What you believe is the best indicator of what actions you are going to take. If you believe that traffic is backed up, you will take an alternate route home. If you believe that the highways are clear, you may sail home on your usual route. And if you believe that the highway is closed, you may...

The idea of presence always confused me. What does it mean to be present? Does it mean I give all my attention to another? Does it mean I bring all my focus to what is happening around me? Does it mean that I tune out all the chatter and simply be?

It took me a while to work out what...

Most of us go through our days recycling ideas that we had from the day before. That’s what it means to be unaware. You go through your day largely doing, and thinking, the same things you did before, and fail to see that your thinking is the thing that you could change. Being aware...

For this blog, Soul Projects, I want to provide useful context that is actionable and helpful. For all posts, I want to leave you with something you can do to better your life. In all cases, I want to enjoy the process of writing, as this is a fun Soul Project for me. So, I have a lot riding on...

For some reason, I never really associated spirituality with what I thought. I guess I had a rule that said, as long as I don’t act on my thoughts, they can’t hurt anyone. As long as I kept my thoughts inside, all bottled up, then I wasn’t doing anything wrong. I had a lot to...

People who enjoy themselves are my kind of people. When I see someone who seems to be at peace with life, or happy in their circumstance, it causes my own spirit to rise. As if to say, I see you, fellow traveler. We are one.

This sort of noticing now comes easy to me, because I know what I am...

When you begin to pursue your spiritual path, it’s tempting to ask yourself, what do I believe? As in, what outside of myself, do I believe in? I am going to suggest that you start that project with an intent. And it’s an intent that will help you in all areas of your life:...

Setting an intent is one way to get the most out of your spiritual journey. Here is the one I suggest: I am going to follow this path, unfolding before me, as long as it is fun. Once it ceases being fun, I will pivot to find a better feeling path that suits me.

Combining fun and spirituality is...

Practical Spirituality is about finding your own bespoke path back to a more comfortable way of living. How you define what is comfortable is up to you, but to me it feels like I have an inside knowing of who I am, what I want, and what’s best for me. All at the same time. This sort of...

Tapping your inner wisdom is not something I was taught, but something I learned along the way. For a long time, when people talked about listening to that little voice inside, I thought they were nuts. I thought they were being silly to refer to such things. Now I totally get it, but it took me...