Today marks the last day of January and two-thirds of the way through these 100 Days of Peace.
Tomorrow I will take this experiment up a notch and begin my February Game. What is my February Game exactly? Glad you asked!
Each day in February (with a few noted exceptions) I will focus on several rituals aimed [...]
Archive for January, 2008
Day 66 (2008-01-31): Clearing space
Posted in Peace, tagged 100 Days of Peace, blogging, clearing, clearing space, conscious eating, February, games, inspiration, life, meditation, Peace, rituals, The Curtis Show on January 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Day 65 (2008-01-30): Rebellion as empowerment
Posted in Peace, tagged 100 Days of Peace, business, empowerment, habit, habits, life, Peace, power, Primary Aim, rebellion, vision, vision statement on January 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today I noticed in me a little habit of telling myself, “Oh, I’ll do that tomorrow.”
I think it comes from a feeling of “I don’t wanna, and you can’t make me.”
I’ve noticed that when people feel like they haven’t had much of a say in what to do with their time, when they feel like [...]
Day 63 (2008-01-28): Inner Purpose, Part 2
Posted in Peace, tagged 100 Days of Peace, attention, being present, Eckhart Tolle, inner purpose, inspiration, life, Peace, resistance, the present, the present moment on January 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Source of inspiration: Recording of an Eckhart Tolle talk
Early on in this experiment, I practiced giving my full attention to whatever it was I was doing at any given moment.
Yesterday, I was reminded of this as I was listening to a recording of Eckhart Tolle. He said that “the primary purpose of your life is [...]
Day 62 (2008-01-27): Energy (Relating, Part 3)
Posted in Peace, tagged 100 Days of Peace, energy, family, life, low energy, Peace, relating, relationships, sleep on January 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Due to all of the driving I’ve done this weekend (and the shortened sleep I’ve gotten the past few nights), my energy feels low. I’m headed to a family dinner soon and would prefer to crawl into bed and be unconscious.
So I’m interested in observing today how I relate to this story of [...]
Day 61 (2008-01-26): Contrast (Relating, Part 2)
Posted in Peace, tagged 100 Days of Peace, challenge, consciousness, contrast, driving, life, observation, observer, opportunity, parties, Peace, relating, unconscious on January 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Today is an interesting study in contrast. I will be driving for hours by myself, then I will be at two parties with lots of people.
The opportunity is to observe who I am and how I relate to the world in each of these settings (social and solitary), and to understand each in contrast to [...]
Day 60 (2008-01-25): Relating
Posted in Peace, tagged 100 Days of Peace, coaching, inspiration, James Flaherty, life, life coaching, Peace, relating, relationships, The Curtis Show on January 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Source of inspiration: Coaching–Evoking Excellence in Others by James Flaherty
One of the coolest concepts in this coaching book I’m reading is the idea that, as human beings, we are always (yes, literally always) relating. To people, to things, to ideas, to situations, etc.
The next 3 days will be very social days for me. So I [...]
Day 59 (2008-01-24): Money vs. peace
Posted in Peace, tagged 100 Days of Peace, business, charity, coaching, financial security, gifts, giving, identity, inspiration, joy, life, life coaching, money, Peace, security on January 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Source of inspiration: Recent coaching session with a client
I was coaching a client recently and we were talking about his/her feelings around money. As a result, I started to explore my own feelings around money, and learned something important.
When I receive money in my business, the primary feeling I notice is relief. I think it’s [...]
Day 58 (2008-01-23): Allowing for unconsciousness
Posted in Peace, tagged 100 Days of Peace, allowing, experiment, exploration, guilt, inner peace, life, Peace, unconsciousness on January 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Wow, I totally spaced my blog post today. That’s not exactly true. I did remember it earlier in the day, but put off posting and then spaced out for the rest of the day.
Well, there is room for this to happen in this experiment. This is an exploration of inner peace, and a part of [...]
Day 57 (2008-01-22): No time for time
Posted in Peace, tagged 100 Days of Peace, anxiety, awareness, choice, life, Peace, time, time management on January 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today I’ve been feeling anxiety and a sense of powerlessness. There are tasks/projects I’ve been wanting to get to (like this post), and it’s felt like the day has “gotten away from me.”
I know this is all mind-stuff. What it brings up for me is an opportunity to look at how I relate to time. [...]
Day 56 (2008-01-21): What’s true?
Posted in 100 Days of Peace, Peace, uncertainty, tagged 100 Days of Peace, awareness, be present, change, death, fear, friends, future, inspiration, life, love, Peace, presence, question of the month, ready for change, relationships, Sally Friedman, true, truth, uncertainty on January 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Source of Inspiration: Sally Friedman’s Question of the Month
Sally’s question this month is: What’s true for you? This feels like a great way to follow-up on the question I’ve been asking, “Where in my life am I not ready for change?” Let me explain:
Let’s say I look at an important relationship in my life, say [...]
Day 52 (2008-01-17): Motion or pain
Posted in Peace, tagged life, Peace, inspiration, awareness, 100 Days of Peace, personal growth, exercise, The Egoscue Method, Pete Egoscue, shoulder exercise, chronic pain, goals on January 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Sources of inspiration: Pain in my shoulder; The Egoscue Method by Pete Egoscue
I’ve been feeling some soreness in my left shoulder for the past few days. So I picked up my copy of The Egoscue Method and started doing some of the shoulder exercises in it.
The book’s premise is that much of the chronic pain [...]
Day 51 (2008-01-16): A Top 10 Now
Posted in Peace, tagged 100 Days of Peace, appreciation, Asha Sahijwani, being present, habit, habits, inspiration, life, music, Now, pay attention, Peace, present, present moment, the now, yoga on January 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Source of inspiration: Asha Sahijwani’s yoga class
Last night during yoga, I was on my back in some pose and I noticed that my mind was racing. I was thinking about how I couldn’t wait for class to end so I could get home and do this and that.
Then it hit me. What was so wrong [...]
Day 50 (2008-01-15): Focus on breathing
Posted in Peace, tagged 100 Days of Peace, breath, breathe, breathing, coaching, focus, life, life coach, life coaching, meditation, Peace, yoga on January 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hurray! Day 50!
Half way through my 100 Days of Peace. A good time to get back to basics. Focusing on my breath.
I began the day with a meditation in which I focused on my breath. And I started each of my client coaching sessions today with a short centering exercise where we focused on our [...]
Day 49 (2008-01-14): How are you? (Authenticity, Part 3)
Posted in Peace, tagged 100 Days of Peace, authenticity, awareness, conditioning, Eckhart Tolle, how are you, intention, life, Peace, The Power of Now on January 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Curtis Show (see yesterday’s post) often starts with someone asking me, “How are you?”
My conditioned response is a “Good. How are you?” Sometimes it’s an enthusiastic “Really good. How are you?” It’s a knee-jerk response, and it’s given before I even consider the question. There’s no conscious intention to deceive, but there is a [...]
Day 48 (2008-01-13): The Curtis Show (Authenticity, Part 2)
Posted in Peace, tagged 100 Days of Peace, authenticity, feeling good, happiness, life, optimism, Peace on January 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Today I practiced authentically being me in my interactions with people.
One thing I learned about myself in the past year is that I will go to great lengths to make the people I am with feel good about themselves. Not such a bad thing, right? But I will often be inauthentic in doing so–from a [...]
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