(This is part 2 in a two-part interview with author Barrie Davenport. If you haven’t listened to part 1 yet, you can do so here.) In this second episode of my interview with author and personal coach Barrie Davenport, we explore a topic that is near and dear to my heart: how to build healthy […]
OM 005: Build Confidence and Healthy Habits Through Mindfulness with Author Barrie Davenport (Part 1)
Meditation and mindfulness are amazing tools for extricating yourself from the mire of over-thinking, worry, and anxiety. ~Barrie Davenport I first learned about Barrie Davenport’s work when I picked up her book, Peace of Mindfulness. Very quickly, I could tell that she had put together a powerful and well-researched resource on mindfulness for the modern practitioner. And […]
Four Lessons I learned From Silence
Silence is one of the great arts of conversation. ~Marcus Tullius Cicero Do you pay attention to silence? Have you ever noticed that silence is all around us all the time? I believe silence is one of our most undervalued natural resources. And it’s more or less inexhaustible. And I don’t mean that figuratively. I was surprised to […]
OM 004: Meet The Buddha from Boston with Andy Kelley
Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom. ~Viktor Frankl When I first met the Boston Buddha for breakfast, he ordered an egg pizza bagel. I’m not sure what I expected, but it was a refreshing […]
10 Amazing Mindfulness Quotes
Let me admit it up front. Really good quotes disarm me. You could easily woo me into conversation with a few words from some author or teacher I’ve not heard before. For me, good quotes are like metaphysical shots of Italian espresso that go straight to my head. There’s no shortage of excellent quotes out there. In our […]