How to Cultivate Vitality

As winter settles in here in Minnesota, I find myself slowing down. My body wants to sleep for longer. I want to slow down the pace of my life. I want to downshift to a lower gear. Once the first snow falls, I often feel a longing to go more inward, to hibernate, to...

The Power of Intrinsic Motivation

Have you ever looked at a big goal, a big dream, something you want to heal or learn, and found yourself bailing before you even start? For example, I started writing these weekly Tuesday reflections about 4 years ago. I was going through “stuff” and needed a way to...

You Have No Choice About What You Want

You have no choice about what you want.When someone first suggested this to me, I balked and scrunched up my face in disapproval and disgust, with my knee-jerk response: Of course I have a choice in what I want. What a ridiculous idea. Then I sat with it. And...

How to Have Power Without Being Forceful

Do you remember Aesop’s fable about the power struggle between the sun and the wind? In case you don’t, it goes something like this: One day, as the sun and the wind were arguing about who was stronger, they noticed a man in a coat hurrying down the road....