Planes, Trains & Automobiles

Mar 04, 05 Planes, Trains & Automobiles

Posted by in Travel

When I want a good laugh, topped off with a touch of humanity, I watch the movie, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, starring Steve Martin and the late John Candy. When it comes to traveling for many people though, taking a trip isn’t funny. It brings out fears, uneasiness and discomfort. The three main travel issues are: motion...

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Don’t Push the River

Mar 02, 05 Don’t Push the River

Posted by in Health & Living

I work with a lot of “successful” business people. They’re action oriented. They get things accomplished. They have a “can do” attitude. They push to make things happen. That’s valuable, except it can backfire with EFT. After all, it’s one thing to take action and go swimming. What’s...

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Basketball, the Crow and the Stonecutter

Feb 27, 05 Basketball, the Crow and the Stonecutter

Posted by in Learning

As I’ve said before, one of the things I like best about EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) is that it’s easy to teach to people. Of course the basics of basketball are simple to teach also. Just shoot the ball through the hoop. That’s about it. And … to excel at basketball, or to be a great coach, takes...

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Erasing Negative “Writing on Your Walls”

Feb 26, 05 Erasing Negative “Writing on Your Walls”

Posted by in Learning

One of the best classes I took in college was a course in cultural anthropology. That may have been the first time it dawned on me that people’s beliefs were formed so much by what culture they were brought up in. A child from America has different beliefs than a child raised in Bolivia, China or France. The problem is that...

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Mommie Dearest

Feb 21, 05 Mommie Dearest

Posted by in Family & Relationships

The Febuary 21, 2005 edition of Newsweek had a series of profound articles about working mothers. The lead article was titled, Mommy Madness. Much of the content was based on the book by Judith Warner called Perfect Madness: Motherhood in the Age of Anxiety. Many of the working mothers I talk to are overwhelmed trying to be play...

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