Maybe Your Frustration Isn’t the Problem
What if the feeling you’re trying to get rid of is actually inviting you to understand yourself more deeply? Lately, I’ve been struggling with something I thought, after more than twenty years on my spiritual journey, I would have learned to handle a little better. Frustration. I know how important it is to accept what […]
Are You Tired of Always Being the Responsible One?
Learning to care without carrying everyone else’s life. For as long as I can remember, responsibility has been a significant part of who I am. But what I’ve come to understand is that, for me, being responsible was never simply about doing the right thing or being someone others could depend on. It went much […]
When You Don’t Know What to Believe Anymore
Five ways to find clarity, trust your judgment, and become more discerning in a world of conflicting information. Lately, I’ve become increasingly aware of how much information we’re exposed to every day. News, social media, podcasts, videos, opinions, advice, and now artificial intelligence are constantly offering us something else to think about, believe, question, or […]
What You Don’t Understand May Change Everything
One of the books that has stayed with me for more than twenty years is Don Miguel Ruiz’s The Four Agreements. One of those agreements is beautifully simple: Don’t make assumptions. I understood the words when I first read them. But I am not sure I truly understood their depth. Because one of the things […]
Maybe Spirituality Was Never Meant to Give You the Perfect Life
More than twenty years ago, when I began taking my spiritual journey seriously, I thought I had discovered a path that would eventually teach me how to get life right. I didn’t necessarily think of it in those words at the time. But looking back, I can see it clearly. I believed that if I […]
You Can’t Create a New Life Through an Old Perspective
There is a familiar saying often attributed to Einstein: doing the same thing over and over again while expecting a different result is a form of insanity. Most of us hear that and think the answer is obvious: stop doing the same thing. Change the behaviour. Build a better habit. Sometimes that works. But often […]
The Questions Change as You Change
A few days ago, I had one of those conversations that stayed with me long after it ended. I was speaking with my friend Mark Layne. Mark and I have known each other for years, and he has travelled his own spiritual journey for a long time. He also wrote the commentaries for the Shaltazar […]
Knowing More Does Not Make Us Wise
We are living in an age where information is no longer difficult to find. It is everywhere. We can ask a question and within seconds receive answers from Google, AI, podcasts, social media, experts, coaches, friends and complete strangers. The problem is no longer a lack of information. We are receiving more of it than […]
Control Can’t Give You What You Really Want
For the first fifty years of my life, I was, without realizing it, something of a control freak. That experience has helped me understand both the appeal of control and why so much of my spiritual journey has involved learning to release it. From my early connection with Shaltazar, I was encouraged to release, let […]
The Energy of Your Desire
For much of my life, I believed getting what I wanted was mostly a matter of deciding what I wanted badly enough and then working hard enough to make it happen. That was the world I grew up in. You were supposed to want a good career, financial success, marriage, children, a nice home, security […]