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Self-Help Through Self-Love
I was talking with a friend of mine the other day. We were discussing a disease he has been dealing with. He told me that he took “full responsibility” for the illness. Those words poked me in the...
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Finding Ourselves in Adrian Peterson
The news of Adrian Peterson being charged with child abuse has caused quite a stir. It’s brought up so many issues, from parental rights to child safety to the violent culture within the NFL. Those...
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Swimming with the Sharks
When my son was a small boy, perhaps five or six years old, a new aquarium opened in San Francisco. It was billed as a wild and dangerous adventure. The commercials showed daring explorers moving...
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The Discipline of Loving Ourselves
When I was a child, discipline meant the large wooden paddle with holes (allegedly designed to make the paddle move quicker as it swung toward the buttocks of naughty school children) that hung...
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Love From The Inside Out
sOne of the most impactful business books I read as a young executive was Who Says Elephants Can’t Dance? by Louis Gerstner, Jr. about his experiences while transforming IBM in the 1990s. After my...
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Loving Myself: A New Year’s Resolution
New Year’s Eve is almost here. With it come the ads, the articles, and the tips for all the resolutions we should make to become the way popular culture would like us to be. Eat less. Work out more....
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Mending Our Relationship With Ourselves
I wrote an article once called, “I Feel Like My Job Is Killing Me. What Can I Do?” In the article I described the simple tools I was taught by my teachers to mitigate the stress and drama of everyday...
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The Moments That Matter
I’ve spent the last two weeks in silence at a Tibetan Buddhist retreat in the UK countryside. During the many hours of meditation, as my mind occasionally (often, haha) wandered, I wondered what gem I...
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Relax: From Your Head to Your Little Toe
A few years ago I was sitting at my desk at the Live Nation headquarters in Beverly Hills, working really hard on something I can’t remember today. A friend and co-worker walked by and peeked in my...
View ArticleShaolin Temple With The Dragon
This week I’d like to share with you a special chapter from my book which tells the story of how I met my friend and teacher, the herbal master Ron Teeguarden, and our magical adventure together to the...
View ArticleOf Goals, Self-Love and Monarch Butterflies
There’s a place near my home where the monarch butterflies visit each winter. The tree-filled park by the ocean is a safe shelter from the cold. I remember hearing about it as a child from my mom. She...
View ArticleThis Too Is Life
I spent Halloween night in the ER. On a metal cot in a room constructed of retractable curtains amidst the casualties of Halloween excess, I lay breathing waiting for a diagnosis of the intense...
View ArticleIt’s Okay …
I spent last week on meditation retreat in the Santa Cruz Mountains. I’ve been on retreat a lot this year and I’ve noticed that my life seems to wiggle a bit more while I’m away. As if in order to...
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