A Project of Intention Seeing a project come to fruition is one of the sweetest feelings there is. In this moment, I’m feeling a huge sense of gratitude, triumph, and enthusiasm for what I hope to be the first of many books that I publish under the Sageleaf name....
I’ve completed 1/12th of my intentional LIFE project, and I can already say that it’s been a moving journey – one in which I feel like I’ve “activated” (for lack of a better word) a series of events, ideas and challenges that...
As I write this post, Earth Day just passed and I spent the day hiking in the wilderness. I’d found a trail that is unmarked but well-maintained. J and I, and our dog were the only ones on that trail yesterday: Something else about this hike? The mindfulness...
Writing a Poem… As I get ready for the year-long LIFE project I’m about to embark upon, I thought it would be a nice change to spend some time writing a poem. This poem I crafted from thoughts that were milling in my heart – of learning about...
Walking My Talk I’m striving to walk my talk: to live my values, to live a more simple life, to say what I do and do what I say. In other words, I’m embarking on an intentional journey to live a completely intentional life. Right now, I have a...
There are signs everywhere In the past week, I’ve traveled from North Carolina to Colorado. If ever there was an activity that’s good for the soul, that would be traveling. But what does traveling have to do with angel numbers? Let me begin by recounting a...
Binaural Beats About 8 weeks ago, I embarked on a little “meditation experiment” using brainwave entrainment, or binaural beats. I have been listening to two 30-minute soundtracks of binaural beats** while meditating. I would listen to one for 30 minutes...
Mohandas (or Mahatma) Gandhi. The Peaceful Resistor. The man who organized and took peaceful protests for people’s rights to a whole new level. The man who directly influenced Martin Luther King, Jr. Learning to Make a Difference It’s no secret that...
Although I’ve been a meditator since 2003 or 2004, I really amped up the practice in autumn 2015 with 45-minute morning sessions. (Now that I’m doing the binaural beats experiment, I’m up to 60 minutes per day.) Without knowing all the benefits or...