“I belong, I know I belong because I am here” All it took was four words—four simple words on a piece of cardboard—to transform an anxious and uncomfortable experience into an easygoing one instead. On a recent road trip, I encountered these four transformative words, and they changed my way of thinking about where I…
“We are born fully complete, creative, resourceful and capable,” we write in the 7 laws of enough. Think about that. We often forget this truth because we live in a model of scarcity—of “not enough”—as individuals, communities and in society as a whole. At the individual level, scarcity looks something like “I’m not rich enough,…
Last week I proclaimed that I broke free of the money trap. I discussed how I created my own empowering story about money, including declaring I wanted a debt-free life. Both at home and at Seven Stones, I now live and work debt free. My success stemmed from implementing long-lasting practices that worked. I…
Part I I broke free from the money trap. The money trap is whatever trap you find yourself in—debt, immense wealth, IRS trouble or a willful ignorance about money—that prevents you from a life of freedom and ease. Debt was my money trap. It ensnared me for most of my married life: school debt, cars,…
Everything that exists in nature—everything—is given freely. No one earns rivers or mangos. No one has to get a certain degree for wood or clay or fish or sunshine. It is all offered generously, freely, openhandedly to all beings equally. Generosity is simply built into the fabric of creation. To reweave that torn social fabric,…
Here are three of the many, many books that have inspired us on our journey to financial stability and Sustainable Abundance. Your Money or Your Life The Soul of Money The Total Money Makeover Let us know what books you recommend?
What stories do you tell: about yourself? about the world? about the political climate? about your family? about the future? about what is possible? Where did the stories come from? Did you write them yourself? Were they crafted by the media, your grandmother, or by those who write the history books? They come from all…
What is my story? We begin our journey by recognizing the stories we tell ourselves and the ones that were handed to us as a birthright. These stories become a set of invisible forces – social, cultural, economic and environmental – that are shaping our beliefs and assumptions. They can have undue influence on our…
Can we can create an organizational culture that delivers results, while holding human dignity at its core? I believe one way to do this in business is to train, equip and encourage leaders to develop a kind awareness as an essential competency. Most of the images we have are of cutthroat leaders following the playbook…
Love is always and forever available to all beings equally at all times. Love is neither a feeling nor is it dependent on another person’s show of affection toward you. Love is a place to stand, the antidote to fear and a potent and bountiful limitless source of life. Love does not require money. Love…