“Cowardice asks the question ‘Is it safe?’. Expediency asks the question ‘Is it politic?’. Vanity asks the question ‘Is it popular?’. But conscience asks the question ‘Is it… Continue reading
How to Keep the Energy of Inspiration Alive
Once inspiration delivers you a great idea, is that it? Is its usefulness complete? Inspiration is one expression of your inner guidance system. However, your inner guidance system,… Continue reading
Meditation+Inspiration+Action=Innovation
Why meditate? Will it help you with the problem you want to solve? I’ve been doing twice-weekly online meditation gatherings for 4 ½ years and been teaching meditation… Continue reading
Innovation Intelligence?
Innovative Intelligence. What does that mean? I’ve read a lot of innovation texts. And articles. I have to admit that I’ve fallen asleep in the midst of reading… Continue reading
What is required to thrive in these uncertain times?
We are, unquestionably, in tumultuous times. It is not that we have never felt uncertainty before. Of course we have. In fact, uncertainty and change have felt like… Continue reading
Why is now the time to remember your magnificent truth?
Do you long to remember something that feels just out of your reach? Take a look. What’s that in your Amazon Cart? An invisibility cloak? Or a visibility cape? … Continue reading
Do you feel an urgency to create? Poetry is love in motion
For the past few years my friend Wali Qutbuddin Loren Ruh Smith has been sharing his poetry with me. He’ll often send something in response to a blog post of mine… Continue reading
The Hero’s Journey meets The Baca Pillars
For as long as I can remember I’ve wondered about my life. I’ve puzzled over why I felt the way I did, that I sensed I was different from most… Continue reading
Offer yourself with a generosity of spirit. It’s gratitude in action.
(This was originally written in July, 2013. I’ve updated that post to bring you something new!) If truth doesn’t set you free, generosity of spirit will. ― Katerina Stoykova… Continue reading
Create a Remarkable Work of Art: Your Life
All the arts we practice are apprenticeship. The big art is our life. — M. C. Richards Life As Art Do you ever doubt that life is a… Continue reading
Dream Boldly: 10 Questions to Rouse Your Inner Child Wisdom
What dreams lay forgotten within you, unvoiced and unnoticed? Think of the dreams that you had as a young child, the ones that ignited your imagination. What would reconnecting… Continue reading
What is your essential message to the world? Expression is key.
Are you like me in feeling like there is something important you have to do in life? Could you have an essential message to communicate? What the heck… Continue reading
Connect with limitless possibilities. Create with the universal language of pictures.
Did you ever create imaginary worlds as a child? They had limitless possibilities, didn’t they? Do you remember the joy and freedom you felt? You could be a… Continue reading
How do you participate in the world? Are you ready to play on a new stage?
Do you feel like your insides are being squeezed? As if your current creative expression is too small for what you want to share with the world? Expand Your… Continue reading
Surrender to being who you are. You are exactly what is needed.
Try as you might, you cannot pummel yourself into being anyone other than who you are. You cannot push, placate, wheedle or cajole someone else to approve of… Continue reading
What if you mastered the art of living?
Like a Star Trek vision of teleporting from place to place, I have always believed that life can be mastered. I started on this quest in my 20’s,… Continue reading
