Blog - Mindful Choices

World Ego Awareness Day – May 11, 2018 Synchronicity!  I just discovered that the date I shared my video “Lasting Happiness starts with EGO Awareness” on YouTube was May 10, 2011.  Seven years later, I am delighted that […]

Taking Sides, Limiting Choices – Blowing our Chances It’s exactly one week since we participated in the March for Our Lives in Washington DC.  Having reflected on what I witnessed last week and studying the bigger picture […]

Are We Cultivating a Culture of Fear in Our Children? We seem to live in a culture of fear. Let me clarify what I mean by that. I’m not taking about phobias, or being afraid for what’s happening in the world like terrorism, the economy, […]

The GI Bill for the 21st Century By Alex Pursglove and Krishna Pendyala   When over 15 million American soldiers returned home following World War II, they faced challenges like PTSD, homelessness and unemployment.  In response, the US […]

  Our state of mind is a choice.  The way we go about our day and the unconscious assumptions under which we operate seem to steer our outlook quite strongly. Many of us are familiar with the Serenity Prayer, originally authored by the […]

From my article on the Huffington Post As part of building a digital video library at Carnegie Mellon University, I worked on a visionary video play analysis project with the NFL video directors from 1995 to 1997.  Having had the privilege of […]

Having the sensation of racing thoughts while you are trying to sleep is a matter that can plague us all from time to time.  More often than not it is linked to the memories of a poor experience of the day or the stress of upcoming events such […]

One of the most common side effects of our lives in a demanding society is the habit of living on auto-pilot. More often than not, we find ourselves being overly influenced by media platforms, social media, political, and bureaucratic forces.  […]

“To kill the Goose that Laid Golden Eggs” is a famous idiom from Aesop’s fables, numbered 87 and has been an inspiration for me over the years. Lately, it has gained even more of my mindshare as I reflected on it from a couple […]

I am indeed thankful that Ebola did not become the epidemic that some feared would happen across our nation.  While we were spared of the fatal consequences of this dreaded disease, it confirmed something that I would be grateful for the rest […]

Imagine that I bought you a brand new car, filled it with a full tank of gas [petrol in the UK, as I am writing this from a wonderful retreat center near Canterbury owned by my friend Louise, founder of Mindfulness at Work] and handed you the […]

Over the last couple of months, I have been fairly consumed with my mother’s Alzheimer’s.  She has been struggling with the disease for a few years now, but it seems to have taken a turn for the worse over the last 60 days.  It […]

Just a few weeks ago, it dawned upon me that flipping my view on my father’s experience with people by 180 degrees could bring me a lot of joy and peace as I get older. My dad was extremely devoted to educating his children and even sacrificed […]

Finding Your Blind-Spots (via inspiremetoday.com)As I turn 50, my intention is to devote the second phase of my life to share my insights learned through my many missteps over the years and the introspection that followed, so that others need not go […]

My son hurt his ankle playing basketball last Thursday at his friend’s house after school.  My wife got the call and she took him to get it x-rayed.  The doctor at the MedExpress ruled out a fracture and diagnosed it as a high ankle […]

Do we have a choice?  I sure think we do.  It became a lot easier for me when I began to define worry as—guaranteed misery today for something that may or may not happen in the future. In fact, I have heard statements like 90% of the […]

It was today, twenty eight years ago, that I started my first real job, in a small southern town in Tennessee.  I am so blessed to be able to work even harder today, but with considerably much less stress.  It is also very auspicious that […]

Everything in life comes with at least two sides to it, including being smart.  Human beings are amazing time travelers, given our ability to imagine the future and ruminate about our past.  What I have noticed is that when we encourage […]

Hope 2014 has started off well for you.  Sorry for the long silence. I have been devoting most of my attention to help launch a live virtual workshop in Mindful Leadership for Janice Marturano.  Janice, a kindred spirit, left General Mills […]

Hope you are enjoying the Holidays and getting ready for the New Year. While some may say “What’s in a year, it’s the same old thing all over again?”  That’s one perspective.  This is the time of the year to […]