[This is a crosspost from a book discussion community on Reddit focused on A Liberated Mind: How to Pivot Toward What Matters.] Over the past week, I’ve focused on Chapter 12 – The Fourth Pivot – Presence – Living In The Now. The previous entries in this weekly exercise are: Introduction Chapter 9 – The…
A Week of Acceptance – Working on “A Liberated Mind”
[This is a crosspost from a community on Reddit I’m trying to get off of the ground to discuss the book A Liberated Mind: How to Pivot Toward What Matters.] Over the past week I focused on Chapter 11 – The Third Pivot – Acceptance – The Art of Perspective Taking. [Previous entries in this…
A Week of Self as Context – Working on “A Liberated Mind”
[This is a crosspost from a community on Reddit I’m trying to get off of the ground to discuss the book A Liberated Mind: How to Pivot Toward What Matters.] Over the past week I focused on Chapter 10 – The Second Pivot – Self – The Art of Perspective Taking. You can read the…
A Note on the Self-Reliance Series
The Self-Reliance series hasn’t been abandoned – it’s on a hiatus for about four more weeks. I’ve decided that this six-week study of the pivots from Dr. Steven Hayes’ book “A Liberated Mind” will add more value to our lives. I’ve also decided that there’s nothing wrong with stopping something that is less valuable, no…
A Week of Defusion – Working on “A Liberated Mind”
[This is a crosspost from a community on Reddit discussing the book A Liberated Mind. Made sense to post it here as well.] Like I said in my previous post, I’m working through the six pivots from A Liberated Mind over the next six weeks. And I said I would apply these both to everyday…
Let The Raft Go : Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson : 027
Continuing our discussion of “Self-Reliance” by Ralph Waldo Emerson. “This should be plain enough. Yet see what strong intellects dare not yet hear God himself, unless he speak the phraseology of I know not what David, or Jeremiah, or Paul. We shall not always set so great a price on a few texts, on a…
Stop Trying to Pick Out The Salt
On August 27th, Steven Hayes’ new book “A Liberated Mind – How to Pivot Toward What Matters” will be released, and I couldn’t be looking forward to it any more than I already am. Dr. Hayes is the originator of ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy), which has been a literal lifesaver for me – it…
Enough As You Are : Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson : 026
Continuing our discussion of “Self-Reliance” by Ralph Waldo Emerson. “Man is timid and apologetic; he is no longer upright; he dares not say `I think,’ `I am,’ but quotes some saint or sage. He is ashamed before the blade of grass or the blowing rose. These roses under my window make no reference to former…
Four Mantras To Help You Become Who You Want To Be
Back in November of 2018, I wrote about my personal experience with positive affirmations – Don’t Affirm – ACT. (TLDR – affirmations bad, action good) Over the past few days (well, it’s actually been weeks now since I started the first draft of this article), I’ve been thinking about something – I do use affirmations,…
My God Is Bigger Than Your Box : Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson : 025
Continuing our discussion of “Self-Reliance” by Ralph Waldo Emerson. “The relations of the soul to the divine spirit are so pure, that it is profane to seek to interpose helps. It must be that when God speaketh he should communicate, not one thing, but all things; should fill the world with his voice; should scatter…