Cultural Creatives and Creative Investment: A New Economic Model of Support

Why is creativity important in the face of today’s enormous social, ecological, and global crisis? What kind of opportunity is being born through such crises? Do solutions exist that have the potential to transform the planet and create the more beautiful world we dream of? We live in a world where the monetization of life has reached its extreme; a world where nearly all of the relationships that once existed […]

The Circle of Gratitude: Part Seven – Kindling Desire

This is the seventh Part of The Circle of Gratitude Story series. Be sure to check out the Whole overview and introduction here. Full archives at the bottom of the post.   The Circle of Gratitude is a platform for people to create gift relationships within a community of individuals desiring to support each other.   The Circle of Gratitude is a dream that has been evolving over the last […]

The Circle of Gratitude: A New Story of Philanthropy

This is a story that I am practicing each day. In this practice, I open myself to feedback and questions from others so that I can refine, respond, and create greater clarity around the language and intention behind it. Each step of the way I am supported by those inspired by my gifts and I desire to share this opportunity with anyone who wishes to free their creative potential and co-create […]

You Are Not Lazy: Digging Beneath the Symptom

You Are Not Lazy: Digging Beneath the Symptom  It is not laziness you need to overcome, it is inspiration you need to uncover. Immersed in a society that is unaware of its deeply imbedded assumptions, results in a disconnection for those who do not buy into life and world that is presented as normal. Many supposed imbalances within people are storied as inherent personal inadequacies that require external influence to […]

Radical Self-Acceptance

Radical Self-Acceptance   “The attitude of “heroism” is based upon the assumption that we are bad, impure, that we are not worthy, are not ready for spiritual understanding. We must reform ourselves, be different from what we are… We become vegetarians and we become this and that. There are so many things to become. We think our path is spiritual because it is literally against the flow of what we […]

Transformation Through Self Honesty

Transformation Through Self Honesty   “We hardly ever realize that we can cut anything out of our lives, anytime, in the blink of an eye.” ― Carlos Castaneda   I am continually amazed at how effective not trying has been as a driver for positive change in my life. The alternative, trying, has been my predominant tactic to instill habits that support a vibrant, energized, and balanced lifestyle. Absolutely there were […]

Money Motivation

Money Motivation     There is an incredibly uplifting energy present at sunrise each day. The first rays of light cresting the horizon bring the forest alive, as creatures of all shapes and sizes sing their morning song. Greeting the Sun each day fills me with vitality and lightness as beams of love warm my face. It’s nice to know that Earth has got my back though – those same […]

A Gift for the Ocean

  A Gift for the Ocean Inspiration from Andy Goldsworthy   I looked down at the clumps of stringy ocean plants, speckled rhythmically along the smooth sandy beach. What an abundance of beautiful art all around me, I thought. Suddenly, one particular clump caught my eye – it was a large mound with a curved tail coming off of it, in the shape of a spiral! Inspiration struck and I […]