Published in Our Blossoming Matters·Mar 9, 2022Going Beyond Polarized Thinking with Inclusive NeutralityJen McCutcheon, Metro Vancouver Director for Area A asked to interview me for her regional newsletter. Originally published March 8, 2022 in her Newsletters section here. Jen: We first met on the mall here at UBC [University of British Columbia] and then I learned your grandfather was the Nobel-prize winning…Reconciliation7 min readReconciliation7 min read
Published in Our Blossoming Matters·Dec 15, 2021Simple Benefits of Practicing Breath and Meditation: with How-to VideosWhen I ask my counseling and coaching clients how they’d like to be, they say things like: more calm, more at ease, know I’m capable, have healthier boundaries, be more resourceful and creative, be more accepting of myself, be fulfilled, feel free. …Self Improvement7 min readSelf Improvement7 min read
Published in Our Blossoming Matters·Aug 19, 2021Learning Compassion with My Mother in Her DyingMy mother had visited me and my partner a couple of years before anyone knew cancer would take her life. Her death was complicated for me by the friction I frequently felt between us. On that visit, I remember an argument at international air arrivals in Vancouver over where we…Mwc Death8 min readMwc Death8 min read
Published in Our Blossoming Matters·Jul 19, 2021A Client’s Guide to Success in CounselingIf you’re contemplating going to counseling, if you want powerful actions you can take to be successful in counseling — whoever you choose as your mental health professional— this article is for you. But first, why even entertain the idea of going to see a counselor? . . . Perhaps…Mental Health8 min readMental Health8 min read
Published in Our Blossoming Matters·May 9, 2021Transforming Racism in Our Collective Shadow with Collective Inquiry ConstellationsHow to face our collective shadow is a fundamental part of my work — through looking at social issues like Indigenous rights and reconciliation, racial equality, our relationship with nature, and deep feminism — in ways that inspire us to act with compassionate wisdom in our lives for true healing…Black Lives Mater8 min readBlack Lives Mater8 min read
Published in Our Blossoming Matters·Mar 11, 2021Diamond Approach Inquiry: Discovering Inner FreedomThe Diamond Approach® is a path for spiritual realization offering a way into a sphere of consciousness that we often don’t perceive as accessible. Hameed Ali (who writes under the pen name AH Almaas) birthed the teaching with co-founder Karen Johnson starting in the mid-1970s. I first joined a Diamond…Self Improvement8 min readSelf Improvement8 min read
Published in Our Blossoming Matters·Jan 16, 2021Experience Alive Consciousness with Nature ConstellationsI’m aware of inhabiting two kinds of consciousness. During the pandemic, being on screen a lot more than in person, I’m calling one of these “screen consciousness”. You know that buzz in your brain from too much information? That’s screen consciousness to the max. With screen consciousness, I’m barely aware…Nature Constellation6 min readNature Constellation6 min read
Published in Our Blossoming Matters·Nov 9, 2020Family Constellations Opens the Flow of Life Like Nothing ElseFamily constellations (as seen on Netflix Another Self and also Sex, Love & goop, ep. 5) helped me heal deep father and mother wounds and find peace with who my parents were, their limitations, strengths, and all. I’ve found constellations to be enormously helpful to me and others and have…Family Constellations8 min readFamily Constellations8 min read
Published in Our Blossoming Matters·Sep 17, 2020One Former Victim Finds the Pulse of Power in AikidoFeeling safe and easy, I was walking home along Broadway, looking up past the tall stone and cement buildings at the moon. Then I felt someone following me. I tried to ignore the feeling, to continue back to my apartment on West 110th St in Manhattan. The closer I got…Aikido6 min readAikido6 min read
Published in Our Blossoming Matters·Jul 16, 202075 Years After the Trinity Test: Finding Our Way to “We”My grandfather’s trail Crystal clear, Sharp and bright, The sacred sword Allows no opening For evil to roost. — Morihei Ueshiba (1883–1969), founder of Aikido, (the Way of Harmony), in The Art of Peace, translated by John Stevens Seventy-five years ago today, Robert Oppenheimer, with my maternal grandfather, Enrico Fermi (1901–1954), and their…Enrico Fermi8 min readEnrico Fermi8 min read
