Today, I joined a local co-working space called Club Kwench. Co-working spaces are a fairly new working phenomenon, intended for people who work from home but may need an office space. What is so delightful about this space, is its owner, Tessa McLoughlin. She has a vision for this co-working space – a place where people come together because we need each other. A place where we can work on our own and at the same time, we can connect. As Continue Reading
Unifying the Rider and the Elephant
I recently had the opportunity to attend a three day conference on “Science and Spirituality” – featuring authors such as Bruce Lipton, Joe Dispenza and Gregg Braden. One of the concepts emerging from the weekend was the idea that we rely on our subconscious programming most of the time in our lives. One figure was that we are operating using our conscious mind only around 5 to 10% of the time and are operating with our subconscious mind Continue Reading
Let’s Feel Some Compassion for Caterpillers
On a hike I was on the other day with a friend, we both noticed a young woman ahead of us taking pictures of something on the ground. We came up and she quickly told us that she was watching a bunch of fire ants eating a caterpillar. She smiled at us, got up, and kept going on her walk. My friend and I then stopped to look at the caterpillar. It was quite the sight. There was a swarm of fire ants on the caterpillar and the caterpillar was Continue Reading
Lessons Learned Through Grief
In the last HEN, I had written about going to see a dying friend and then coming home to write last month’s issue. It turns out, that very night, at the dawning of the new day, my friend died. So this last month has been a bookend to her life for me – starting with her dying and now, one month later, coming back to this place of reflection with you. Two days after she died, I started a daily practice that lasted a cycle of 7 days. Each Continue Reading