This is another repost from a while back for those who are new to the blog or who just want a refresher! In my work I talk a lot about the clock, and the fact that it moves by itself, by virtue of the fact that our planet naturally rotates around itself and the sun, […]
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Being is Action
What do I mean when I say being is action? I mean that the state of existing in time and space automatically indicates that we are in some state of activity. Some examples of activity would be: lying down, reading a book, typing on the computer, standing in the living room, eating a banana, talking […]
New Book!
My new book, The Myth of Doing: managing guilt, shame, anxiety, regret and self-judgment is now available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle (you can also order this book from any bookstore). Here is the link and below is a description of the book: This book validates who we are and what we do, despite our mind’s […]
Audiobook announcement
Body Over Mind is now available in audiobook format read by me! You may purchase via the below links. There is also a free 5 minute sample. Enjoy! AUDIOBOOK on amazon http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B017WEDZEE… itunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/body-over-mind/id720870312… audible http://www.audible.com/pd/Self-Development/Body-Over-Mind-Audiobook/B017WEE0MA/ref=a_search_c4_1_4_srTtl?qid=1447439642&sr=1-4
We Are Always Productive
From my book, Body Over Mind, A Mindful Reality Check Many of us criticize ourself for being inactive; we feel like we do not do enough with our time, or we do the wrong things. What is indispensable for countering this judgment is the knowledge that we can only, ever, be doing the thing we […]
The Issue of Waiting
An excerpt from my book, Body Over Mind, a mindful reality check The answer to every question in our life will be disclosed to us some time after now. Therefore, when we worry about things happening or not happening, we must wait to find out. This is an aspect of reality that regularly causes us […]
Introduction to my book, Body Over Mind, a mindful reality check
The Illusion of Effort F.M. Alexander, Byron Katie, and Robert Rabbin, three renowned, awareness-based educators, all illuminate the fact that the usual way we perceive ourself, and our behavior, is through our thought process which these three deem to be an unreliable source for acquiring a sense of personal reality. Specifically, what their outlooks have […]
Real Time vs. Thought Time
An excerpt from my book Body Over Mind, a mindful reality check In our mind’s eye problems should resolve quickly, while in actuality they can work themselves out very gradually. Though our physical behavior moves sequentially with the clock, thought does not. Thoughts skip around in ways that make us feel like we can jump […]
Feeling Pressure to “Do” Something: The Physical Reality Principle
-This is an excerpt from my book, Body Over Mind, a mindful reality check When I am feeling stressed, whether it be a result of guilt, worry, sadness, anger or fear, I feel like I need to do something to make things better. When weighed down by this pressure, I tell myself very directly that […]
Being is Action: The Reality of Doing
What do I mean when I say being is action? I mean that the state of existing in time and space automatically indicates that we are in some state of activity. Some examples of activity would be: lying down, reading a book, typing on the computer, standing in the living room, eating a banana, talking […]
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