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In a world that feels mighty and empowered by winning at all cost have we lost a bit of humanity that actually makes us our best selves? What am I doing writing about “vulnerability” like some expert when I have no idea what the hell I am doing creating this site or what I want
What if Vulnerability was your Superpower? Read More »
