Inner-Mastery Mentoring
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My Most Recent Musings
Guilt Versus Truth
After many months of demanding circumstances, the dust is clearing, and I've seen many things I did and didn't do that I wish I could have done differently. There's no changing that reality. But what had changed was the inner response to such a moment. When I came to...
“it’s too much, I can’t…”
For Some, inner mastery means facing things with a level head, clear understanding, and reminding ourselves the events are only temporary situations. I tend to have high expectations of myself and strive to meet all set goals. Yet sometimes, I must admit that my...
Just wait…
A dream come true has landed in my lap. A stunning north Berkeley home with an expansive, beautifully landscaped garden, has been gifted to me as a home base for a month. A month! It was exactly the vision I put out last year, then as part of my personal practice, I...
Keeping The Heart Open
A dream come true has landed in my lap. A stunning north Berkeley home with an expansive, beautifully landscaped garden, has been gifted to me as a home base for a month. A month! It was exactly the vision I put out last year, then as part of my personal practice, I...
Getting through Tough Times
Man, did I struggle last week. I could not manage, and the usual ways I shift myself weren´t working. In fairness to myself, however, the week was the accumulation of: 11 office moves. Two real estate transactions. Four residency changes. Two sets of house and car...
Consciously Uncoupling
I am sitting in a small, Islands-bright aqua bedroom a 1/2 block from the beach. The old-school A/C unit in the window rattles loudly, so I open the window, pull on the fan, and bathing suit clad, begin this month’s Musing in the steamy tropical heat. I...
The 5 L’s for living a long, fulfilling life
As the sale and emptying of my Florida home move forward, I find perspective is needed. I see nothing but uncompleted tasks, unfinished projects, unmanaged details, and no clear plan for them all. So when I read this little article, it put my inner stresses into...
Life: The Play of Resisting & Receiving
There have been times when my life seemed stuck. I wanted out of something, or at minimum, wished it could be different, but circumstances wouldn't budge. I couldn't find clarity, patience, or even acceptance about how life was. Anger, frustration, self-pity, sorrow,...
Life and Love
Love has come home to roost. I´ve had 61 years living with periods of struggle, confusion, and pain, interspersed with such sweet moments, hoping I could be free of the former and stay in the later, yet never succeeding. The pain had me frantically seeking-...
What Matters
The last time I left the Bay Area to return to Florida, I did not want to go. Of course, I wanted to see my son. And I was looking forward to going to Canada afterward to see my 90-year-old aunts, uncles, and other family members. But honestly, it was as if the cells...