Let Harbingers Awaken Hope, Love, and Ease
Posted On Oct 1 2020My poet friend, Athena, told me one day that she welcomed the transition into the dark season when she could first see Orion in a certain window in her predawn movements around her home. It brought hope and joy to her in those predawn hours. Yesterday’s predawn walk led me to the top of the hill behind our home. The clouds opened to reveal Orion, my first sighting of the season. Ahhhh. Winter, dark season friend. Once Orion shows up, I love the season and the loss of summer dissipates. In this time of perpetually horrible news, turn away from …
Current Insights I’ve Uncovered and Inquiries
Posted On Apr 26 2018Explore, ponder, and play with these potentially life changing ideas so you can be happy, wild, and free. In these periodic posts, I will share ideas that currently move me in some way. I’ll be drawing from the books I’m reading, films, blog posts, conversations, and personal ponderings. I share these to further you on your journey to being happy, wild, and free. The Oracle Quote The oracle quote returns today. Yay. Quotations act as little doorways into new worlds and new perceptions. They consist of distilled genius. My software angels choose this oracle quote for you today : 116) My …
A Lovely Way to Connect to Oneness
Posted On Feb 27 2018When I was sitting down to create a Zentangle, I recalled Thich Nhat Hanh’s sweet idea for recalling the truth of Oneness. We are all one, and everything is in us. When you feel Oneness and your part in it, you feel at home and deeply connected. Unlike social media which serves to make us feel more alone, Oneness connects. Here’s what he said – An artist can see the cloud in the piece of paper she’s drawing on. When you create a Zentangle, first you take a few deep breaths to ground and center, then you place a …
Drinking a Bowl of Green I Stopped the War
Posted On Jun 14 2017Most of my clients and my loved ones are suffering from Donald Trump’s predations, an internal war. People find it hard not to get caught in the swirl of lies, unfairness, and general meanness. People have to scratch the itch asking: What’s happening? What’s he done? What have they done? “Freaking out” we used to call it. Quit it. Drinking a bowl of green tea, I stopped the war. Paul Reps published this in his sweetly potent book, Zen Telegrams that he wrote it during the Vietnam War. I read it in my 20s . It changed my life. And …
Playful Tool for Mindful Reflection
Posted On May 10 2017What would Pirate Girl say? Listening to the wild person inside of you can be a great place to make sense of your life. You can play with writing an exactly-50-word story as a way to bring the words to your experiences. When you engage your playful side, you find the deeper wisdom that hides from your serious mind – the one you learned for school. To help open yourself, you can choose a pen name, or a Nom de Mischief, to write under, so you can be free of the judgment of others, even if they only live in …
Book Giveaway Bonanza
Posted On May 4 2017Let’s try this. I’ll give you the schedule of the upcoming book giveaways. You go grab them, pass them on to friends, read them, live happily ever after, then write a glorious review. OK. Drum roll… The Schedule: 5/6/17 Playful Stress Reducing Shortcuts: Fast Drug-Free Ways to Tickle Your Nervous System to Improve Your Happiness, Peace, and Vitality 5/13/17 The Eight Fundamental Secrets to Living Well: How to Live a Happy Life and Live Life to the Fullest 5/20/17 Simply Serene: How to Calm Down, Reduce Stress, Deal with Stress, and Be Instantly Alert and at Peace …
Eating Less and Exercising More Doesn’t Work
Posted On Apr 25 2017You know the recipe, to lose weight just eat less and exercise more. It just makes sense. But if you’ve tried to lose weight, most likely this hasn’t worked for you. And it doesn’t work for anyone you know. Quit it. First, exercise benefits you in multiple ways – especially strength training so keep doing it or consider adding it at some time. Second, it’s how you eat and what you eat that makes the difference. As a person who has been dealing with my weight, fat, for my entire life, I notice I’m an addict. Not a food addict, …
The Twenty Second Smile, Bet It Will Change You
Posted On Mar 22 2017I excerpted this post from my upcoming book – The Twenty Second Smile & Other Playful Wisdom: 37 Exactly-50-Word Chapters & Illustrations to Delight You, to Inspire Your Journey, and to Remind You of What Works. Enjoy this title chapter. I have written about this before in different ways. Twenty seconds may challenge you. I find it difficult. : ) Here’re your guidelines: Smile for twenty seconds as often as you remember to do it. I’m smiling right now because writing this reminds me. Can you feel it? More to the point, can I? Consciously paying attention to anything for …
Playful Stress Reducing Shortcuts Giveaway
Posted On Dec 31 2016This is the season and a year where we’ll need Playful Stress Reducing Shortcuts: Fast Drug-Free Ways to Tickle Your Nervous System to Improve Your Happiness, Peace, and Vitality. My most recent publication will help you when you need it the most. It’s free NOW and my offer ends midnight Jan 4th, 2017 PST. Grab your giveaway now. Go for it => Playful Stress Reducing Shortcuts May you be happy, wild, and free, William P.S. As the book is brand new, it has no reviews at this moment. I would love some stellar reviews. Go for it. Please and thank …
Celtic Seasons
Posted On Jul 28 2016A better way to imagine the seasons can deepen your connection to home. In the USA, we mark the beginning of the seasons with the equinoxes and the solstices. The Celts looked with a different eye. They looked at light. The equinoxes of March 21st and September 21st mark the time when the days and the nights are of equal length. And the solstices mark the longest day of the year in summer or the longest night of the year in winter. Find the halfway point between these events and you find the true beginning of the seasons. August 1st …
Mysterious Madam Ling
Posted On Jul 3 2016After I named my studio, Suzanne felt she wanted to get in on a good thing. (See post.) Since I named by studio the Chuckling Ferret Studio, Suzanne played with words, swirled them around and Chuckling became a guy – Chuck Ling, hence Chuck Ling Ferret Studio. And since she is married to my nom de studio self, she felt that necessarily she became Mrs. Ling. Further word play led to Madam Ling, then to The Mysterious Madam Ling. Now, it needed a favorite critter, marmot won the prize. Finally, she has The Mysterious Madam Ling’s Marmot Studio. Play is …
Nature Rx
Posted On Jun 9 2016Enjoy these two fun videos. They’re tongue-in-cheek spoofs of the omnipresent pharmaceutical ads on TV. Spoofs they are, but they advertise a real benefit that research incontrovertibly supports. That’s cool but more importantly – your common sense will recognize the truth. Fact: Nature heals you. Just like medicine, only better. : ) My New Book in Progress I’m writing a book with the working title – Finding Home – How the Love of Place Restores You. I’ll tell you more about this cool book in later posts. Note the on-screen text that zips by in these videos for more humor. …
Enjoy Postcards from Heaven
Posted On Jun 7 2016I have started to play with Instagram as a way to deepen and share my connection to the Sacred Ordinary, Heaven in your back yard. As you know from my art books, I use drawing and sketching as a way to profoundly sweeten those connections. My Instagram account will show my sketches and photos I take on my daily walks in beauty. I aim to inspire you to find magic on you daily journey. It’s all about finding places you love, and appreciating the joy of the everyday wonders. I hope for you and for me that we can use …
What’s the Sound Track of Home?
Posted On Jun 1 2016As I walked through the woods around my brother, John’s, house on Cape Cod, I listened to the sounds of home. I heard Blue Jays, Robins, Cardinals, and Mourning Doves. His woods are populated by many more birds, but those stuck out. Whenever I stepped outside the house where I grew up in northern Ohio, I heard those songs and calls. They formed the sound track for home. My sound track for home now is quite different. Love of place will always have a sound track. When I was growing up, I didn’t know I had a sound track, but …
Sabbatical Log
Posted On Mar 11 2016Sabbatical Log People wonder what I do on my many sabbaticals. Here’s what I did over the first two weeks in March. First, what is a sabbatical? Sabbatical relates to Sabbath which in turn means rest. The Sabbath and Sabbaticals set time aside so people can enjoy themselves and explore their connection to God. For me, it’s about a period of time to connect to the Sacred more deeply. This doesn’t mean a time of solemn fasting and deprivation, but a time of joy and play. Typically, I spend more time outdoors. As you may know, my most recent book, …
Book Giveaway — Color the Sky Yellow
Posted On Feb 22 2016Book Giveaway – Color the Sky Yellow In case you missed the giveaway of Color the Sky Yellow: Creative Magic, Playful Art for Your Inner Child last Saturday, you can get it at no cost starting February 23rd and ending February 26 midnight PST. Go for it, have fun => Color the Sky Yellow Vote If you didn’t vote for the book cover, please do. Go on over to the recent post and vote. I like them both. May you walk in beauty, William
Judge this Book Cover, Please
Posted On Feb 16 2016Don’t judge a book by its cover? We do judge books by their covers all the time. Please, help me pick a good one. But first – Color the Sky Yellow: Creative Magic, Playful Art for Your Inner Child will be my forth book on art. This one focuses on having fun. Here’s Why When you make art, you engage a superb form of mindfulness meditation, which returns you to the Sacred present moment. You reap the same benefits of any enlightened meditation practice. – Willendorf. Living a life you love wholeheartedly means living creatively. No-one can give you this …
Review My New Book
Posted On Feb 14 2016I Want Your Help. Please Review My New Book I’ve just published my newest book on Amazon – Color the Sky Yellow: Creative Magic, Playful Art for Your Inner Child. I think you’ll like it. Like most of my other books, this one helps people become enlightened. Naturally, I want to live in a world where people are enlightened vs. a world dominated by fear and fear mongers. I want you to feel more enlightened and happier in your daily life. This book can help. To get Color the Sky Yellow into the most hands, I need Amazon reviews. The …
Beautiful Gifts to Discover the Sacred
Posted On Dec 19 2015Beautiful Gifts to Discover the Sacred Consider giving the print versions of these books at the holiday. Drawing the Sacred: Communing with the Sacred through Drawing – An Illustrated Journey Paper Back Version Kindle version Sketching, Poetry, and the Sacred Present Moment: A Magically Potent Way to Savor Your Life Paper Back Version Kindle version They’re pretty and fun. More, these books can connect people to the Sacred. What better for the holydays? One or both of these books may be a perfect fit for someone you love. Blessings of the season, William
Book Giveaway This Month
Posted On Oct 2 2015Book Giveaway This Month I’m playing with the idea of giving two books away each month. They will be available on the first two weekends of the month and the third Saturday. Amazon lets me give books away on 5 days. The first one each month will be a bestseller. The second, one of my lesser known books. This month, October, 2015, you can get and enjoy these two – Altar Making: An Active Meditation for Healing Your Heart and for Deepening Spiritual Meaning in Your Life Get Well, Be Well, Stay Well: How to Prevent and Treat Colds and …
Book Giveaway This Month
Posted On Sep 3 2015Book Giveaway This Month I’m playing with the idea of giving two books away each month. They will be available on the first two weekends of the month and the third Saturday. Amazon lets me give books away on 5 days. The first one each month will be a bestseller. The second, one of my lesser known books. This month, September, 2015, you can get and enjoy these two – Simply Serene: How to Calm Down, Reduce Stress, Deal with Stress, and Be Instantly Alert and at Peace Foolproof Relaxation: How to Relax Your Mind Anytime, Anywhere Consider writing a …
Drawing Cures Worry
Posted On Jul 30 2015Today’s Oracle My software angels choose this oracle quote for you today: 182) Everybody asks me what I’m think about when I’m dropping in. You don’t hear anything. You don’t think anything. It just naturally happens. – Shaun White, Olympic Gold Medal Snowboarder You can use my Potent Quotes Oracle page whenever you need help. Hold a question in your heart, and see what quote comes up for you when you scroll down. Get the Wizard’s Handbook on Oracle Creation and have fun with oracles. Drawing Cures Worry I am a recovering worrywart. Currently, I worry about my daughter, Zoe, who’s selling her …
This Tweak Works to Lower Stress
Posted On Jul 2 2015Today’s Oracle My software angels choose this oracle quote for you today: 53) Until one is committed there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation) there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favour all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man …
What’s It Take to Live a Life You Love Wholeheartedly – Body and Soul?
Posted On Jun 2 2015What’s It Take to Live a Life You Love Wholeheartedly – Body and Soul? Here’s the big life question: What’s It Take to Live a Life You Love Wholeheartedly – Body and Soul? Have you ever wanted your life to run more smoothly? Have you ever felt you were missing an easier, more effective way to navigate life? Have you ever wished for help in figuring out your life? Clearly, my life coaching clients over the past 40 years have wanted to figure out their lives. You want to figure out your life; I want it, too. The fact that …
Wordlessness & Oneness – Heaven
Posted On Mar 11 2015Today’s Oracle My software angels choose this oracle quote for you today: 411) The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our disposition and not our circumstances. – Martha Washington You can use my Potent Quotes Oracle page whenever you need help. Hold a question in your heart, and see what quote comes up for you when you scroll down. Get the Wizard’s Handbook on Oracle Creation and have fun with oracles. Wordless Oneness – Heaven “Can it be that simple?” “Simpler…” she said, “it’s your native state after all. You were born to spend most of your time …
Starved for Color? Feast on More Color
Posted On Feb 11 2015Starved for Color? Feast on More Color Winter serves up gray and dark in the northern latitudes. I find I get starved for color and my attitude goes dark. The solution? Easy, consume more color. Nay, feast on color. The last three winters, I have gotten a cold. One of the causes may be not consuming enough color. If you live in the gray darkness, you know. Enough suffering. To be happy, healthy and energetically creative, you might try feasting on color. Fun Ways to Get More Color Take field trips. Art museums and galleries. Conservatories. The Volunteer Park Conservatory …
Sketching & Poetry Kindle Book Giveaway – Now
Posted On Jan 31 2015Sketching & Poetry Kindle Book Giveaway – Now On January 31, 2015, I will commence a giveaway of the Kindle version of my well loved book, Sketching, Poetry, and the Sacred Present Moment: A Magically Potent Way To Savor Your Life Print Version Kindle version. Offer ends February 4th, 2015 midnight Seattle time. Sketching can bring you quickly and easily into your right brain. And by now, you know that’s where you want to be if you want to be connected to the Sacred. If you want to feel peaceful, happy, joyous. And as the title says, “A Magically …
Urban Sketching as Path to Oneness
Posted On Dec 17 2014Urban Sketching as Path to Oneness Can you find the Sacred even in the city? Finding the Sacred in Nature can almost be automatic. The study of awe tells us that when people are confronted by stunning beauty in nature, they go into awe. Their inner chatter quiets. Connection and reverence for all of Life arises. Just as sketching in Nature can feed your soul, urban sketching can be a wonderful way to connect to the Sacred everywhere. Gabriel Campanario, a sketch artist for the Seattle Times, put the term Urban Sketching on the map. I like it. I invite …
The Pleasure of Making an Altar
Posted On Dec 12 2014The Pleasure of Making an Altar Building an altar can be simple, easy, and playful. And in this case, communal. And sometimes, rule breaking. “Dad, a jade plant is not a Christmas tree,” she said. “I beg to differ. Jade’s sprit works for me.” The stuffed mouse was added by Suzanne. The photo has been moved by several people. What you can’t tell is that it is an image of an opened mouth, whistling marmot. One of my totemic creatures. He was at the birth of Christ. It’s documented. This altar clearly has roots in my Christian heritage. Make ones …
Kindle Book Giveaway – Altar Making for Happiness
Posted On Dec 4 2014Can Making Your Own Altars and Shrines Make You Happier This Holiday Season? Like you maybe, I suffer during the holidays. I did until I stumbled onto making altars. One snowy Christmas at my parents home in northern Ohio, an inspiration grabbed me – create a mobile with origami cranes made from this beautiful red wrapping paper and found twigs… Hang it in the stairwell. Make it Big. I did. It took hours to create, happy hours spent in my right brain. Recall, the right brain is the place to be if you wish to feel oneness, peace, and harmony. …
Immersing in Oneness
Posted On Oct 28 2014Today’s Oracle My software angels choose this oracle quote for you today: 310) Life, we learn too late, is in the living, in the tissue of every day and hour. – Stephen Leacock You can use my Potent Quotes Oracle page whenever you need help. Hold a question in your heart, and see what quote comes up for you when you scroll down. Get the Wizard’s Handbook on Oracle Creation and have fun with oracles. Immersing in Oneness I want to experience oneness all the time. I have many practices that help train me to do this which I have shared …
He Did Not Get It
Posted On Sep 29 2014He Did Not Get It “The ‘sketches’ were not that great and not at all inspiring,” David Terry said in his Amazon review of my book – Sketching, Poetry, and the Sacred Present Moment: A Magically Potent Way To Savor Your Life. He didn’t get it. The sketches indeed are not great art – that’s the point. This spiritual practice can be done by anyone, not just trained artists. When you sketch, even sketching with little skill, you can deeply enjoy the Sacred Present Moment. And the Present Moment can fill your heart with peace and joy. Look to your …
Crazy No More –Three Practices That Always Work
Posted On Sep 25 2014Three Practices That Always Work First, you suffer, I suffer all God’s children suffer – that is, we get caught in our mental habits of being right or wrong, making other people bad or better than us depending on the flavor of you craziness. Me? I’m just not good enough. Buddhism has a set of four vows, one of them says: The number of delusions are infinite. I vow to penetrate them all. When I feel crazy or delusions hit, these three practices always work to restore me to peace and wholeness. 1. Riding a bike – as long as …
Joyous Creativity
Posted On Jul 4 2014Joyous Creativity It’s a delight to watch Linsey Pollak create a playing clarinet from a lovely orange carrot. He’s infectious. May you catch this joy. His shirt and hat make him a great role model for happiness. Walk in beauty, William
#1 Happiness Book Giveaway
Posted On Jun 29 2014Do you want the #1 ranked Happiness book. Or the #3 Stress Management book? Good news – it’s the same book. I’m giving away my book: Finding Your Own Best Ideas- A Practical Prescription for Figuring Out What Works in Your Life (Do More of What Works Book 1) I’m doing this because I want to. And to promote Book II: Finding Your Own Best Ideas: Book II: Over 27 Practical Prescriptions for Figuring Out What Works in Your Life (Do More of What Works) A favor, please pass this on. They’re both good books filled with valuable coaching ideas. …
Announcing a New Book and a Giveaway
Posted On Jun 26 2014Today’s Oracle My software angels choose this oracle quote for you today: 23) wake up neo… the matrix has you. You can use my Potent Quotes Oracle page whenever you need help. Hold a question in your heart, and see what quote comes up for you when you scroll down. Get the Wizard’s Handbook on Oracle Creation and have fun with oracles. Announcing a New Book and a Giveaway I have published Book II of the Do More of What Works Series. Finding Your Own Best Ideas: Book II: Over 27 Practical Prescriptions for Figuring Out What Works in Your Life Naturally, …
A Trick to Free Your Spirit
Posted On Mar 27 2014Today’s Oracle My software angels choose this oracle quote for you today: 309) If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change. – Buddha Our mind is like a clear glass of water. If we put salt into the water, it becomes salt water; sugar, it becomes sugar water. But originally the water is clear. No thinking, no mind. No mind, no problem. – Seung Sahn You can use my Potent Quotes Oracle page whenever you need help. Hold a question in your heart, and see what quote comes up for you when you …
Serene Giveaway
Posted On Feb 14 2014Today’s Oracle My software angels choose this oracle quote for you today: 411) The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our disposition and not our circumstances. – Martha Washington You can use my Potent Quotes Oracle page whenever you need help. Hold a question in your heart, and see what quote comes up for you when you scroll down. Get the Wizard’s Handbook on Oracle Creation and have fun with oracles. Serene Giveaway Starting February 15, 2014 at 12:01 AM PST – You can get Simply Serene: How to Calm Down, Reduce Stress, Deal with Stress, and Be Instantly …
Why I Recommend Poetry
Posted On Jan 23 2014Today’s Oracle My software angels choose this oracle quote for you today: 132) The Zen student asks the teacher, who am I?” The teacher responds with, “Who’s asking.” The teacher responds with, “Who’s asking.” You can use my Potent Quotes Oracle page whenever you need help. Hold a question in your heart, and see what quote comes up for you when you scroll down. It will be a response to your question. Play with it. Quotations act as little doorways into new worlds and new perceptions. They consist of distilled genius. Get the Wizard’s Handbook on Oracle Creation and have fun with oracles. …
Zen Stories
Posted On Dec 27 2013Today’s Oracle My software angels choose this oracle quote for you today: 101) If your guides claim That the Kingdom is in the sky, The birds of the sky will be there before you. If they say it is in the sea, The fishes of the sea will be there before you. The Kingdom is within you and without you. When you know yourselves, you will be known. Then you shall know that you are Sons of the Living Father. But, if you do not know yourselves You are in poverty, and you are poverty. Attributed to Jesus, Gospel of …
Best Gifts
Posted On Dec 11 2013Today’s Oracle My software angels choose this oracle quote for you today: 212) We painted like children in the face of nature. – Henri Matisse You can use my Potent Quotes Oracle page whenever you need help. Hold a question in your heart, and see what quote comes up for you when you scroll down. It will be a response to your question. Play with it. Quotations act as little doorways into new worlds and new perceptions. They consist of distilled genius. Get the Wizard’s Handbook on Oracle Creation and have fun with oracles. The Best Gifts Mostly, I’m a Grinch about Christmas. …
Alert: Stop Colds and the Flu
Posted On Dec 5 2013Today’s Oracle My software angels choose this oracle quote for you today: 111) Start a huge foolish project, like Noah. It makes absolutely no difference, What people think of you. — Rumi You can use my Potent Quotes Oracle page whenever you need help. Hold a question in your heart, and see what quote comes up for you when you scroll down. It will be a response to your question. Play with it. Quotations act as little doorways into new worlds and new perceptions. They consist of distilled genius. Get the Wizard’s Handbook on Oracle Creation and have fun with oracles. Alert: Stop …
Book Giveaway Is Live
Posted On Nov 22 2013Book Giveaway Is Live If You’re Reading This After 12:01 AM PST November 23, 2013 then you can get Altar Making: An Active Meditation for Healing Your Heart and for Deepening Spiritual Meaning in Your Life at no cost… NOW. Go for it => Altar Making You can read more about why you want to get the book HERE. Heads Up: The offer ends midnight, PST November 27, 2013. Tell your friends. Remember to let people know that they don’t need a Kindle to read Kindles, Amazon has software so you can read Kindles on anything. Walk in beauty, William P.S. You can …
Kindle Book Giveaway
Posted On Nov 21 2013Can Making Your Own Altars and Shrines Make You Happier This Holiday Season? Can creating them bring more sacredness into your life? You can find out for yourself. You can download Altar Making: An Active Meditation for Healing Your Heart and for Deepening Spiritual Meaning in Your Life at no cost starting – November 23, 2013 at 12:01 AM PST. The offer ends midnight, PST November 27, 2013. Go for it => Altar Making “Making an altar may not make all your wishes come true, but it can make you really happy and bring more peace into your holiday season,” …
Lighthearted & Free
Posted On Nov 12 2013Today’s Oracle My software angels choose this oracle quote for you today: 338) If you bring forth that which is within you, Then that which is within you Will be your salvation. If you do not bring forth that which is within you Then that which is within you Will destroy you. – Gnostic Gospel You can use my Potent Quotes Oracle page whenever you need help. Hold a question in your heart, and see what quote comes up for you when you scroll down. It will be a response to your question. Play with it. Quotations act as little …
Kindle Invites You to Heaven
Posted On Oct 7 2013Here’s the press release for my book: Seattle, WA, USA. “An invitation to step across a threshold into an unknown place that turned out to be heaven,” Dr. Alexandra Gayek, an early reviewer said. William Wittmann’s newest Kindle book, Drawing the Sacred will be available for free download until 11:59 PM PST Oct. 9, 2013. “What does that mean?” I asked Wittmann. “This book shows people how to connect to the Sacred by using tricks that artist’s use. And if you practice these ideas for a bit, you move into the Kingdom of Heaven that Jesus and the Buddha …
Kindle Book Giveaway Active NOW
Posted On Oct 4 2013It’s Here – Go Get Your Free Book Now : ) Go for it => Drawing the Sacred: Communing with the Sacred through Drawing – An Illustrated Journey. You can get more information on the book here. Note: this one is for the paperback edition. => http://www.bodyandsoulmentor.net/MentorBlog/?p=708 Or => http://www.bodyandsoulmentor.net/MentorBlog/?p=713 Remember, You Don’t Need a Kindle to Read Kindle Books The nice boys and girls at Amazon will provide you with software to read Drawing the Sacred on your laptop, your desktop or even your phone. Certainly, your iPad. Go for it => Drawing the Sacred Walk in beauty, …
Kindle Book Giveaway Almost Here
Posted On Oct 3 2013Almost here… I promised to let you know about Free Goodies. Here’s a wonderful one: I will be giving away my Kindle book – Drawing the Sacred: Communing with the Sacred through Drawing – An Illustrated Journey starting at 12:01 AM PDT on Saturday Oct. 5th, 2013 and ending at midnight PDT Oct. 9th, 2013. The Book Works for Photographers, Too One of the books early readers enjoys the book and finds kinship with it as a photographer. Even if you don’t draw and don’t want to draw you probably carry a camera with you all the time as part …
Free Book Giveaway Coming
Posted On Sep 23 2013Today’s Oracle You can use my Potent Quotes Oracle page whenever you need help. Hold a question in your heart, and see what quote comes up for you when you scroll down. It will be a response to your question. Play with it. Quotations act as little doorways into new worlds and new perceptions. They consist of distilled genius. My software angels choose this oracle quote for you today: 395) What is the body? That shadow of a shadow of your love, that somehow contains the whole universe. – Jallal al-Din Rumi Get the Wizard’s Handbook on Oracle Creation and have fun …
Timothy Ferriss – YES
Posted On Jul 3 2013I first encountered Timothy Ferriss when I read his excellent book – The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich. I recommend this book highly if for no other reason than it will give you permission to re-invent your own work rhythms. Ferriss offers strategies and permission that will free you from your email and phone tyranny. But today, I want you to explore The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman. The Four Hour Body I was skeptical about what Ferriss could possibly know about the body, but it …
Free Book Reveals How to Figure Out Life
Posted On Apr 10 2013Here’s the press release for Do More of What Works: A Practical Prescription for Figuring Out Your Life. I thought it might be fun for you. Seattle, WA, USA . Can you get the benefits of a private life coaching session from a book? Seattle life coach, William Wittmann, M.Ed., thinks he can deliver some of the heartfelt coaching of a private session in his new book – Do More of What Works: A Practical Prescription for Figuring Out Your Life? One of his long time clients feels he has delivered. She says, “It’s just like our time together.” “And …
Getting Serene, a Story
Posted On Mar 13 2013My friend Dr. Alexandra Gayak of the Science of Being Well website wrote this lovely story about getting Simply Serene. Read on – Yesterday I was having a rare bad day. Really bad. But I had promised my dear friend William to let you know about his book give-away. That meant I promised myself to re-read the book I remembered loving when he first wrote it three years ago, and write a fresh review. To my intelligent side, this would be an obvious solution to the state I’d gotten myself into. To my emotional side, there was no way it …
A Gift – Living With Magicality
Posted On Jan 30 2013My friend Krysta Gibson and I want to give you our inspiring, practical podcast series – Living with Magicality as a Valentine’s Day gift. It responds to the question – “How can I balance my spiritual life with living in today’s world?” It isn’t easy, that’s for sure. But these talks will deliver practical tips and heartfelt conversations that will help you to live a life you love wholeheartedly. These extremely candid podcasts may challenge you and delight you. Krysta and I have been living a spiritual life in the “real world” for over 25 years (four decades in my …
Labyrinth Insights Free You
Posted On Sep 15 2012My youngest daughter, Sasha, starts attending Washington State University as a 31 year old freshman this week. Worry is not required, but as a recovering worrier, I worry about her. One of the ways I heal myself, make myself more whole, is by making pilgrimages. Often on my pilgrimages, I find and walk labyrinths. Pullman has a wonderful labyrinth on top of a hill with 100 mile vistas looking out over the rolling wheat fields of the Palouse. Just before dawn, I walked the labyrinth each day I was in Pullman helping her move in. These insights came: “A labyrinth …
The Responsibility of Humor
Posted On Jul 23 2012Again, my goal for you – live a life you love wholeheartedly – body and soul. Remember? You have heard, no doubt, that laughing promotes good health. Today, I will share the youtube Muppet Channel with you. My daughter, Sasha, turned me onto this channel. Laughing produces endorphins – happy brain chemicals that last. Laughing produces other brain chemicals that promote health in other ways. I love the Muppets in general and these videos in particular. Enjoy. Bohemian Rhapsody Ode to Joy with Beaker The Habanera from Carmen Featuring Beaker & the Swedish Chef Wisdom Quotes …
Eat More, Work Out Less, Lose Fat — Metabolic Effect
Posted On Feb 6 2012Picture this. An Olympic sprinter. OK? Now picture a marathon runner. OK? Now imagine you’re a doctor attending a lecture with Dr. Jade Teta, ND asking you, “Which athlete is more muscular?” “The sprinter,” the audience says. “Yep, that’s easy to tell. Right?” Jade says, “Ok, now which of these two athletes is leaner? Which has less body fat?” Some shout sprinter; some shout marathoner. The docs didn’t really know. The answer to that question forms the basis of the metabolic effect on body composition – how much fat you have vs. how much lean body mass. Before I tell …
What Good Is Presence?
Posted On Jan 16 2012First Things First Creative Problem Solving, my new book, shows you how to harness the miraculous benefits of Presence. To do that we use an ancient American Indian method called Owl Eyes to trigger your nervous system in such a way that you instantly produce the quickest and deepest connection to Presence. You can get Creative Problem Solving on my Amazon Author’s page as a Kindle book now => http://amzn.to/vXKNbC If you have or get a membership, you can get the PDF format as part of your membership at no extra charge. Consider joining us => http://bit.ly/pHdmQG What Good …
How to Calm Down
Posted On Dec 4 2011When stress has you whimpering or acting like a troll in some fairy tale, ready to rip off heads, you are not at your best. You are the proverbial toddler who needs a nap and some food. Could anything be more obvious? Announcing Kindle version of Simply Serene: How to Calm Down, Reduce Stress, Deal with Stress, and Be Instantly Alert and at Peace. I have just rewritten this classic and made it more streamlined. You’ll like it. Naturally, I am happy to include it in my Three Wise Men Epiphany Kindle Sale. All my Kindle books are marked to …
Multitasking Crashes Your Brain
Posted On Nov 30 2011Research confirms what you already know. Multitasking doesn’t work to save time and it makes you feel even more frantic. It doesn’t make you more efficient. You don’t get more done. And, just between us two, it stresses you out. Multitasking blocks your way to living a life you love, don’t you think? Here’s the Research The brain needs to attend to one task at a time. Surprisingly, when measuring neural activity with people doing two tasks at once, the neural activity decreased instead of what you might think. You might think your brain would be processing twice as …