I’ve been learning much lately about peak experiences and how to push the upper limits of happiness. This little ditty came in my inbox today via The Daily Love, and I wanted to repost it here because of all that muchness it reminds us of.
Abraham Maslow’s 8 Ways to Self-Actualize
1. Experience things fully, vividly, selflessly. [...]

“baby, go full mast: your ship is sailin on an amazing voyage in magical seas. remember: everything rhymes with chocolate.” xo, your heart

About a month ago, my dearest fiery fairy friend called me out of the blue at twilight on a lovely warm evening and asked: “do you want to go for a walk?” I accepted without hesitation, as I’m always waiting for that sort of request. As with all time with her, it was luminous and [...]

Earlier this week I came across a video about the Mast Brothers – the Brooklyn Chocolatiers – and it won my heart in a big way. I shared this with my favorite people and one friend wrote back: “I love this. I love the bagpipes. I love the beards. Quit your job. Sell your condo. [...]

On days of mental fury, when everything feels mind-bottled, I seek spaces that remind me that I am a full-bodied percipient perceptible, not merely locked in my noggin. Turning to the central channel of the body fleshes my awareness out into the proprioceptors in my skin.
1. meditation – I am often deeply called to sit [...]

“It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.” – Leonardo da Vinci
We keep holy the daily hike and put romaine and avocados in our smoothies here at HQ, because our creative bones are the anatomy [...]

The cleaner your body is, the better your art and creative practice is – and the brighter you’ll shine.
My Live Artist friend Laurie Maves in Denver became a green goddess of the Crazy Sexy Diet 21 day cleanse just last month, deeply inspired by Kris Carr’s latest book – The Crazy Sexy Diet. We sat [...]