Soul Sculpting Project: Playing with Habit Design The most depressing day of the year is almost here. The third Monday in January. That’s the day when the hopes of keeping our New Year’s resolutions begin to die. To keep my hopes alive this year I am pulling out my biggest power-tool for behavioral change. Habit…
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Soul Sculpting Project: Emotions: Two Tools for Taking Charge
Soul Sculpting Project: Emotions: Who’s in charge here, anyway? Who Done It? It’s late afternoon. You are driving home from a full day of meetings. The meetings generally went well, driving is easy today. You feel calm as you review the day. Then a slight unpleasant shift occurs. It begins in your digestive system. At…
Soul Sculpting Project: Put Some Awe in Your Day
Soul Sculpting Project: Put Some Awe in Your Day I had taken one step out of my front door into the night when I froze in awe. The Milky Way stretched from from horizon to zenith and beyond. A wing of the Milky Way, that I seldom notice, spread out distinctly. Every light in…
Soul Sculpting Project: Setting my Body Clock for Sleep Part 2: Sleep Eat, Sleep, Pray: Creating a Circadian Day
Soul Sculpting Project: Setting my Body Clock for Sleep Eat, Sleep, Pray: Creating a Circadian Day Part 2: Sleep The sun was rising when I boarded the first plane. Three more planes an overnight flight with little sleep, 9 time zones. My body said, “I’m tired. This is night and we should be in bed.”…
Soul Sculpting Project: Eat, Sleep, Pray: Designing a Circadian Day Part 1: Eat
Soul Sculpting Project: Eat, Sleep, Pray: Designing a Circadian Day Part 1: Eat What’s your cycle? When did you eat your last bite or sip last night? (plain water doesn’t count as a sip) When did you take your first bite or sip this morning? Let’s do the math to find your eating cycle. How…
Soul Sculpting Project: Walking for Soul, Mind, and Body
Soul Sculpting Project: Walking for Soul, Mind, and Body Soul I started walking for my soul. When I was 15 I began a friendship with God and I began walking. I have walked in suburban neighborhoods, urban streets, rural roads, ocean beaches, forest trails, high desert land and the high country. The high country (above…