Self Development
Chrysalis: Empower (2)
Empower (part 2) “Only the heart knows the correct answer. Most people think the heart is mushy and sentimental. But it’s not. The heart is intuitive; it’s holistic, it’s contextual, it’s relational. It doesn’t have a win-lose orientation. It taps
Chrysalis: Empower (2)
Empower (part 2) “Only the heart knows the correct answer. Most people think the heart is mushy and sentimental. But it’s not. The heart is intuitive; it’s holistic, it’s contextual, it’s relational. It doesn’t have a win-lose orientation. It taps
Chrysalis: Empower (1)
Empower (part 1) Oh hay! Look! I’ve gone and resurrected this from the dead. I stopped writing Chrysalis for a long time because, although it did have a positive effect on how I lived my daily life (just having
Chrysalis: Empower (1)
Empower (part 1) Oh hay! Look! I’ve gone and resurrected this from the dead. I stopped writing Chrysalis for a long time because, although it did have a positive effect on how I lived my daily life (just having
Chrysalis 3.2: Understanding life on autopilot
3: Courage & Self-awareness (part 2) I just wrote this spontaneously, and it is the result of focussing on courage and self-awareness this week: I want to find something that I can truly devote my life to. It’s a constant
Chrysalis 3.2: Understanding life on autopilot
3: Courage & Self-awareness (part 2) I just wrote this spontaneously, and it is the result of focussing on courage and self-awareness this week: I want to find something that I can truly devote my life to. It’s a constant
Chrysalis 3.1: Light, beauty
3: Courage & Self-awareness (part 1) “There is nothing that you are not able to overcome and transform into the light of that which you wish to create.” – @ShipsofSong “But acting with beauty and courage doesn’t always mean you
Chrysalis 3.1: Light, beauty
3: Courage & Self-awareness (part 1) “There is nothing that you are not able to overcome and transform into the light of that which you wish to create.” – @ShipsofSong “But acting with beauty and courage doesn’t always mean you
Chrysalis 3: Courage & Self-awareness
Yes, this is late (sorry!) but better late than never right?: Wrap-up of 2: Joy & Acceptance The interesting thing I’ve been noticing about this project is that I reap the benefits of it mostly towards the end of the
Chrysalis 3: Courage & Self-awareness
Yes, this is late (sorry!) but better late than never right?: Wrap-up of 2: Joy & Acceptance The interesting thing I’ve been noticing about this project is that I reap the benefits of it mostly towards the end of the
Chrysalis: 2.2 – Life is in love with us
Joy & Acceptance (Part 2) An online friend of mine, James, shared these two wonderful excerpts with me. First: God speaks to each of us as he makes us, then walks with us silently out of the night. These are
Chrysalis: 2.2 – Life is in love with us
Joy & Acceptance (Part 2) An online friend of mine, James, shared these two wonderful excerpts with me. First: God speaks to each of us as he makes us, then walks with us silently out of the night. These are
Chrysalis: 2.1 – “It’s found before you seek it”
Joy & Acceptance (Part 1) “I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no brief candle to me. It
Chrysalis: 2.1 – “It’s found before you seek it”
Joy & Acceptance (Part 1) “I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no brief candle to me. It
Chrysalis: 2 – Joy & Acceptance
Wrap-up of 1: Gratitude & Giving I feel like I’ve learned to see the world more in terms of how I can add to it as opposed to my conditioned thought patterns of what I can take. In one of
Chrysalis: 2 – Joy & Acceptance
Wrap-up of 1: Gratitude & Giving I feel like I’ve learned to see the world more in terms of how I can add to it as opposed to my conditioned thought patterns of what I can take. In one of
Chrysalis: 1.5 – Half and half
Gratitude & Giving (part 5) Today I’ve been feeling rather split in half. Part of me is under extreme pressure and the other part is ready to just fly free – to fly completely free like never before. I wonder
Chrysalis: 1.5 – Half and half
Gratitude & Giving (part 5) Today I’ve been feeling rather split in half. Part of me is under extreme pressure and the other part is ready to just fly free – to fly completely free like never before. I wonder
Chrysalis: 1.4 – Philosophy
Gratitude & Giving (part 4) Honestly, I feel like it’s a pretty huge jump in thinking and acting to shift one’s focus from caring only about taking what I need from the world to focussing on what I’m adding to
Chrysalis: 1.4 – Philosophy
Gratitude & Giving (part 4) Honestly, I feel like it’s a pretty huge jump in thinking and acting to shift one’s focus from caring only about taking what I need from the world to focussing on what I’m adding to
Chrysalis: 1.3 – Difficulty
Gratitude & Giving (part 3) At a diner this morning, my horoscope came on TV for a bit and it was strangely apt: ‘Don’t worry about the details and instead focus on helping others.’ I don’t want to deny that
Chrysalis: 1.3 – Difficulty
Gratitude & Giving (part 3) At a diner this morning, my horoscope came on TV for a bit and it was strangely apt: ‘Don’t worry about the details and instead focus on helping others.’ I don’t want to deny that
Chrysalis: 1.2 – The here and now
Gratitude & Giving: Day 2 I keep stopping myself to remind myself where I am. The here and now is perfect. I have no problems that are not abstractions or ‘what ifs’. I keep bringing myself back to the here
Chrysalis: 1.2 – The here and now
Gratitude & Giving: Day 2 I keep stopping myself to remind myself where I am. The here and now is perfect. I have no problems that are not abstractions or ‘what ifs’. I keep bringing myself back to the here
Chrysalis: 1.1 – Some thoughts about giving
Gratitude & Giving: Day 1 I’ve always been afraid to give because I’m afraid I will have nothing left for myself. I’m afraid that I will give more than I am able to and exhaust my own resources. Today I
Chrysalis: 1.1 – Some thoughts about giving
Gratitude & Giving: Day 1 I’ve always been afraid to give because I’m afraid I will have nothing left for myself. I’m afraid that I will give more than I am able to and exhaust my own resources. Today I
Chrysalis: 1 – Gratitude & Giving
Chrysalis is an ongoing weekly personal development project and practice that I’m starting today, 25th February 2010. The idea for this project came to me yesterday while I was feeling extremely grateful for my current life circumstances. I also had
Chrysalis: 1 – Gratitude & Giving
Chrysalis is an ongoing weekly personal development project and practice that I’m starting today, 25th February 2010. The idea for this project came to me yesterday while I was feeling extremely grateful for my current life circumstances. I also had
