Contemplation #13  “Do not dwell on the past, do not dream of the future. Concentrate the mind on the present moment.” The Buddha Warning, thinking can be hazardous to your health! Clinical studies over the last 40 years have demonstrated beyond any doubt that the vast majority of human suffering is not caused by  external stress, […]

Contemplation #10 “No one should abandon duties because he sees defects in them.   Every activity, is surrounded by defects as a fire is surrounded by smoke.” The Bhagavad-Gita Over the years in my role as a clinical and performance psychologist, I have worked with literally thousands of individuals. In doing so, I have become quite familiar with mental and emotional patterns […]

Contemplation #5 “All of man’s problem’s could be solved if he could just learn to sit alone in a room with himself for an hour.”  – Pascal (1623-1662) Over three and a half centuries ago, Pascal, the famous French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher recognized and wrote about the importance, yet difficulty, of learning to quiet […]

Inside each and every one of us is the potential to accomplish great things in a way that is uniquely our own.  Abraham Maslow, the great motivational psychologist, wrote about becoming “self -actualized.”   He used the term to describe those unique individuals who had tapped into their inherent greatness, and found  unique ways of sharing that […]