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Our Body Barometer 

November 21, 2017

I hadn't done anything to injure my hip, so I became really curious about whether my hip issue had an emotional cause behind it.

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Tags self awareness, healing, Acceptance, joy, courage, perspective

It's Time to Celebrate!

October 4, 2016

Sixteen years ago today, a nameless person at the U.S. Internal Revenue Service date stamped a letter granting a new small business its Employer Identification Number. to my co-founder Dennis and I, that letter symbolized that someone acknowledged that we were a real business.

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Tags leadership, joy

Why "Lover" is the Archetype of the Decade

February 14, 2015

Today I’m putting in a plug for the power of the Lover archetype and declaring it the archetype of the decade.

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Tags love, connection, joy, purpose, passion

The Artist's Definition of Joy

November 24, 2014

I wanted to put my finger on exactly what joy was so I looked to art because the artist’s role is to give form to those elusive experiences of humanity.

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Tags joy
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Does Joy Come from InterconNectING?

November 4, 2014

Does joy exist without a feeling of connection to something, or is it the wonder, appreciation and celebration of that connectedness that brings about joy?

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Tags joy, connection

The Trifecta of Happiness

August 24, 2014

Exploring why my feeling of happiness was more intense than usual.

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Tags joy, gratitude, perspective, self awareness

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