Circling the Drain
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Finding our Way Amid the Drama
So, as you might expect, I “pulled up” this line watching a sluggish toilet. Never a dull moment here, let me tell ya. Anyway, I started to think about clients, the [...]
Personal Self Responsibility
Essential Zen Lessons - part 3
I’m thinking that, for the summer at least, I’ll write some lists that fit the survey results from a month or so ago. There were two 98% winners - “Zen Living,” and “Zen Hints and Tips.” The other highly-vored-for [...]
More Zen Ideas
One of the chief distractions is grasping onto a sense of “this is hard.” In relationship counselling, “This is hard” is short-hand for “Why the hell should I have to change when it’s his/her fault?” Hint: because the only thing you have even slight control over is yourself.
The handy dandy 5 step cure to what ails you
Left to our own devices, we are never better than our list of rules. Right and wrong discussions lead precisely nowhere. Here are 5 ways to step out of this swamp, giving you the chance to free yourself, and let others be.
Small, Consistent Steps
Sure, everyone knows: “Rome wasn’t built in a day,” “The road to anywhere begins with the first step,” or even, “Begin with the end in mind.”
So, why is this Zen Living, this making changes, this doing life differently, such a struggle?
There are four things that hinder us: finger pointing, stubbornness, lethargy, and magical thinking. Today, we explore each, and propose a small, consistent step.
10 Ways to Deepen Your Relationship
Elegant Dialog takes communication to a new level of self-responsible relating. None of this comes easily. That being said, here are 10 exercises that will take your relationship from stuck to soaring.
Zen Based, Present Living
