Why You Must Experience the Korean Spa At Least Once There are few things I feel confident saying this about: You haven’t lived yet until you have fully experienced a real Korean Spa, one run by Koreans and (primarily) for Koreans, although thankfully they let us “foreigners” in with a lovely smile. This was my [...]
meditation
Welcome back to Episode #39 of The Daily Interaction podcast. Today’s topic is on Episode 39 – The 2 Ultimate Relaxing Techniques. How do you relax and get grounded before every interaction and why this is so important. If you are nervous or stressed when you go into a conversation or into an interaction, it [...]
The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don’t go back to sleep. You must ask for what you really want. Don’t go back to sleep. Jelaluddin Rumi, 13th century mystic poet. Why I Wanted to Become an Early Riser Always start your smart habits with why. Your reasons to do something is unique [...]
Blogging sounds like such a good idea in theory, as do many things, such as having children, doing a daily meditation and starting a business venture. And yet as a full-time blogger, I sometimes hardly have the time to do the thing that I gave up my corporate job for: Blogging!
Jet lag confuses the living daylights out of me! I don’t mean the effect of jet lag on my body or brain because that alone can drive you dizzy with confusion. I mean I wish someone could explain to me why traveling from from North America to the South Pacific, where one loses many hours in [...]
For the Love of Productivity We all crave productivity. We want it now and we want it all the time and we certainly want it for the long-term. We can’t imagine being without it, especially when we are after something – a college degree through a paper, a book, a speech, a website, or a [...]
How inconvenient that it takes extreme sickness, the onset of depression and the depth of frustration to make us wake up to the reality of the situations in our lives! How annoying that it takes a mountain of stress to make us realize the harm we are doing to our bodies and the poison we [...]
It felt as though I was gazing at the Pacific Ocean for the first time and not the 50th time. Few things preserve the true likeness to that first time experience as well as greeting the Pacific ocean. I had walked in the chill of Southern California morning air with clear intent to photograph the [...]
Too many mornings, I chose email over mediation, I chose twitter time over introspection time. Too many nights, I collapsed into deep sleep without taking a moment to quiet the mind and reflect on the day. Too many days in 2010, I chose impulsively rather than consciously. The heart longed to make meditation a ritual, [...]
Living your whole life in cold or hot climates does NOT necessarily make you immune to those extreme temperatures! Seriously, how many times have you heard: “Well, you should be used to the cold, you live in [insert cold city!]!” “Oh but you ought to be able to handle the humidity, living in [insert humid [...]














