And The Counterintuitive Approach I Used To Handle It — Before the pandemic arrived, I was managing my sixteen-year-old just fine, thank you very much. He is Son №2 (and Kid №4), and, when the Coronavirus started its sweep of the planet, I had what I thought was some pretty healthy and solid infrastructure around him. For starters, we’d always…

Keep a protective connection with your child while you allow for their own necessary growth — She reminded me of a young Scarlett Johansson, about as physically perfect as any human I’ve ever met. I’ll call her “K”. You’ve got to picture this girl. Beachy blond hair, a megawatt smile, a pair of eyes you could stare into for days. As for beauty and brains, she…

Use this lucid dreaming practice which ignites your imagination and opens you to something profound — A good friend recently described her LSD trip. It was life-changing, she said. An opportunity to actually meet her soul, touch in with it, and understand her Journey from a raw and utterly fresh perspective. A part of me really wanted that. Seriously, who wouldn’t? Who wouldn’t want the numinous…

You still have access, even if you live in different centuries — I’ve been mentor-hungry for most of my life. Somehow, I’ve always known that if I wanted to up-level in any way, I needed someone to model for me what it could look like to work and live at that new level. …

Girlfriend, you’re not afraid of selling — Surely you’ve heard the term womanpreneur. I see it everywhere these days, especially on Instagram, where the hashtag has nearly half a million posts. Truthfully, I’m not sure what I think of it. “Womanpreneur.” …

3 robust techniques that free you from the ravages of ego-mind — Picture this. You’re in a high-stakes conversation, and you say something that instantly prompts you to wish you could hit the ‘Undo’ button. Embarrassment and shame flush through you, and here comes ego-mind, your inner critic, megaphone at the ready, ratcheting up the heat. Just like that, all the rapid-fire…

Reckoning with the aversion they trigger in you can point to where you need to heal. — You know that spectacularly annoying human who continually triggers you? S/he’s the one whose very way of being drives you bonkers. If you’ve ever felt a powerful aversion when you’re triggered; if you’ve ever felt like you wanted to make a mad dash for the exit because you’re literally starting…

Use The Practice of Negative Imagination To Uncover What You Really Value — Many years ago, a man in our community was murdered by an intruder who broke into his home. Apprehended later by the police, the assailant confessed to the crime, revealing that the man he’d killed had begged for his life. …

I have one unfair advantage that powers me through the tough times — I sit in a demographic only the beauty industry cares about. The folks who make lotions and potions promise to smooth my wrinkles and soften my stretch marks. They want to convince me I can look like the women who appear on the billboards that dot the local interstate, women…