Fear is an inside job. Fear is sneaky and devious. It will deflect and distract until you shrink away from your goals blaming everyone from your parents to your dog but it’s really you causing all that ruckus. Stepping up to the challenge of getting what you want from life isn’t easy. You do the…
Need a little new year motivation? Welcome to 2020, the so-called Vision Year. 20/20, get it? Welcome to The Year of Taking Action. No pressure. It means you’re going to have to pay attention to all those dreams gathering dust on the shelf of memory. You know, the ones where you live the life you’ve…
Neil Peart, drummer/lyricist for the band Rush, who succumbed to cancer, is often called the greatest drummer who ever lived. He isn’t – because no one holds that title. It doesn’t matter if we’re talking about John Bonham, Keith Moon, Bill Bruford, Buddy Rich, Ginger Baker and so on. As long as there is room…
Mental blocks. Who needs ’em? Mental blocks are the worst. It’s a paralysis of all possibility and a complete nuisance for those reaching beyond their perceived limits. Let’s talk about blocks. You’ve got your: road blocks wooden blocks concrete blocks Then you’ve got your: stumbling blocks building blocks and the kind of block where…
This weekly series of motivational posts are for my Tribe of Creatives (of any discipline) stuck in the quagmire of fear and indecision. Changing the course toward a dream is no easy task. It’s not about finding a better job but heeding the inner call to be more than we are. I’m right there with…
This weekly series of motivation-driven posts are for my creative tribe stuck in the quagmire of indecision. Many of us want something more from life. It’s not about finding a better job but yielding to the inner call to be more than we are. We know it’s out there but we don’t quite know how…
Unconditional love is that ideal love we crave from others. We want to be loved and accepted for who we are. I suspect for some, that need for unconditional love comes from not fully loving themselves. They can’t validate themselves so they seek it from others. The only problem is having someone love…
Fearless This week’s theme in the name of dream chasing is: Fearless. Let’s get something straight off the top – everyone is afraid of something. I don’t believe there’s such a thing as 100% fearless. Whenever someone says they are afraid of nothing I wish I had a tarantula in my pocket (I don’t because…
The illuminating power of a smile. This week’s theme on self-improvement, growth and creativity is…Smile. I always smile at people as I pass them on the street. I make it a point to wave and smile to fellow runners coming at me. Some respond, some don’t and some cross the street in traffic because they…
This week’s theme for those of you reaching for a better life is; Strive. To strive is to reach, to try, to dance with the muse of your own creative force until what swirls around your mind is pulled into reality. There is a road out there. You see it, don’t you? That endless…