If you are like most people, every morning, you roll out of bed, pick up your phone, check your email and your social media accounts and then follow your morning routine. As your mind orients, it quickly finds its familiar patterns of behavior so you can feel like you. You…

There’s a lot of talk these days in the personal development world about “scarcity consciousness” versus “abundance consciousness.” I will admit that I have adopted both these terms and have used them somewhat regularly in my practice. That changes today. A conversation with a client this morning forced me to…

As the saying goes, “wherever you go, there you are.” It is so simple, and yet so profoundly true. On a superficial level, this quote appears to be stating the obvious. But on a deeper level, it is referring to the myriad ways in which we each individually create our…

You Will Die Before Your Work Is Done With every major religion comes an emphasis on preparing for the afterlife. In most forms of Christianity, the individual must be “saved” by the spirit of Jesus Christ to ensure they are allowed into heaven. Islam has its own version of this…

Today was extraordinary. Truly extraordinary. I was asked by my friend Marnie Cooper to come be a guest teacher at her acting class in Studio City. I had no idea what I was getting into. …

I’m serious. I need to get over myself. But not because I have some giant ego. I need to get over myself every single day, because, if I don’t, I will be living in a dead version of myself. As the famous philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti once said, “To find out…

ARE YOU LIVING IN THE PAST? The single most common obstacle that people face is a disconnection between their minds and their bodies. The body is far more than a meatsuit that carries our brains around so that we can do tasks and stay alive. The body stores a record…

A lack of a clear answer to this question often keeps people stuck their entire lives. …

Forgiveness is a subject that has never gone out of style. It seems to be encoded into our human DNA to take on resentments and then hold tightly to them, as though we no longer think that we will be okay without them. For many people, once someone has “done…