What would you do about the pirate situation off the coast of Somalia? ********** There is nothing simple about the country of Somalia on the eastern Horn of Africa. It achieved independence from Britain and Italy in 1960 and because of its important strategic location near the mouth of the Red Sea and Saudi Arabia… Continue Reading
Creative Approaches To What You Have Been Thinking About
Category Archives: Personal Development & Spiritual Work
Tattoo Placement: On Reimagining the Body
A few weeks ago I was contacted by @steveboese who hosts an online radio show called The HR Happy Hour. While I have offered creative approaches for HR problems before I wondered if there would indeed be enough fodder for a one hour call in show for creative approaches about HR issues. Steve assured me that my… Continue Reading
Changing Your Status to Pure, Perfect and Complete
Who among us doesn’t have a habitual version of the way we see ourselves? In an uncertain world it offers us some predictable safety. But there is a language we use to orient ourselves in almost all situations. It can be the language of making things problems or the language around making everything a competition…. Continue Reading
Ideal Careers? Follow Your Bliss? Get beyond foolish first
When it comes to sorting out a life or a career in terms of which direction to go there are many sources to draw on. Pick your insightful book or thought leader or writer. They have loads to say on the matter. And while you may work to find the color of your parachute or… Continue Reading
Jesus was wrong: what those magazines on your coffee table really mean
In the Gospel of Thomas, one of the exiled books of the Gospels (highly suggested reading), Jesus said When you make the two into one, and when you make the inner like the outer and the outer like the inner, and the upper like the lower, and when you make male and female into a… Continue Reading
Marketing soccer and giving gifts
Career. Relationships. Stress. I am always grateful to meet with anyone and talk about whatever they feel moved to talk about. That said, there are some recurring themes that come up. I am always attentive as I listen. Listening as if were the first time I have heard the situation. Largely I think I am… Continue Reading
Frost, children, relationships: the fractured idea of being independent
A woman named J came up to the table. J is from England, is 39 and feels tremendous pressure from her family and friends to get a boyfriend and have a baby (where you see J’s words in quotes make sure you do your best “Souf Lundun” accent). But truth be told, she just isn’t… Continue Reading
When the Homeless Dream of Dragons
“Pay What You Like or Take What You Need” That is what my sign says. What it means exactly is mysterious. People pay in varying amounts. People pay in non-currency. People don’t pay. Take what you need…that is where the mystery resides. I have had a number of people who have pseudo-stalked the table greedily… Continue Reading
Finding a Latino Buddha
Sitting in Union Square as I do I have learned to never be surprised. But it happens anyway. S was in every way by first account a stereotypically hip hop influenced Puerto Rican New York guy. In his mid 30′s, oversized Yankees cap, baggy clothing, Timberland boots, thin lined beard and mustache, a gold chain and plenty… Continue Reading
Ecstasy as Religion
If you don’t live in New York City it is unlikely that you know about the Black Hebrew Israelites. Though there is a long and interesting history of the intersection of African Americans and Jewish culture in New York City there is one thread with amazing uniforms that is both vocal and incredibly racist who… Continue Reading