Soul Sculpting Project: Design a Habit Behavior change is hard business. If it was easy we would have already made the change. Brother Lawrence wanted to make a change in his behavior. For him the change was in how he connected with God. Instead of the on and off connection with God that he had…
Soul Sculpting Project: Don’t Give Up Yet!
Soul Sculpting Project: Don’t Give Up Yet! The odds are against us. If you made a New Year’s Resolution you have a 8-10% chance of success. That is 90-92% odds you will not keep it. And what’s worse — we are nearing the third Monday in January. This the day when the drop out rate…
Soul Sculpting: Put Some Art in Your Day: Dump Your Art Wounds and Get Creative
Soul Sculpting: Put Some Art in Your Day: Dump Your Art Wounds and Get Creative What do you and Michelangelo have is common? You are both humans and both creative. Our Judeo-Christian tradition sees people as created in the image of a God who is infinitely creative. Before we go one word further we’d better…
Soul Sculpting Project: Destination: Peace of Mind
Soul Sculpting Project: Destination: Peace of Mind Today we’ll use two legs to step towards our destination. First Leg: Creating peace in our body. It’s an old story, God took some dust from the ground and formed it into a person, Adam. Then God breathed into Adam’s nostrils the breath of life. (Genesis 2:7) So…
Soul Sculpting Project: The How of Eating: Part Two
Soul Sculpting Project: The How of Eating: Part Two It’s Not Just What We Eat. It’s How We Eat. You are participating a psychology experiment. You just had a blood draw to measure your ghrelin response (a peptide produced in your gut to tell you when we are full). Now you are sitting at…
Soul Sculpting Project: The How of Eating: Part One
Soul Sculpting Project: The How of Eating: Part One It’s Not Just What We Eat It’s How We Eat. Ever do this? You’re hungry so you get out a snack to eat. Then you decide to get something done while you eat. You get to work and after a while you notice your snack…