Creativity Q&A: One Step to Instant Serenity


Q: I’m so busy attending to all the important things in my life that I end up being stressed out with the people I love. Can the Wheel of Creativity help me manage the conflicting priorities of a very busy life? A: This is a question I think we can all relate to. I know I can! No matter how important the things in our life are, they are not as important as the people. But it’s up to each of us to create the containers for our time that nourish and fulfill us.   The...

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Using inner conflicts to create inner peace


Dear Katherine, We are sometimes faced with historic and apocalyptic events (fire, flood, tsunami, earthquakes, etc.) produced by Mother Nature, which could devastate sentimental values, financial security, the well being of our families and at the worst, our very survival. While this kind of devastation may not be threatening us at any one time, what would we do if it did? Such events may make us question our spiritual strength, and the values we hold close to our hearts....

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Creating a Life of Balance


“If you don’t design your life, someone else will design it for you.” (Nigel Marsh) What ever gave us the idea we could delegate this to anyone else? No company, no government, no spouse, no circumstance is responsible for the fact that I don’t (or do) have the life I want. In this 10-minute video of his May 2010 TED talk in Sydney, Nigel Marsh describes his way home to the center of his life. Nigel Marsh at TED Sydney Nigel Marsh is one, like me,...

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reflections on Sri Lanka and the cost of progress


Ian and I have been back in the UK for two weeks now, after a two-week holiday abroad. Week one was Sri Lanka, the 25,000 square-mile “Venerable Island” south of India in the Indian Ocean. Sri Lanka touched us both deeply. Its people touch me still. This morning I am thinking of our driver Kamal. Ian and I have heard from him a handful of times since we parted ways in Wadduwa on September 19th. His heartfelt communiqués disturb me as, now that I’m back, I strive to make a...

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awakening the senses


One of the things I have loved about living in Europe is that I have discovered an experience of the world from the neck down. When I lived full-time in the US, I spent most of my time in my head, thinking about life instead of living. When I arrived in the South of France, the colors, the sun, the architecture, the natural environment, the food all colluded to awaken my senses, and I found a new way to experience my world directly, through my body rather than just my mind....

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be happy


11:30 AM It is very windy here today. Big gusts of wind come blowing through the flat unannounced and depart again as quickly. I like to keep my doors open whenever I can, blocked with various heavy objects, from cans of chick peas to fuchsia-colored dumbbells. But this morning, that was not enough. I was away from my desk after two hours nonstop of staring and typing.  So much to do these days: Finishing the book proposal. Writing the first Wheel of Creativity QuickStart....

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