“Why is it that I think I need to rescue heroes?” she laughed… Then she cried. The pattern in several failed attempts at romance was suddenly crystal clear. She kept falling for heroes. The problem was, she wasn’t a damsel in distress. I told her that rescuing heros is just another version of a hero…
At the start of 2024, I looked to inner guidance to formulate intentions for the year and received the words, kindness and grace: kindness as I interact with each person (including myself) and grace in each circumstance or in the face of challenges. For the past two weeks, the question “What does kindness look like?”…
A prophesy is a story. Most people are familiar with prophesy as a prediction of future events. But prophesy is also described as “religious instruction”. Nobody really knows where prophesy comes from, as these stories bend scientific rules pertaining to the nature of space and time. Some prophetic transmissions are received verbally. Others come through…
This post will make more sense if you read The Calling: Part 1 first. The year before my soul quest journey, our family was visiting the colonial town of Antigua, Guatemala, before spending a month living on Lake Atitlan. Little did I know, one seemly innocuous event would create a subtle shift that would change…
In early 2018, my friend Dee had given me the book Soulcraft by Bill Plotkin. The concept of embarking on a wild, crazy, rendezvous of the soul sounded like a fun way to embrace the journey to elder-hood. Dee and I decided to sign up for a retreat together. We chose the Rites of Passage…
Last year, I spent over 100 nights sleeping in a hammock. My hammock became a place of comfort, refuge and sanctuary. And by sanctuary, I truly mean “church”. It was the place where I spent many hours in prayer, meditation and contemplation. Most importantly, it became a place where I transmuted fear into freedom, over…
One of the central themes in my book, Escape Bound, is validation. I am working to develop a script for an episodic reality tv show that I’m hoping will explore this topic in a highly visible format. In this project we ask the following questions: Whose measuring stick are we using to measure ourselves? To…
A new healing modality is emerging, one that is so profound, it will change the way humanity thinks of sex, love and relationship. This prophesy is just beginning to unfold, though there are ancient teachings that contained elements of these secrets. Tantric texts, the kama sutra, kundalini yoga and sacred sexual practices in nature-based religions…
photo by Callie Rounds In June, 2020, at the height of the pandemic, Mike Dooley, an internationally renowned inspirational author and speaker, published one of my blog posts on his website. The post was titled “The Gift of Loneliness”. Last week, I wanted to send the article to a friend, who was struggling with loneliness…
Early Thanksgiving week, I was working on a painting project with one of my nearest and dearest friends. I tend to get introspective around the holidays. And much to his chagrin, I launched into esoteric spiritual reflection… aloud. Spirituality is one of my favorite topics and one of his least favorite topics. Since we were…