I am living proof of the power of thinking.
When I first heard “change your thinking, change your life” it sounded way too simple to actually make a difference. But I hated my life, and was desperate to feel better. I felt trapped in a job that was barely paying the bills. Heartbroken from another intimate relationship ending. Uncomfortably overweight. You get the picture.
Without a doubt, I know that changing your thinking can change your life. The challenge is it is both simple and nuanced. For change to be effective, you need not only the will to have a different experience of life, but also the openness to learn about yourself and your relationship to the world, and the commitment to find practices that will allow you to sustain ongoing change.
At the time, I didn’t understand that I was playing the victim in my life story. All I knew was that changing my thinking wouldn’t cost me anything, and if it didn’t work, then I could always go back to thinking the way I always had. That was a decisive turning point in my life, and I’ve never once thought to go back to my old way of being in the world.
Core values are important. Here’s what I believe.
By changing your thinking, you can change your life.
Our thoughts influence our experience of life.
Meaningful change is an inside-out job.
By developing awareness of what you are thinking and feeling you can make choices about how you experience Life.
We are spiritual beings having a human experience.
Every person is an individuated expression of Life Source, the entity we commonly refer to as God.
Life Source, God is everywhere around us, living through us. It is the unifying force back of the multiplicity of its expression.
Love is all there is.
That doesn’t mean we have to like everyone and everything.
Being Loving does not mean allowing people to be hurtful or abusive, or that we have to be victims of our circumstances.
Love is the antidote to fear.
Having a regular spiritual practice is essential to growth.
Spiritual practice is not performative.
Regular spiritual practice develops your intimate understanding of your relationship to Life Source, God.
Practice is about making progress towards spiritual awareness, not obtaining perfection.
Now that you know me a little better, I’d love to get to know you.