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Episode 12: Processing Exercise – In and Through the Transformation Cauldron
Today’s episode of the Initiations in Love podcast is a follow-up to our previous episode: How I Finally Stopped ‘Looking for The One’ with Bonnie Serratore. Britta reads a story from her new spiritual memoir, Initiations in Love, entitled, “Facing the Demon”, where...
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The Posture of Gratitude
In my own life and in the work we do at Celebration of Being I’ve come back time and time again to the importance of gratitude. Often we reduce gratitude to “a good thing” to feel or express when good things happen to us. There seems to be a common idea that there are...
From Sentiment to True Emotion
I’m a pretty emotional guy - but sometimes I find I get emotional at the oddest things. I’m feeling sad today. David Letterman’s last show is tonight. I’ve been thinking about it for a few days. I’ll miss him. I feel like I’m losing someone special. Actually, how...
What if your life is not about you? What if you are a gift to be given?
A little over two weeks ago, we finished another very powerful Noble Man workshop. On Sunday, one of the staff women approached me. She had just a few weeks earlier completed her Celebration of Woman workshop, and it was her first time holding space for men in this...
The Power of Real Human Connection – A Post About Love and Two Exciting Announcements
Now more than ever before we are living in a time where contact and connection seem so easy - at least in the digital realm. We can text, tweet, email, Facebook message or Skype. As I am writing this newsletter one of my sons is in India volunteering at an orphanage...
Practice Makes Perfect
Over the past few “New Years” as I’ve looked back over my own collection of discarded new beginnings as well as the changes that have actually made a lasting positive impact on my life, I’ve discovered the SECRET that I’d like to share with you right now. Here it is:...
Meditation: Practice Saying “Yes” to Life
This week’s practice is to say “YES” to everything. You may want to select an hour or, if you are really brave a day, and in that timeframe say “YES” to everything. YES, I mean everything! Don’t forget to keep breathing and remember your yes can happen on different...
Into the Woods
Last month, Britta and I had a chance to go to Germany and, for the very first time, see our granddaughter, Norah. That's right, our granddaughter! It was a beautiful trip with lots of family visits and good German food - even for Britta, a native German, it was a...
Meditation: Gratitude for Your Parents Practice
Find a space and a time to be undisturbed. If you have an altar or scared space in your home, sit in front of it. Then close your eyes and invoke the presence of your divine parent - the divine father, the divine mother. (If this does not ring true with you, just let...
What I Got from COB–Edition 1: “Self-love and working on my messed-up relationship to women.” – Aaron Steinberg
As two Noble Man workshops are coming up within a month, we felt it'd be good to speak to some personal experience about what COB means to the individuals who participate. With work such as ours, many interpretations of what is happening will exist--some will say they...
Meditation: 3 Levels of Gratitude Evening Practice
At the end of any given day, take a moment to pause, sit down, maybe light a candle, take a few deep breaths, and let yourself relax into the present moment. In your own way, call on the presence of the Divine, and ask to review your day with the help of the Divine....
The Passionate Heart—Burning with Love
The heat of our soul, that fire in our belly or the part of us that burns with love. All of us on the path of healing, awakening, and spiritual growth have that inner fire burning, or we would not have even started this journey. We need to be on FIRE for our own...
An Epic, Practical Love Story
A week before my own wedding--which was last week!--I listened to my friend's bride give one of the greatest speeches I've ever heard at their rehearsal dinner. She said: "When I was a little girl, I wanted an epic love story, and I wouldn't settle for less. This made...
Meditation: Do What You Enjoy
This is a quote from Osho who says it so beautifully... “You are already integrated. Not on the periphery - on the periphery there is much turmoil. You are fragmented on the periphery. Move inwards and the deeper you go, the more you will find that you are integrated....
We Stand on Their Shoulders
One of the hero’s of this century died in early December, 2013. At the age of 95, after enduring 27 years in brutal incarceration on Robben Island, Nelson Mandela emerged to free his people and all of South Africa to move into a time of equality and democracy. I am...
Meditation: Breath of Fire
This breathing technique is best done in the morning, on an empty stomach. It is a great technique to wake yourself up, if you feel sluggish, full of repressed emotions, or mentally overwhelmed. Wear loose, comfortable clothing, and keep your eyes closed. You can do...
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