Books

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What to Read: Feb 2013

time warrior

Last year I posted some of my favorite reads and I’d like to get into the habit of doing that more regularly. Instead of a star rating, I’ll just suggest you “Read it” or “Skip it.”  Here’s what I read in February… (Click the images for links to Amazon.) Time Warrior by Steve Chandler Read [...]

Lessons from Stephen Covey

stephen_covey

RIP Stephen Covey.  when anyone dies there is a push to laud praise, to focus on the best of the life recently departed.  in this case, the praise is well deserved.  Covey will remain one of the giants of personal growth and development.  his 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, and numerous other titles, are [...]

Issue 15: Heart to Heart with Dave Crenshaw

Dave Crenshaw

Allow me to introduce you to my friend Dave Crenshaw.  Dave is a master at teaching people how to become more productive.  In this month’s Heart to Heart, I spoke with him about how the decisions we make around multitasking and productivity affect our relationships. In this interview, you’ll learn: How we, as a culture, [...]

Issue 14: Heart to Heart with Renee Airya

Imagine being told you had two weeks left to live. Now imagine that you’re 23 years old when you hear that. “Pancreatic cancer…” What would you do? Let me introduce you to my friend, Renee Airya.  Renee faced not one, but three life threatening illnesses in her 30-some years on the planet.  In this Heart [...]

What to Read

If you’re anything like me, your new year’s resolutions usually include some sort of “I will read x-number of books” goal.  Here are a few of my faves that I’d recommend for your 2012 reading list. I’m a self-professed book addict, so I’d love to know what else are you reading that is rockin’ your [...]

Gabrielle Bernstein ~ Inner Guidance

Gabrielle Bernstein

Here’s my latest Heart to Heart featuring Gabrielle Bernstein, motivational speaker and author of Add More ~ing To Your Life and Spirit Junkie. I know you’ll enjoy this native New Yorker’s wit and wisdom.  In this interview, Gabby and I talk about: How to bring your mind back to love The “I’ll be happy when…” [...]

Mark Nepo ~ As Far As the Heart Can See

Mark Nepo

This month’s Heart to Heart interview features Mark Nepo, a poet, philosopher and New York Times #1 bestselling author.  I have followed Mark’s work for many years and consider The Book of Awakening to be essential reading. (If you don’t own this book, go here right now and order it!)  It was an honor to [...]

How to Live an Authentic Life

“If you want to live an authentic, meaningful life, you need to master the art of disappointing and upsetting others, hurting feelings, and living with the reality that some people just won’t like you.  It may not be easy, but it’s essential if you want your life to reflect your deepest desires, values, and needs.” [...]

Discovering Who You Really Are

Howard Falco

I recently chatted with Howard Falco, author of I AM: The Power of Discovering Who You Really Are for Examiner.com. Click here to listen to our 15-minute convo:  I asked him what the impetus was to write down his experience.  After all, it’s quite a process to write a book and follow through with editing [...]

Awesomeness Fest

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Awesomeness Fest lived up to its name.  So many incredible people… Such a gorgeous location! Here are a couple personal highlights: David Morelli spoke on tapping into intuition, how today we are so connected through the internet, but how we are learning more and more to connect to our “inner-net.”  Brilliant. Lisa Nichols was an [...]