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Video Blog Transcription: (00:00): So it seems to me that more and more people are telling us what to do these days. And not only that, they're telling us how to do it. A common thing, perhaps at work, is that there's this script that we're invited to follow, or basically told to follow. They might call it policy and procedure or whatever else. And basically, it's almost like a flow chart, if you will. It goes something like, "When this happens, you do this, and when this hap

Video Blog Transcription: (00:00): So there's this new thing that's trying to awaken in you, but it's bigger than the way you see yourself. I think this is one of the most obvious and yet most overlooked parts of making change, especially if it's a spiritual change. (00:31) If I'm growing spiritually (we'll use myself as an example), what my mind might think is, “I'm just going to get this new Mike and put it in place of the old Mike.” It's like getting a new iPhone or a new

Video Blog Transcription: (00:00): So there's this really cool practice in my tradition that I was trained to ask myself before I go into ceremony, or before you go into any experience of life, actually. And it's basically to say to yourself, “I am nothing. I know nothing.” Now, if you think about it, it's kind of an odd thing to say, right? Our culture really values knowing things. We get trained for a job, we go to college, and we study to take a test. It's all about knowin

Video Blog Transcription: (00:00): Welcome to the Natural Way of Being video blog. This video is titled “Accepting People as They Are.” In order to accept people as they are, we need to let go of how we need them to be. And so this is where we start on this journey. I'm going to lay out four steps of accepting people as they are. But first of all, this extends to all types of relationships. It extends to friends, love relationships, acquaintances, coworkers, children, parents

Video Blog Transcription: So there's this really cool concept in economics and investment strategies called opportunity cost. Opportunity cost is the cost or loss of potential gain of other alternatives when we choose one alternative. For example, if I choose to invest my money and resources in real estate, there is an opportunity cost of not being able to invest and gain from that investment in the stock market. So that's kind of what it's designed for, then we can look at o

Video Blog Transcription (00:00): Welcome to the Natural Way of Being Video blog. This video is titled, “Choose Your Level of Vibration.” Now, by vibration, I mean energetically we vibrate, and there are levels of vibration if you will. And you've all experienced this. I’m going to call a high level of vibration is how you feel when you watch the sunset, or you do a really cool meditation. Or you're in your yoga savasana, and you're just feeling like, “Wow, I'm connected, I'm

Video Blog Transcription (00:00): Welcome to the Natural Way of Being Video Blog. This video is titled “Hearing Intent.” I want to talk about listening. Now, most of us would agree that it's important to listen when someone is talking to us, but I want to talk about how we listen. To start this journey, I want to go back to how we were trained to listen. I think we were largely conditioned to listen to the words that people were using and comprehend the meaning of those words

Video Blog Transcription (00:00): Welcome to the Natural Way of Being video blog. This video is titled “It Takes Two to Tango”. So have you ever wondered why some interactions that you have just seem magical and open and connected, and both are just having this great connection, and you're getting insights, and it just seems amazing? And then other interactions that may even be with the same person, it just seems flatter and subdued. And you're left with, “Did I do something

Video Blog Transcription: Expanding Your Continuum (00:00): Welcome to the Natural Way of Being Video Blog. This video is titled Expanding Your Continuum. Now, by the word continuum, I'm talking about a kind of our range of human experience between two opposite poles or possibilities, if you will. So the example I'm going to use for most of this video is the range between being passive and being aggressive, and then there's every nuance or gradient in between those two things

Video Blog Summary: Stop Compressing Yourself Recently, while guiding people to open their hearts, I’ve demonstrated how we tend to compress our energy (and love) by tightly clenching my hands together. I continue by unclenching and extending my hands to show that when we stop compressing our energy, it expands into its natural state. When your energy expands, you may sense it extending beyond the edges of your body. This widening of your energy tends to feel expansive, spaci

Video Blog Summary: Grieving the Things You Did Not Allow Yourself The last two video blogs have been about leveraging the energy of spring to awaken new things in your life. This blog continues to expand this idea. There are two truths that provide a foundation for awakening things in your life. First, when you intend something in your life, it is natural for it to awaken in your life. Secondly, the only thing that can get in the way of awakening the thing you want in your l

Video Blog Summary: Spring is a Time to Explore Possibilities Can you feel the energy of spring? Life is awakening and being born. One of the benefits of the medicine wheel is that you can tune into the energy of the earth and life and work with it. The energy of life can aid you in your journey. One aspect of the energy of springtime is the ability to see possibilities. It’s a natural time to explore the various possibilities that are presenting themselves to you. Many of th