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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.
Loving Our Enemies? Love Your Enemy? Is this Legit? Ready to Get Uncomfortable? This headline might sound like the craziest thing you’ve ever heard, but this is what I’ve been thinking about a lot for the last year (probably several years). Today I was rereading Living Buddha, Living Christ by Thich Nhat Hanh and it inspired creating […]
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Welcome to Mindful Monday Video 1! Hi friends, many folks that know me well, know that my purpose in life is to challenge people to become innovative leaders so we can change the world together. This new video series idea is one way I thought I might be able to help you have a better
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Any American knows Ben Frankin was an important Founding father but most don’t know… …that beyond all the great things he did for the development of our country, he also had a wellness routine to help him thrive in life. Yes, you may already know he was the only founding father to have signed all four of
Historic Wellbeing – Ben Franklin and His 13 Virtues for Thriving! Read More »
can these thoughts help everyday people in overcoming suffering? Let’s discuss a bit… Are the Buddhist Five Remembrances just for Buddhists? One of the things I love about Buddhism is its practical wisdom for living life. You do not have to be a “Buddhist”, or even practice “Buddhism” per se, to benefit from Buddhist wisdom (well,
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Have you ever thought about the practice of being grateful? Before I had depression, I NEVER really gave gratitude much thought. I just lived life and took what came and acted the way I was conditioned or trained to act and to respond. It wasn’t until I was in crisis mode that I started grasping
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Let’s talk about the importance of reflecting on what you already have As you already know, it is easy to get busy and overwhelmed in the thick of things in life. We can even get a bit out of touch at times when we get hung up on things that seem important at the time,
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“AFTER YOU GET WHAT YOU WANT, YOU DON’T WANT IT”… and Other Interesting Behaviors of Humanity Let’s kick things off with some interesting history related to the hedonic treadmill concept. Here is Van & Schenck’s 1920 performance of “After You Get What You Want, You Don’t Want It”–words & music by Irving Berlin. The song
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That’s the million dollar question right there, right? The quick answer is… A Hellagood Life is just another name or idea for living your best, most rewarding, and fulfilling life. For living the life of your dreams. For sustainable happiness and love and powerful coping tools. Yes, these ideas are a quick thought on what a
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Wholesome Living? Why Bother? What the heck is the 5 Mindfulness Trainings? Why bother living wholesomely? I’m sure at one point in my life I would have chuckled at this thought. I want to LIVE life and have fun and “wholesomeness” certainly doesn’t sound fun does it? Growing up within conservative Christian beliefs, I was
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What is the one thing everyone wants out of life… Happiness, right? Of course. But if this is true and happiness is so important, why is it so hard to find? Or at least it’s hard to find sustainable happiness. The reason for this, in my mind, is because we are blinded by what the
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