Abraham Maslow, the Great-Grandaddy in my spiritual family tree and 20th century humanistic psychologist who studied the greatest people of his generation (including rock stars like...More»

Quick fact: In the 20th century, for every one hundred articles psychologists published on *negative* aspects of human behavior (stuff like depression, schizophrenia, etc.) there was only one...More»

Psychologists tell us that, at most, 10% of our happiness comes from stuff like fast cars, big houses, initials after our names or...More»

In Buddhism, they like to say that our minds are like monkeys swinging from thought to thought (to thought to thought…).More»

Let's say we're currently pretty pissy and pessimistic. Can we learn to be optimistic?More»

Reverend Michael Beckwith tells us that if we simply study and talk about spiritual truths but never actually LIVE the stuff, we're...More»

GIVE: At the risk of self-promotion, the gift I'd love to give is the book I just completed called...More»

Re-read Emerson's "Self-Reliance" for the I-don't-how-manyeth-time. Amazing. Thought I'd share some favorite passages...More»

You ever wonder why a hamburger at Mickey D’s costs less than a head of romaine lettuce?More»

Jack (Chicken Soup for the Soul) Canfield has a great line. He says: “99% is a bitch. 100% is a breeze.”...More»

In addition to having the world’s greatest sweater vest collection, Eckhart Tolle has some really powerful ideas for optimal living. But I think a lot of people who get all horny about...More»

From Martin Seligman’s perspective, optimism is *not* about whistling happy tunes to ourselves when life gets challenging. It’s about disciplining our minds to create more empowering explanations...More»

If you had a boiling pot of water and you wanted to easily and permanently make the the water stop boiling, would you...More»