I was on the road when a friend texted me about Robin Williams suicide. The note was followed by several unhappy face emoticons 🙁 🙁 🙁 … which is a good summation for how this impacted pop culture. The news cut through our world and brought a vibration of sadness, concern and shock. For… Read more »
I’m technically on vacation (even though I’m holed up in the lovely Palm Desert Public Library writing this Zine until I can check into my latest hotel on my road trip). I just spent a week in the California Desert of the Mojave Preserve … right near the spectacular Joshua Tree National Park. It’s the… Read more »
Contact in the Desert is a conference dedicated to the wide-ranging fields connected to what is popularly known as UFOs. It was held (for the 2nd time) in Joshua Tree, California, U.S.A on August 8-11, 2014. And I attended, along with 2000 others from around the world. Why? Well, for a lot of reasons …… Read more »
Had a spectacular stroll and beach sit down this morning on Dallas Road (beach and dog walk area on south side of pretty Victoria, British Columbia, Canada where I live). I made a conscious decision back in 2001, to return to Vancouver Island (having spent my high school and undergrad years here). It’s a GORGEOUS… Read more »
A belated Happy Canada Day to the Canucks and Happy 4th to the Yanks! Our summer is officially kicking off with these celebrations. Been a great couple of weeks since the last eZine … The lovely ladies of Magic Marker Mastermind completed their final retreat of their 6-month program. What a delight they have been… Read more »
Wishing a country and its inhabitants a happy holiday on its anniversary is actually a complicated thing. No country is perfect and mine (Canada) is no different. We have a LONG way to go in lots of areas … environment, better respect for First Nations, conscious business practices, radical improvements in the healthcare, education systems… Read more »
This morning was an ‘interesting’ experience. Not only had I messed up on the timing of a client session (I was strolling along with JJ by the ocean instead of hooked up to Webex … so sorry Marion!) but my assistant Pat had one of those ‘OMG, I can’t believe I just did that’ moments.… Read more »
Don’t get me wrong … I appreciate me a good conspiracy theory. I wouldn’t be a proper card carrying 6 on the Enneagram if I didn’t. But after consuming a batch of my regular alternative media viewing: Gaiam TV, Solari Report, Project Camelot, and the various authors/speakers associated with Contact in the Desert …… Read more »
I’ve lived on and off here in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada since my teens. And I have never seen an Orca from the regular land of town, until today! JJ and I were getting in our morning ritual, a walk in the leash off area of Dallas Road … when we entered two people peering… Read more »
Just finished another book by Gabor Mate. Been a fan for a while. If you aren’t familiar with him, he’s a Vancouver physician and author specializing in addiction (and its underlying cause – PAIN). Right up my alley in terms of my SHIFT-IT work … hard core addictions aren’t the issue in my coaching practice,… Read more »
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