if you feel stuck it's not because you're slacking

I've heard thousands of leaders and influencers over the years blame themselves for the stuckness that they feel in not knowing how to get to the next level in their lives and business. But "not working hard enough" is never the real trouble with folks who are born to lead. The real trouble is that they're not being held and supported by people who can truly see, feel, and celebrate them in their fullness.

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gushing geysers of forbidden joy vs. "body positivity"

Lately I've been thinking about how grateful I am for all the body positive stuff in pop culture right now celebrating an array of shapes and sizes... and I've also been thinking about what it takes, internally, to go beyond just a veneer of positivity and into a fundamentally altered relationship with one's physical form?

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the reptile in me sees the reptile in you

Seeing the god in each other is all very lovely, but often us humans in our on-going tendencies towards denial like to act as if the reptile in us somehow isn't part of god. Oh, but it is. The beady-eyed predatory serpent concerned only with selfish survival, willing even to eat its own offspring if need be, is soooo much a part of the divine.

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