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    The Imagination Experiment

    I’m in the deep midst of an imagination experiment. I’m doing this to see how big I can really let myself play. How much do I hold back? How much am I letting myself have what I want? Where are my mental limits? Start by listing a couple of things you deeply yearn for. Then [...]

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    Lady Gaga: Doing What The Soul Yearns

      “When a soul wishes to experience something, she throws an image of the experience out before her and enters into her own image.” – Meister Ekhart I just read a fabulous article on Lady Gaga in Vogue’s September issue. Fabulous not only because Lady Gaga is Fabulous, but because the writer, Jonathan Van Meter, was [...]

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    Letting the Tides of Life Move You

    There was a point in my life, about 5 years ago, when I felt utterly bereft. Of love, family, identity, security. I had gone through tremendous losses, some of them because of conscious choices, and some that came like a thief in the night. I also moved to San Diego during this time. It felt [...]

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Lessons From The Edge

This is a tribute of love and the deepest of gratitude, to my sister Ngoc Tram. It’s been three years since I was asked by my sister to stay. She was dying. Cancer won, chemo was over, and we began our journey of home hospice and dying. It wasn’t a noble decision on my part [...]

Want Flow? Put Your Body Back In Sync

Cadence. It’s a word I’ve always loved. Cadence is a ‘balanced, rhythmic flow.’ It’s also used in music, such as a ‘harmonic cadence,’ which is a progression of at least two chords that concludes a section or piece. When my life lacks a sense of cadence, I get extremely uncomfortable. Out of sync and out [...]

Challenge: Extreme Self Reliance + Extreme Self Expression

I didn’t make it to Burning Man this year, but Black Rock City is certainly on my mind right now. Experiences that take you out of your daily life and comfort zone can often make an impact, but I’m not sure I’ve ever experienced the intensity that I did in this desert. I guess that’s [...]