Conscious Living

As parents we wonder how best to raise our children. Understandably, we use the very same blueprint we’ve used for our own lives, encouraging our kids to pursue love, meaning, success, money, security, career, etc. And yet, the lives built by those blueprints are…

In a scene from the screwball comedy, Meatballs, a summer camp counselor played by Bill Murray gives a rousing speech about the futility not just of an upcoming competition with a neighboring rich kids’ camp, but of life itself (no matter how hard one tries,…

The day after Labor Day when, for most of us, we return to work we dislike. Telling, isn’t it, that a majority of heart attacks occur on Mondays, the day that our labors begin, and the fewest occur on Saturdays, the commencement of a…

Comedian-sage George Carlin had a bit where he advised parents to encourage their kids to question everything. “Kids have to be warned that there is bullshit coming down the road,” said Carlin. “That’s the biggest thing you can do for a kid.” Parents, Carlin…

If my own life experience is any kind of indication, we live in a constant state of mental comparison to others. As in, how do I measure up in the estimation of my parents or children, or perhaps by the standards of my culture…

What I call the God Experiment is an eye-opening adventure you won’t soon forget. For 24 hours, transform everything around you into God. Replace every label and concept you have for people, places, and things with God. You do not need to be a…