That’s what Dave Ramsey calls each and every one of his financial coaching tips –– Baby Steps — which is both deliberately non-intimidating and disturbing. On the way home from teaching my private client today, Belle and I found this solo baby sneaker on the street, complete with a ...

My most intense sleeps seem to be when I stop working at 1 am, read for a bit, and then fall asleep by 2, only to have Belle decide 4:30 am is a great time for a walk.   I fall asleep very quickly into deep and vivid dreams for a few hours more. My phone calls got re-arranged a bit (a favorite organic dog ...

It does make a difference that I not check in to email, voicemail and Facebook immediately every morning … and it’s still so damn difficult not to!  But I am weening myself of the addiction, morning by morning, breath by breath. There were many ups and downs today — lots of minor fru...

Intensely moody today, trying to reconcile the work of David Neagle and all my other LOA stuff about just coming into alignment. David wants me to acknowledge all my resistance and then realize it’s more or less subconscious sabotage and then take action steps to demonstrate I’m no longer bound...

I have been thinking a lot lately about what I can and cannot tolerate in my life. Tonight tested the limits. After dinner at Plant post beach walk with Susan, I was working on my computer and looked for my phone.  I couldn’t find it –– which rarely happens –– and then th...

This morning our experience at the Municipal Parking Authority can truly only be described as a TRIUMPH. This is largely because Belle and I were braced for hours in line of waiting.  It  turned out to be 10 minutes, with a brief intermission since because of zoning subtleties we had to regroup and return ...

This week I got an email from a self-help guru whose mailing list I’m on with this subject line:  “Your Miracle Expires At Midnight!” This phrase seemed so ridiculously aggressive that I off-handedly emailed them back and said, “Please stop threatening me!” I certainly didn...

Today, I found myself WAITING for either of my private client’s two secretaries to call me back about a lesson, but decided to take the leap of faith and just charge out to Oakland for lunch with Amy Ahlers. Amy has become a real friend this fall, which is remarkable given that her book launch happen...

‘Tis the season, as they say –– but I find myself having trouble just giving it away … and I’m talking about copies of my newest book, UPWARD DOG. For my previous five books, I had traditional publishers and they would mail you the author’s pre-negotiated box of books on schedule.  ...