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Living the Dream Part III

26. September 2008

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I had always prided myself on my ability to make good choices and I thought this was one of them. A lifelong quest for the secrets of happiness; the years of studying and reading about attaining goals, human behavior, spirituality and psychology, had helped prepare me for this moment. And yet, I still did not [...]

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Living the Dream Part II

24. September 2008

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The fantasy soon faded as the viciousness of this crime forced me to recognize the polarities of Dominican Republic. Everyone was talking about this senseless act and adding their own incidences they had either experienced or heard about; robberies at gunpoint, misconduct by the police, medical mistreatment and others. My perspective on my new country was [...]

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Living the Dream Part I

22. September 2008

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A memorial was held at my daughter’s school to honor the short life of one of her schoolmates, a fourteen-year-old boy named Marc El Wafi, who was shot in the head while defending his friends. The memorial described a child who sounded like a living angel. Friends and teachers shared their stories about his acts [...]

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Touching the Grays Between Black & White

23. July 2008

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“We are Grey. We stand between the darkness and the light.” Delenn, Babylon 5 We like to make meaning out of things – in fact, we can’t avoid doing it. When we write, we write facts, bullet points, objective statements. But when we remember our past and imagine our future, we don’t think in bullet points. We remember [...]

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Welcome to the 3rd Generation of Life Coaches Blog

15. June 2008

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Welcome to the 3rd generation of Life Coaches Blog! Time sure flies, we’ve been around for 2 years and 8 months now. Today, we stand at 507 posts, spaced out at 64 pages and 14 writers who’ve contributed to Life Coaches Blog. We’ve gone through 2 revisions of the site’s design and today we’re introducing the [...]

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The Path

13. June 2008

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Many people have asked me why I’m still a monk after almost 3 years, while initially the plan was to be a monk for just 3 months. In fact, to me monkhood is nothing much, it’s just wearing a different uniform, from Dockers’ pants to saffron robes, or like working in a different firm. What’s [...]

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Cultivate Awareness and Change Your Life: Lessons from the Rainforest

27. March 2008

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The rainforest in Central America taught me a wonderful lesson: if you can quiet yourself and truly focus your attention on your surroundings, you will see a multitude of things that were seemingly invisible. To view the wonders that the rainforest offers takes increased attention and awareness. The obvious analogy to life is that heightened [...]

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If You’re Feeling Stressed Right Now…

18. October 2007

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Breathe. I was in the middle of my martial arts training last night, we were doing sword and for some reason I kept feeling something was ‘off’. Then I stopped and I realized I wasn’t breathing. I was holding my breath and releasing it in staccato beats, which was tensing me up. I took a long, deep [...]

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Conscious Living: The Key to Positive and Lasting Change

16. October 2007

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Conscious: aware of one’s own existence, sensations, thoughts and surroundings; aware of what one is doing. Unconscious : without awareness or cognition; occurring below the level of conscious thought; not consciously planned, realized or done; the unconscious: the part of the mind containing psychic material that is only rarely accessible awareness but has a pronounced effect [...]

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A Moment of Cat Zen

28. November 2006

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There are lots of things I envy my office cat for. His unhurried schedule for one; if he wants to sleep the day off; he sleeps the day off. His trained office of masseurs for another; all he needs to do to get a good tummy rub is meow. And you get real envious real quick [...]

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