The exciting science of wiring your brain for bliss… Feel good now. Your brain is plastic.That means it can change.You can train it to work the way you want. Feel good now. Whenever you use your brain, different circuits light up.Research from the University of Pennsylvania shows that when you affirm positive things about yourself,…
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The State of the Wish Fulfilled
Feel good now. Neville Goddard, one of the fathers of New Age spiritual thinking, taught that we can reshape our entire life by entering what he called “the state of the wish fulfilled.” Feel good now. In his book Feeling is the Secret, Neville explains that the attitude of mind and emotion we hold as…
The Sound of a Laughing Dragon
What does a laughing dragon sound like? I just found out for myself. I’m sitting here on the adventure couch where I finished recording the audio experience for my book PILLAR WALKER. (You can listen to the audio experience here.) In the story, the dragon Dinarzad is described as laughing or chuckling regularly at the…
The Many Faces of the Vampire
Vampires are everywhere! My friend just recommended me a book about Native Americans and vampires.There is a vampire subplot in one of the roleplaying games I play every week with my friends.Even Nik Frost’s first romantic interest in the book Troubleshooter 1 is a vampire. (You can download a first edition ebook of Troubleshooter 1…
The Groove You’re Carving
Feel good now. Remember that steady dripping water can wear a groove in stone mountains.A little bit of commitment over time carves a deep path. Commit to feeling good now.Do the small things that you know will contribute to your bliss. Even though I’m tired, I just came from doing a round of pull-ups out…
This Is Your Power
This is your power. That you can choose how to see something. You can choose to be optimistic.To focus on the positive.To feel good now, instead of focusing on what hurts morale. In the post-apocalyptic western novella THE STRANGER, every chapter ends with a lesson.In Chapter 1, when the stranger arrives in the frontier town…
Potato Time
I’m running on potato time. Currently sitting out by the garden while Belle plants potatoes and gathers kale.I have until she’s done to write you this letter. Sometimes it feels good to have a little timer going.Really makes it feel exciting, you know? Wow.She is a faster potato planter than I thought. Remember to feel…
The Way I Hope My Books Are Read
The other day a teacher told me she was reading PARABLES with one of her students. That’s exactly what I hope for when I share my books with the world. That it will resonate with the right people.It will engage their imagination.And it will ripple out as shared fun and exploration. Our imagination is a…
I Accidentally Changed Timelines
I turned my words into a weapon. Feel good now. The other day, the family was having a conversation about the tabletop roleplaying game that we play together. After three years of gameplay, our heroic fantasy characters had saved the kingdom and reached a pinnacle of their career. It was time to start a new…
A Slow, Blissful January
Feel good now. For me, following my bliss this month has meant a few slow, happy weeks of reading and long walks by the river. It’s not what my ambitious side expected—but it feels really good to relax and ground my energy in the cottage for the winter. I also quietly published the first book…