“I think your book The Stranger is underappreciated.” When a close friend told me that today, it gave me pause.Because I hadn’t really thought about it like that. I love The Stranger, and the people who read it tend to like it. One Amazon reviewer said:“I read it in one sitting. Highly recommend.” Another wrote:“The…
Essays & Stories
The Fountain of Youth
The fountain of youth isn’t what you think it is… That’s what Lucian and Lilith learned in Lucian Lightbringer & the Chalice of Life. As the exiled angel and soul-bound demon hunt for the legendary chalice, they realize that the true prize is actually their connection to one another. You know what really makes you…
Reach for Your Imagination
I gave this advice recently to a 1-on-1 client: “Instead of reaching for your phone, reach for your imagination.” We can feel good either way. Phones are designed to release addictive levels of dopamine, after all.But so is our imagination. Psychology and neuroscience tell us that the brain has a hard time distinguishing reality from…
The Bliss Portal
I love the concept of the Bliss Portal. One doorway, three different ways to feel good now. The Bliss Blueprint: a spiritual manual for bliss recalibration. Parables: a fantasy adventure full of wisdom lessons. Lucian Lightbringer & God’s Bounty: a sci-fi adventure on a mythic scale. The very idea of it reminds me that life…
Old Shoeless
My brother has a funny nickname for one of the characters in my book Pillar Walker. The character is Shu Pho Pax, the storytelling pilgrim. My brother calls him “Old Shoeless,” because the “shoe” on your foot sounds the same as the “Shu” in his name… and because the pilgrim spends a lot of the…
Someone You Can’t Get Out of Your Head
Was there ever a time you couldn’t get someone out of your head? That’s Lucian’s experience every day in my bestselling sci-fi action adventure novel — Lucian Lightbringer & God’s Bounty. Lucian is an angel, exiled from earth with his wings cut from his back, and his only company is a voice in his head. …
A Good Phone Call
My brother called and I missed it.I was laying on a picnic blanket in the grass about to nap. But I called him back. He talked about upcoming travel plans.We practiced Spanish together for a couple of minutes.We chatted for a little over an hour. It felt good.And I know it was good for us….
The Science of Feeling Good Now
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,…
All Is Well in Our Kingdom
Did you ever watch the Lion King movie? My partner said something to me just now that really resonated:“All is well in our kingdom.” I especially appreciated how she said it. By calling our life “our kingdom” she placed us in the empowered role of rulers over our own experience. That’s what I learned when…
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…