Musings for Inner-Mastery

Essays For Evolution

2024 Musings

Navigating Life’s Challenges: How Embracing Truth Over Guilt Leads to Healing

The shift from guilt to understanding didn’t happen overnight. But ...

Centered Expansion: Honoring Limits as a Path to Inner Mastery

In a world that constantly demands more — more productivity, ...

Just Wait: Embracing Life’s Contractions to Make Space for Joy

We often associate growth and progress with constant movement, constant ...

Keeping the Heart Open: Embracing the Flow of Life

Wow! A dream has come true in the form of ...

2023 Musings

The Power of Quiet: Why Inner Stillness Is More Than Silence

We often think of quiet as the absence of noise ...

What Matters: A Grounded Practice for Making Tough Decisions

The last time I left California to return to Florida, ...

Life and Love: A Journey of Transformation and Resilience

Life has a way of teaching us the power of ...

Life: The Play of Resisting & Receiving – Resilience

There are times in life when everything feels stuck. You’ve ...
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The 5 L’s for Living a Long, Fulfilling Life: Wisdom from a 102-Year-Old Doctor

The 5 L’s for Living a Long, Fulfilling Life: Wisdom ...

Consciously Uncoupling: The Power of Letting Go and Embracing Change

Life has a way of guiding us through periods of ...

Getting Through Challenging Times: The Power of Pacing

Life is full of ups and downs, and sometimes, it ...

Redefining Productivity: Honoring Your Authentic Capacity

As the final months of 2023 came to a close, ...

2022 Musings

Softening Through Life’s Constriction: What to Do When Everything Feels Tense

Constriction is something we all feel—sometimes all at once, sometimes ...

The Power of Doing Without Doing: Action Without Effort

“Our lives are lived in intense and anxious struggle, in ...

The Courage to Love: Embracing the Power of Connection

Life is fleeting. Each moment can feel fragile, and yet, ...

Positive Choices

Mastering Choice Making: How to Shift from Deciding to Discerning ...

The Inner Pendulum: The Strategy of Counterbalance

Ever feel like your brain is running tabs on ten ...

Three Powerful Words to Practice for a More Connected, Happier Life

Two weeks ago, I was on retreat with Rupert Spira, ...

Returning to Ourselves

As we approach the end of another year, it's the ...

2021 Musings

Inner Mastery- Musing: ¨I Am That¨

“Judge Not Lest ye Be Judged”

“I cannot but see you as myself.It is in the very nature of love to see no difference.”         ...
Inner Mastery Musing: Simplicity

5 Grounded Approaches for Powerful Simplicity

“The Art of Being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook” William JamesThere’s a quiet kind of wisdom ...
Inner Mastery Musing: Finding Beauty

Finding Beauty: A Simple Practice to Transform Your Day

“Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it ...

The Unexpected Change: Embracing Life’s Aliveness

“You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live ...
Centered Expansion

Centered Expansion: How to Grow Without Losing Your Ground

There it was, despite being 3,000 miles away, and almost ready to buy a perfectly good home nearby, a place ...
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Enjoyment Versus Attachment: How Learning to Let Go Unlocks More Joy

“In the end, it doesn’t matter how many breaths you take, but how many moments took your breath away.” — ...
Inner Mastery Musing: Essentialism

The Power of Essentialism: Aligning Purpose with Daily Life

We all have something unique to offer the world—our individual genius, the ability to create peace, and the deep connection ...
Inner Mastery Musing: Happiness

Happiness and the Cycle of Pleasure & Desire: loving the good, not leaning on it

Life has a way of expanding in unexpected ways. There are periods when everything just clicks, and happiness flows freely ...
Inner Mastery Musing: Enjoyment Versus Attachment

La Familia – Enjoyment Versus Attachment

The other evening, I sat down for dinner at my friends Abby and Frankie’s house. Their story has always fascinated ...
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Embracing Life’s Shadows: The Power of Resilience and Growth Through Grief

Embracing Life's Shadows: The Power of Resilience and Growth Through Grief Grief is a universal experience. It touches everyone, though ...

2020 Musings

inner mastery musing: unbidden joy

Embracing Unbidden Joy: A Path to Freedom and Fulfillment

Have you ever experienced moments of pure, uncaused joy? The ...
Be The Change

Shifting From Reacting to Responding

A client asked me recently, “Is it wrong to wish ...